In that lesson, I will show you how to draw a duck with a pencil step by step for beginners. We draw a domestic white duck, a duck. Duck belongs to the Anseriformes family. I can’t say anything more about ducks, because I don’t know anything about them, they are just used in food, I didn’t eat it myself.

Here is a photo of our duck.

Let's start with the head. Draw a circle to make it easier to draw, the curve showed the middle of the head, then I drew the eye, it is in the middle closer to the top. Then we need to draw the beak and head, the length of the beak is slightly more than the diagonal of the circle, located at 45 degrees. Erase the circle.

Now we need to sketch out the neck and body. To make it more correct for us, we make a sketch, the neck is like a dotted line, the body is so straight, i.e. we look at the shape and try to figure out what the curves are and how we can simply represent them.

For convenience, I drew only one paw, look at the second in the next picture. We draw a small tail, with small curves we show the wing.

We draw the second paw. To make it more realistic, we erase the outline where it was imitating feathers. We also imitate feathers all over the body. We make the bottom and middle of the neck a little darker because of the shadow, help you look at the photo of the duck. We apply shadows on the beak, a little on the head. The duck drawing is ready.

How to draw a duck in stages?

First of all, it is necessary to explain to the child that duck and duckling are different from chicken and hen. The duckling is the owner of a completely different nose, or rather, a beak. A duck's beak is not at all like a chicken's beak. Why?

Because the duckling is the son of the waterfowl Duck. All ducks are waterfowl. That is, they can walk on the ground and hunt for worms somewhere under a bush or in the grass. But they can also eat and sleep in water. Therefore, they have such beaks as spatulas, and paws, like small oars. This is to make it easier to eat, sleep and swim in the water. A chicken doesn't have those legs. He can only live on earth.

A duck, and therefore a duckling, is similar in shape to a swan. Only their neck is somewhat shorter. Therefore, in order to draw a duckling correctly, the child must first draw the simplest of what he already knows: just below the center of the sheet of paper, draw a large elongated torso, that is, a large elongated oval, you need to draw a sketch of the paws to it, and then also a circle, like sketch of the future head:

From the circle to the side, the child draws a triangle of the beak. Then, using the elements of the oval, you need to connect the head and torso and outline the legs of the duckling, like flippers or like a maple leaf.

Now the last details remain - mark the duckling's eye and depict its fluffy feathers, outlining its torso with a wavy line of a disheveled duckling. Now you need to erase all the extra pencil lines of the sketch and the duckling is ready, it remains only to color it:

You can do this First, as always, first draw a large circle, and then divide the circle in half with a horizontal line. This will be the duck's head.

Secondly, we designate the spatula-beak of the duckling.

Thirdly, having marked the beak, we draw a circle, giving it the shape of a duckling's head, but on the upper part of the circle we do not close it, but take the pencil up, making a crest on the duckling's head. On the face of the duckling we designate eyes and a bow tie.

And fourthly, you need to draw the body of the duckling by adding a small wing and duckling legs. Then you need to erase all the extra lines of the sketch, clearly circle the drawing with a pencil or marker

Now it remains only to color the duckling more cheerfully.

Imagine that one sunny day your child comes from school and says: “Mom, we were asked to draw a duck at the lesson, help me, I can’t do it.” Nearly every parent has faced this problem at least once in their life. You take up the album with a sigh and see the inept attempts to draw this domestic bird in the lesson. A duck is a waterfowl. She looks more like a swan than ordinary birds. Let's remember Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling". After all, for a very long time no one could understand whose chick was the main character.

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If you start drawing with your child, we suggest that you tell him a couple of unusual facts about these birds in the process of drawing:

Ducks mistake the first creature they see after they are born for their mother. Therefore, there were many cases when dogs, cats, geese, chickens became the “mother” of ducklings.

Ducks do not get wet in water, as their feathers are covered with fat.

Despite the fact that the neck of a duck seems to be very short, there are even more vertebrae in these birds than in a giraffe.

Now let's try to draw a duck. It is quite simple to do this, you can start drawing with your baby. Good luck!

How to draw a duck

For work, we need the following tools:

• Sheet of paper.
• Pencil.
• Simple eraser.
•  Long ruler.

Description of the drawing process.

• Additional lines.

First, on a piece of paper, draw additional lines with a ruler or with your own hands. Next, make a circle at the intersection of the lines.

• Head.

On the left above the circle at a small distance, draw a small oval. This will be the head of our duck.

• Neck.

Now 2 straight lines connect the head with the body.

• Body and tail.

From below, under the neck, draw another circle and slightly correct the body of the bird. Then we will draw a ponytail. In a duck, it is short, slightly rises up.

Erase extra lines.

We will only have the outline of the bird.

• Beak.

