How to draw a PELICAN

Learn how to draw this cute pelican of your very own.

You will need:
- Pencil
- Pen
- Eraser
- Paper
- Colored pencils or crayons
- Ruler (suggested)


Jeff's Tips & Ideas : Use lightly sketched pencil lines first for the structure. After, use a pen to draw in the final lines. When you're finished, erase the underlying pencil lines to reveal your drawing. Then - color it!

Let's start! Follow step by step our easy indications below !

STEP 1

Begin your pelican similar to how we've done so with other birds.  Two simple shapes to start - a circle and an oval... followed by anything else that might help.  A cross, the wing oval... feet... which ever helps!

STEP 2

Here I've sketched in the over-sized bill of a pelican - and in a different color for contrast... the tail.

STEP 3

The eyes will be set in behind the bill - so... how about we draw them second...

STEP 4

And now - here are the eyes...

STEP 5

Next it's down to the wing... and one foot!

STEP 6

Key parts in place, go now to the wing and tail... and yes - bring the rest of the body together while you're at it...

STEP 7

Here's what we've got!

And colored - the finished product remains.  BUT - wouldn't if be that much cooler if he had a fish coming out of his bill?  For sure... tap into your imagination and make it happen.  There's another lesson here to help you out with this.  :-)

Here is a drawing of a cute pelican made by Jeff Scarterfield ! For more lessons by Jeff, check out his website at How-to-Draw-Cartoons-Online.com.

Happy Drawing! :-)