Cartoon Duck Drawing in just 6 Easy Steps!
Its hard not to love ducks, as they are birds that have a lot of personalities.
How to Draw A Cartoon Duck Lets get Started!
Before you begin, you could prepare the drawing by creating some rough shapes with a light pencil.
Then, we will draw the outline of the beak, and this can be a bit tricky.
As you will see in the example, its shaped a little like a spinning top.
Before we move on, we will add the eyes of the duck as well.
Thats all there is to it for now, and we can proceed to the second step.
Next, we will draw a curved line above each eye.
These curved lines will go quite high above the eyes, just under the top outline of the head.
If it sounds a bit confusing, see to it you closely follow the reference image we provided.
We will guide you through it all, so dont worry!
Lets head to that step when youre ready.
We will break it down into small chunks, so just follow along and youll be fine!
Then, each hand will have three fingers and a thumb (which are probably technically feathers.)
These can be drawn with some simple pointy shapes.
Next, draw a short curved line coming down from the left arm.
Using some curved lines, you could then draw the thin legs of the duck coming down.
There will then be a gap on the lower left side of the duck.
This gap can be filled with some curved lines that make up the ducks tail.
That was a lot to take on, but the hardest parts are over now!
In the next few steps, we will add some more facial details and final touches to finish up.
Lets start with the easiest part: the eyes.
First, add a medium-sized oval shape inside of each eye.
Regardless, once the irises have been drawn we can then draw the pupils.
This will show that there is a spot of light reflected in each eye.
The next step will involve drawing the mouth inside of the beak outline.
Start this by drawing a horizontal wavy line across the mid-point of the beak outline.
it’s possible for you to then draw two vertical curved lines coming down from that line.
Each one will curve outwards, so that the base is narrower than the top.
Fill in the gap at the base of this open mouth with another horizontal curved line.
Then, the interior of the mouth and beak should be complete!
For now, we will stick to the reference image and focus on the details we planned out.
you might start by coloring the interior of the open mouth black.
This would naturally not include the tongue, which will stay white, at least for now.
These could be drawn in a similar way to this one, but with a few small differences.
What else could you add to the drawing?
Before that, we wanted to explore some bonus ideas for how you could customize this drawing.
In cartoon history, there are many famous cartoon ducks that we have enjoyed watching.
A famous example would be Donald Duck, who famously wears a sailor suit.
You could dress this cartoon duck in any outfit or clothing that you like!
Maybe you want to reference Donald Duck and dress him like a sailor as well.
Or you could go for something unique and cool.
For one example, you could make him a spy duck by drawing him in a tuxedo.
There are so many possibilities for a drawing such as this!
You could even change up the posing and add text effects for some extra fun.
When you do color in your design, it will really finish it off nicely.
Do you have some outfit ideas before we proceed?
In our reference image, you will see that we kept things deceptively basic.
We say deceptively, as essentially we kept the colors to yellow, orange, red and blue.
For instance, addinga really dark shade of yellowat the base of the body creates some shading.
For instance, you could use acrylic paints to achieve similar color tones to the ones we used.
Or, you could go for much brighter colors by using colored markers or pens.
Your Cartoon Duck Drawing is Complete!
That brings us to the end of this guide on how to draw a cartoon duck!
Completing the guide is just the beginning, however.
Here Is A Fun Duck Drawing To Inspire You!
This fun duck drawing for kids is a great little design for you to work on.
Our artist Amanda created this sketch to give you something to help you as you draw.
She kept the design of the duck simple and cartoony, yet it is such an effective style.
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