How to draw a hummingbird easily and quickly

2025 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-24 17:46

Hummingbird is rightfully the smallest bird on our planet. Its size is so small that many confuse a bird with an insect. Before you learn how to draw a hummingbird, we suggest you familiarize yourself with some facts about this interesting creature.

A little about hummingbirds

Fun facts:

• birds of this species can move back and forth and side to side;
• she flaps her wings very fast and seems to be floating in the air;
• hummingbirds are very desperate creatures, as they are not afraid to engage in unequal fights with other birds;
• the largest bird of this species reaches a size of 22 centimeters;
• they are chased by poachers who later make hats out of them;
• it's hard to believe, but a hummingbird has twice the number of cervical vertebrae than a giraffe;
• The weight of the bird is from 2 to 20 grams, and the flight speed can reach up to 80 km/h, depending on the species;
• by the way, there are more than 300 species of these cute creatures;
• these birds are omnivores, they not only enjoy nectar, but also eat small insects.

Draw a little bird together

And now consider how to draw a hummingbird with a pencilstep by step. To do this, prepare a blank sheet of paper, a pencil and an eraser. Since hummingbirds spend most of their time eating, it would be more expedient to draw it next to the flower in which it will collect nectar.

1. Draw the outlines of the bird and the flower.
2. Sketch one eye, beak and tail. Also add elements of the flower, near which the hummingbird hovers.



3. In the next step, draw all the details of the bird and flower. Decorate the eye, making it expressive, move the outline of the branch.



4. At the final step, add darkening with hatching. This will give volume and depth to the drawing.



5. Here's how to draw a hummingbird with a simple pencil. But if you wish, you can also decorate the resulting drawing. As a rule, they are multi-colored. Therefore, feel free to combine gray, blue, green, red. Glitter can be added.

Difficulties in drawing a hummingbird

Now you know how to draw a hummingbird quickly and easily. You may have difficulty at the initial stage when you need to sketch out the silhouette of a bird. Therefore, if you do not have special artistic skills, just copy the form suggested above or prepare a picture in advance with which you can redraw the bird.

These are such cute and bright miniature birds found in America.