It was the turn of the beak. It is huge, but not sharp, but rounded. Due to the unusual structure of the beak, it always seems that the duck is smiling.

• Eyes.

Let's draw an eye, since we cannot see the second one. It is small and round in a duck. Don't forget small details.

• Feathers.

On the neck, draw a strip that looks like a ribbon. Next, draw the feathers of the bird. Let's try to make smooth lines.

• Wing.

The duck's wing is short, like half a heart.

• Paws.

Let's draw a bird's paw. The legs are also short and thin. The second foot rises a little in the air, so we do it differently.

• Details.

On the wing we create feathers, add small details on the paws and eyes.

• Coloring.

Ducks are mostly white or brown. Also, in these birds, the feathers are cast in a green tint, so this color can be added when coloring. The beak and legs are a warm orange hue.

How to draw a duck with a pencil step by step

At first, you just need to decide what kind of bird you need - one of those that smoothly walk around the yard of a neighbor, or those that chat and get into funny adventures in children's cartoons? Let's all try! So that immediately 12 points in the magazine and the drawing teacher fell into delight? No sooner said than done!

How to draw a cartoon duck

First, we make a circle somewhere in the center of the album sheet and below it is a huge oval. After that, smoothly, giving the lines the shape of the neck of our duck, we will connect the circle-head and the oval-torso. Next, draw a small, slightly pointed arc on the left side of the oval - this will be the tail.

Then inside the circle we create a smaller circle - the eye. In front, close to it, we will add a beak to the circle. And we draw a wing, for this we add another oval to the circle-body, in the form of a diagonally inclined chicken egg.

Then comes the most important moment, because you will move on to the details. Let's draw another small circle inside the eye - the pupil - and half-shade it. Then we slowly draw the head and neck along the contour, circle the torso, make a wavy line of feathers on the wing and use an eraser to remove the extra lines of the former circles and ovals, and then full-fledged parts of the bird's body.

How to draw a duck that lives with grandma?

Let's start according to the old scheme - a circle for the head, but a small one, below a large oval for the body. With smooth lines we will connect the head with the body, creating a neck and a convex chest. Let's draw a tail, denote feathers at its end with an uneven Christmas tree.

Let's add an elongated beak to the circle-head, and to the body-circle, using vertical lines, legs, to which we will draw triangles-paws. Then we draw a small eye and carefully make the shape of the beak, head, neck and, of course, the torso. Let's mark the line of the wing with a slightly carved arc, make the legs. Remember that ducks have webbed toes. That's it, your bird is done!

Now you know how to draw a duck with a pencil, but the child will color it on his own.

I love to draw with paints, but to draw even a small picture, you need a canvas, paints, brushes and spend a lot of time, so I decided to master a graphics tablet and draw lessons with a graphics tablet. The drawing of a duck is made in the same way as other lessons, in stages and practically nothing has changed from the pencil drawing technique. You can draw a duck with a simple pencil on paper, and then color with colored pencils or paints. Well, if you have a graphics tablet, try to draw a drawing of a duck in color with me.
The picture of a duck is my first lesson drawn on a graphics tablet, please do not judge strictly.

1. Contours of the body and tail of a duck

As always, let's start draw a duck with simple outlines. In the center of the sheet, draw a circle for the body, a circle for the head a little higher and connect it to the body with a straight line. On the left side, draw a triangle for the tail.

2. Duck picture, second step

We have already drawn the main contours of the duck, now let's add other parts to the drawing. It is easy to draw the contours of the legs, as well as slightly enlarge the chest and neck.

3. Wing and duck head

Divide the body circumference in half with a pencil and continue this line towards the tail. This will be the outline of the wing. Draw the left outline of the neck, outline the breast of the duck and start drawing the beak.

4. Finish drawing the contours of the duck

It may seem that this drawing step is complicated, there are too many lines drawn. Actually, nothing complicated. Take a closer look, you just need to finish drawing the contour of the neck, draw the eye and beak. And after a few strokes, highlight the feathers on the tail. And yet, you need to add a couple of lines on the paws. All, duck drawing almost finished.

5. The final stage of the drawing

First, remove the extra contour lines from the drawing. Then start drawing what is easier. Draw in the details of the eyes, put a speck on the beak. In detail draw the paws and membranes on them. And finally, refine all the lines, because at the next stage you will already need to paint the duck drawing.

6. Drawing shadows with a pencil

I applied the shadows using a graphics tablet, but this does not prevent you from making shadows in the drawing with a simple pencil, looking at my picture. But it is better, of course, to color the duck with colored pencils or paints, since ducks have very beautiful and bright plumage, especially drakes.

7. Colored picture of a duck

In order to color the duck with colored pencils, you can use the final drawing made in paint using a graphics tablet.

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