How to draw a penguin: interesting facts, steps

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

This tutorial will show you how to draw a penguin step by step. You will need to go through just a few simple steps, completing all the tasks step by step. Let's learn how to draw a penguin with a pencil step by step.

Some interesting facts

• There are a total of 18 penguin species in the world today, five of which are endangered.
• Despite their slowness on land, these cute birds are the fastest in the water.
• The main feature of penguins is that they can dive very deep, while birds spend 70% of their lives in the water.
• The average lifespan in the wild is between 15 and 20 years.
• Penguins are born very tiny, their weight hardly reaches 1 kg. But when these birds grow up, they can weigh up to 40 kg. It all depends on the type of penguins. There is an emperor penguin - the heaviest, most powerful and largest (reaches 45 kg), and there is a fairy penguin (small penguin), whose weight does not exceed 900 g (in an adult).
• Birds nest in colonies, sometimes numbering in the millions.
• Penguins are covered not with wool, but with feathers. Only they are very small and thick,which gives the impression that these seabirds do not have the usual plumage.

Now that you have learned some interesting facts, we will tell you how to draw a penguin.

Helpful advice

When taking the first steps, do not press too hard on the pencil. Draw light and smooth lines, barely noticeable, so that you can remove flaws with an eraser at any time.

Step 1. Draw the body

So, how to draw a penguin? Draw a small oval on a blank sheet of paper - this will be the body of the bird. It doesn't have to be perfectly even. These are just outlines so that in the future you can depict the black and white tummy of the penguin.

Step 2. Head

Draw another oval above and to the right of the first outline - this will be the head. This shape should be smaller and have a horizontal orientation, while the body is stretched lengthwise down the piece of paper.

Step 3. Addition to the head

Make two intersecting lines inside the oval of the head. This is necessary in order to be able to depict facial features in the next steps.

Step 4. Beak

On the right side of the head, draw a small triangle. He will be the beak. Remember that pressure on the pencil is not recommended.

Step 5. Shaping the body and paws

Using two curved lines, we need to connect two ovals (body and head) to make our penguin's neck. Then, inside the torso, you need to draw a curved line similar towith the letter U - this will be the wing.

Draw two L-shaped lines at the bottom of the body. This is how we get paws.

Step 6. Addition

Now you know how to draw a penguin in the initial steps. If you follow the instructions, then you should get an image of a funny and cute bird that stands sideways and looks into the distance. But now we need to add a few details to make the image more realistic:

1. Let's get back to the head and cross lines. Make a tiny eye right above the horizontal stripe and then draw a small dot inside and shape the pupils. To do this, draw a few lines around the eye for extra detail.
2. The penguin's beak is slightly curved and looks slightly down. Use the previously shown triangle. Start drawing the beak from the horizontal line of the head.

Step 7. Tail

Take a thick fat pencil and draw the outline of a penguin. Take a smooth line in the lower left part of the oval, make the main point, and then extend it to the base of the paws. The tail should resemble a triangle, but with a softer outline.

Don't forget to draw an extra oval on the belly so that when coloring you can separate the dark feathers from the light ones.

Easier way

Let's learn how to draw a penguin for kids or beginners. Take a sheet of paper, as well as a pencil and an eraser. Draw an oval in the center, which is shaped like an egg. Duplicate this shapearound already drawn. At the top of the egg draw two eyes and a beak. You can just draw a small triangle.

Then move on to the paws, which look like a little wavy pancake. Do not forget about the wings - they can be drawn straight, curved, large and small. Now you can start coloring: the wings and the lines between the ovals should be black, and the area of \u200b\u200bthe "egg", where the eyes and beak are drawn, remains white. The paws and the beak itself are yellow, the eyes are black.

Now you know how to draw a penguin. It is enough to carefully study all the images before proceeding with the step-by-step instructions so that in the future you can visualize and represent the bird. To make the drawing more interesting, you can add a few funny details to the penguin - a hat, a New Year's hat, a ball, ponytails, anime eyes, a smile, or some inscriptions in the "cloud" coming from the beak. It all depends on your imagination and desire to learn how to portray these cute, but extremely strong, fast and friendly birds.