Wednesday, May 9, 2012

How to Draw a Parrot


How to Draw a Parrot

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Parrots are predominantly green in color but many of them are brightly multi colored. They are also among the most intelligent of birds since they can copy the voices of humans. If you want to learn how to draw them, follow then this simple tutorial on how draw a parrot.



Parrot-Intro

Steps

  1. Draw a succession of circles and ovals to form the body of the parrot. Sketch a vertical line to serve as a guideline on your drawing.

    Parrot-Circles-Step-1
  2. From your drawn circles and ovals, form the body by connecting your drawn shapes and erasing inside lines. Start drawing also his eyes, nose and curved beak.

    Parrot-EyesBeak-Step-2
  3. Draw his feet and wings. They usually have sharp clawed feet and for this picture the parrot’s wings are rested on its side.

    Parrot-WingFeet-Step-3
  4. Draw the details of his body or his feathers. Start by drawing first the details on its tail by sketching curves and half circles to represent the parrot’s feathers.

    Parrot-DetailsTail-Step-4
  5. Move to its rested wing and draw also curves and half circles for the parrot’s feathers.

    Parrot-DetailsWing-Step-5
  6. Sketch lines on the rested wing to finish that part of the drawing and then draw again some half circles on some parts its body.

  7. End your drawing by sketching a piece of branch that the parrot is clutching and resting on.

    Parrot-Branch-Step-7
  8. You can now outline your drawing. Outline by sketching thick lines or by using a black pen and marker. Erase inside lines and guidelines while you are outlining.

    Parrot-Outline-Step-8
  9. Color it! Use different variations of green and then small splashes of red, yellow orange and blue.

    Parrot-Color-Step-9

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