Cartoon Bird

Start by drawing a large circle for the body. Then draw a sort of squashed circle over the top of the body for the head.

The wings are made by drawing ovals on either side of the bird's body. You can make the ovals come to a point at the end to give the wings some shape.

The crest is made by drawing two straight lines at the front and back of the head and joining them with a curve. See if you can follow the drawing.

The bird's beak is made by drawing a kind of hook-shape. You can make the beak as curvy or straight as you like. Draw a semicircle underneath to form to bottom part of your beak.

Draw a couple of rectangles for legs, and oval shapes for the feet. We can add some detail to this later.

Next draw a couple of semicircles joined together as the background for your bird's eyes.

Add some detail to your feet.

Now we add the tail. Birds have tails of many different shapes so feel free to experiment. This bird has an upside down V shape for a tail.

You might like to erase some of the long curve of your bird's crest and replace that with a wavy line.

Add some lines to your tail and expression to the eyes and your bird is ready for coloring in.

Extra semicircles inside the eyes give your bird more expression. Add some bands to its legs and it's ready to colour in. Add plenty of shading on the head, crest, wings and tail and you've got your bird