Bird Drawings

Pencil bird drawings probably don't do a lot of justice to some of the pretty birds.

The simple lines on each bird drawing are meant to show you how easily you can sketch these too.

Try it. Copy the outline of this chicken drawing. It's very basic, takes a minute to sketch and looks good.

I hope you agree that this would be a fast, easy drawing for you to complete.

In Australia, we call chickens - chooks. That's just a bit of trivia for you!

A Dash Of Info About Birds

If you want to be successful with your bird drawings, use this information to help you understand your subject better.

All birds have feathers and wings.

They all hatch from eggs. These eggs are similar in shape but vary in size and color.

Birds don't have teeth, they have a beak.

Two birds that cannot fly are ostriches and penguins.

Some birds are so colorful, they can be breathtaking. (I think they were created for artists!)

And some birds can sing beautifully.

There are over 8,000 kinds of birds.

A barn owl would be the most common bird worldwide.

No specific type of bird can be found in every corner of the world.

Most birds seek food in the day and sleep at night. An owl is one bird that does the opposite.

Drawings of Birds

This pelican drawing took me three attempts.

It was an interesting exercise.

I liked the first one I drew and I couldn't see anything wrong with it until I drew the second one.

It was a matter of looking closer.

It wasn't until I drew a third pelican when I realized that I didn't have the neck right at all in the second drawing.

It was a good learning experience. When you have the time, it's a good way of showing you how to see properly.

Here is a busy woodpecker making a hole for his nest in a dead tree.

He uses the wood chips to line his nest.

There are lots of different types of nests for every variety of bird.

This drawing of a swan is very basic.

It was fun to draw the water with the reflections.

Swans are graceful water birds.

The long neck comes in handy for them to feed on underwater plants.

Now that you are armed with general knowledge about birds, you can start those sketches of bird drawings!

I thought a bird drawing would have some degree of difficulty to it but I was wrong.

Most of these I drew while sitting in a comfortable lounge chair.

I realize I still have a long way to go in learning to draw but so far it's been heaps of fun and I have some good drawings.

I hope you are getting a good collection together as well.

You can find more pencil drawings of birds at the top right of this page.

Please help yourself and use the search box to find that special easy drawing you are looking for.