I’m glad as you visited here in the search of how to draw a duck, for kids and beginners. These are animals associated with humor, jokes, silliness in many cultures. This is the reason that they are among the most loved and old cartoon characters.
Disney’s Donald Duck is a world-famous cartoon, firstly depicted in 1934. It has a girlfriend also named Daisy Duck with his uncle Scrooge McDuck, and his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Another famous cartoon duck character is Looney Tunes’ Daffy Duck, including Daphne Duck, Melissa Duck, and Plucky Duck.
You are excited to draw your own duck, follow the steps and illustrations given below. Use an eraser to rectify your mistakes, with paper and pencil for the drawing. If you liked the drawing also follow other bird drawing too like how to draw an owl, how to draw a dove, how to draw a cardinal etc.
Few facts about Duck are as follows:
- Duck uses many food sources for their food as water plants, small fishes, insects, worms, a few molluscs.
- They are monogamous but only for a year or single breeding.
- Their voice “quack” is a misconception and only used by female ducks.
- They occur almost in the entire world except for Antarctica, they are cosmopolitan.
- Their feet are cold resistive, can’t feel the cold even in icy cold water.
How to draw a floating Duck for kids:
Step 1: Draw a straight line to the left of the paper.
Step 2: Draw a curvy line from the right end of the line meeting toward the left.
Step 3: Draw a curve above the line forming a shape like 2, refer the image given below.
Step 3: Draw another curve from the head and parallel to step 2. Draw a pointed shape on the back, outline of the duck is ready.
Step 4: Below the body draw wavy lines depicting water.
Step 5: On the front of the head draw a thick pointed beak with a middle line.
Step 6: In this step draw a round eye with other circles inside it.
Step 7: Add a few lines on the body to depict the feather.
Step 8: Your floating duck is ready, You can draw sun and cloud to make it more realistic, color it accordingly or follow the image given below.
How to draw a flying realistic Duck:
Step 1: Start your drawing with 2 ovals a small and big one.
Step 2: Draw neck in between the 2 ovals using simple lines, and add 2 lines upward for the wings guideline.
Step 3: Outline the wings using curvy lines, keep in mind we are drawing op[en wings. Also, draw the outline for forelegs on the lower back of the body. Draw a pointed beak on the front.
Step 4: start adding feathers to the wings forming conical structures on the outer side. Draw the back with the pointed end, add eyes and define the leg.
Step 5: Below the first layer of a feather draw another layer with smaller feathers, also add feathers on the back.
Step 6: Add random feathers all over the body and other details. Outline your drawing with a pencil and counter accordingly. Add clouds in the sky and random lines on the feather and body.
Step 7: Erase all the extra lines and finish your drawing.
Step by step Cartoon duck drawing:
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