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How to Draw a Cardinal Step By Step – For Kids & Beginners
Welcome, to the tutorial on how to draw a cardinal step by step, this is going to be a very easy illustration for you to follow. Before heading towards the tutorial you must know few facts about the Cardinals. They termed redbirds because of their color and sunflower seeds are a favorite food.
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Cardinals are the most famous bird of Northern America, they are depicted as mascots by many sports organizations and the official state bird of 7 states in America. They are also part of many artworks and featured as cartoon characters in many series.
Get ready with paper, pencil, and eraser, as I always say draw with light lines so that you can rectify it easily. Always feel free to use an eraser and your own drawing skill. Go through our other birds drawings too as: how to draw a dove, how to draw an owl.
How to Draw a Cardinal
Step 1: Draw an angled half-circle as given in the below illustration.
Step 2: Draw the tail of the bird using 2 lines enclosed with zig-zag lines.
Step 3: Draw a wing on the middle of the drawn semi-circle. For this draw an elongated shape with crooked lines.
Step 4: On the right top corner draw a curve first then draw a small dot-like circle inside it and a triangular beak.
Step 5: For more details draw 3 lines in the tail and 2 legs with 2 fingers as shown in the image.
Step 6: Draw a branch below the bird which is further bifurcated into 2.
Step 7: Draw another branch with 3 bifurcations.
Step 8: Draw borderline for green area and land as depicted in the image below.
Step 9: Trace the drawing with a marker and color your cardinal with red, tree branches with brown, sky with sky blue, and green for grass.
Draw cartoon Cardinal or Angry bird
Few cartoon series depicted cardinal bird as angry birds, they knows for the teamwork so are the cardinals. Teamwork is one of the reasons for use by sports clubs. Below are the simple steps on how to draw an angry bird.
Step 1: Draw a big circle with a long mark little right to the diameter.
Step 2: Above the circle draw another semi-circle and a mark from the centerline to form beak.
Step 3: On the top of the image draw 2 elongated shapes as in the image below and form a beak by joining another line to it. Draw 2 angled lines from the center mark as an outline for the eyes.
Step 4: Draw 2 another angeled line and form rectangular eyes. From the end of the beak draw a curve.
Step 5: Draw 3 tails on the back of the cardinal, 2 eyes below the eyebrows, and 2 lines below it.
Step 6: Draw large circles around the eyes and a curved line going through the beak.
Step 7: Darken the outlines with a marker or dark pencil and fill the eyebrows with black color.
Step 8: Erase the extra lines and guidelines, specially drawn for the centerline.
Step 9: You can color it red or leave it with an outline. The choice is yours, refer to the image given below.
Step by step cardinal drawing:
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Cardinals in Winter Art Lesson
My second and third graders created this beautiful winter Cardinal art lesson, but it would be appropriate for fourth grade as well. It’s very easy considering how stunning it is. Download my handout below for the instructional guide to help make a quick demonstration on your whiteboard for the kids to get drawing!
Watch the video tutorial here…
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
- 12″ x 18″ white sulphite paper
- Light colored oil pastel
- Light blue, black, red, yellow and white tempera paint (Optional: metallic blue)
- Q-Tips for snow
DRAWING THE CARDINAL
This is the picture I sourced from the internet as an example of the cardinal. It’s not necessary to draw the entire body, just the head and neck area. Have the children use a light colored oil pastel to draw with.
Start by folding the paper in half to make a crease going horizontally on your paper. Have the children place their hand above the line near the top and middle of the paper and draw a dot for the birds eye.
Then, draw the beak. Once the beak is in place, it’s easy to draw the cardinal’s crown and head. After drawing the entire bird, draw branches and lines for twigs.
PAINTING THE BACKGROUND AND BIRD
Set out the light blue paint and paint the background first. This takes the most time; painting carefully around the feathers and twigs.
Try teaching the children the smoothing technique for this part of the project so that their paint doesn’t create big blobs or pale areas throughout the background.
After painting the background, paint the red cardinal, then the yellow beak, brown twigs and then finally, the black mask and outline.
FINAL STEP
Use the white paint and Q-Tip to add a dot for the eye. Create snowflakes throughout the project to make the whole piece stunning!
Download my Winter Cardinal step-by-step guide from the December Freebie Pack below…
Second and Third Grade Winter Art Cardinals…
Click HERE for more Deep Space Sparkle winter art lessons.
Note: I believe this idea originated from the fabulous Painted Paper Flicker Stream, although it may have come from a link. I’m terrible at organizing my bookmarks, so I apologize to the creator of this beautiful lesson.
How to draw a Toucan Bird
The toucan bird is easily identifiable by its huge beak, so let’s start there. Draw the beak to have a pointed curvy tip as seen. Then add the body to it, and then add a huge curved shape for the bottom half of the body. Draw scrawny legs and an eye. When you add color to this, you will be amazed at how it comes alive!
how to draw the bird step by step pdf
Click here to download the printable guide that you can refer to while drawing in your own sketchbooks.
Learning how to draw a bird can be as easy as you want it to be. You can add color with paint or enjoy using colored pencils. When using colored pencils, the texture of the feathers shows up beautifully and enhances the feel of the softness of a bird.
I hope you found today’s how do you draw a bird tutorial, helpful friends! I’d love to hear back from you in the comments.
Bird reference Images used:
For this How to draw a bird Tutorial, I used these images as references.
- Blue jay https://unsplash.com/photos/qxB1sxAR41A
- Red cardinal https://unsplash.com/photos/Yu_ejF2s_dI
- Parrot https://unsplash.com/photos/0UKyrKCoutM
- Toucan https://unsplash.com/photos/eqXiLNfZDc0
- Robin https://unsplash.com/photos/zQESLkNnC2Y
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