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How to Draw a Flying Wren

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a flying wren in 13 easy steps, about 10 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.

Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: round head.

Step 1: Round head
On the left draw a small round head, a little wider than tall.
Tip Leave room on the left for the beak.
Step 2: Thin beak
Start on the front of the head. Draw a thin pointed beak out to the left and back.
Step 3: Bright eye
Near the beak draw a round eye. Colour a black dot inside it, leaving a tiny shine.
Tip Leave the rest of the eye white.
Step 4: Eyebrow stripe
Over the eye draw a thin curved eyebrow stripe, like a long leaf.
Tip The pale eyebrow is how you spot a wren.
Step 5: Plump body
Start behind the head. Draw a plump egg body sloping down to the right. Stop under the chin.
Tip A wren is tiny and round, like a ball of feathers.
Step 6: Cocked tail
At the back of the body draw a short tail pointing up. Make it wider at its tip.
Tip A wren holds its little tail up high.
Step 7: Big wing
On the back draw a wing reaching up and back, with 4 soft bumps down its back edge.
Tip The front edge is one smooth curve.
Step 8: Second wing
Start on the back, behind the head. Draw a wing standing up. Stop at the big wing.
Tip It hides a little behind the big wing.
Step 9: Belly line
Start on the back of the head. Draw a long curve under the big wing. Stop under the tail.
Step 10: Wing bars
From the front edge of the big wing draw 3 short curved bars. Add 2 on the other wing.
Step 11: Tail bars
Draw 2 short curved bars across the tail, from one edge to the other.
Step 12: Cream and sand
Colour the eyebrow cream. Colour the chest and belly a soft sand colour.
Step 13: Brown and grey
Colour the beak grey. Colour the head, back, wings and tail brown. Leave the eye white.
Tip Go round the eyebrow so it stays cream.