This last hummingbird drawing is not for the faint of heart. Fine Art-Tips walks us through how to draw a hummingbird using a coloring technique that requires premium colored pencils.
How to Draw a Hummingbird
In this quick tutorial you’ll learn how to draw a Hummingbird in 7 easy steps – great for kids and novice artists.
The images above represent how your finished drawing is going to look and the steps involved.
Below are the individual steps – you can click on each one for a High Resolution printable PDF version.
At the bottom you can read some interesting facts about the Hummingbird.
Make sure you also check out any of the hundreds of drawing tutorials grouped by category.
How to Draw a Hummingbird – Step-by-Step Tutorial
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Step 1: Let’s draw a hummingbird! Draw a deeply curved line to start the head.
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Step 2: Next, draw a very skinny letter V.
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Step 3: Now, you can draw the body. Draw a curved line across the bottom of the head for the jaw. Then, draw a curved line going down, and finally, loop your last line back around.
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Step 4: Draw the base of the first wing by creating a small triangle on the back of the body. Here’s a tip: make the top side of the triangle a straight line and the other two more of a curved line. After that, add the feathers! You’ll notice that the shape of the wing is that of a triangle too, so when you are drawing in the feathers, follow that pattern!
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Step 5: Now add the tail, making sure to trace the feathers just a bit thicker and with more space between each one.
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Step 6: Draw the second wing with the same pattern as you did the first. But be careful! This wing is on the other side of the bird’s body, so it will be a lot smaller.
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Step 7: Finally, add a circle in the face for the eye, and scribble in tiny claws underneath the body. You just drew a hummingbird!
Interesting Facts about Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds are one of the smallest birds in the world. They are part of the Trochilidae family. Hummingbirds live in the Western Hemisphere, as north as Alaska and as south as Chile. They live in various habitats such as grasslands, woods, forests, mountains, and deserts.
Did you know?
- Hummingbirds got their name because their wings make a humming sound while they fly.
- Hummingbirds can fly backwards, forward, and even upside down.
- Hummingbirds have a better sense of hearing and sight than humans, but they do not have a sense of smell.
- Most hummingbirds live in Central and South America.
- Most hummingbirds migrate south during the winter. The Anna’s hummingbird lives in Canada all year long.
- Hummingbirds eat nectar from the center of flowers, pollen, sap, and insects.
- Hummingbirds can fly as fast as 34 miles per hour.
- Hummingbirds’ wings flap at a rate of about 85 beats per second. They need to consume a lot of food because the use up a lot energy while they fly.
There are more than 300 species of hummingbirds. The bee hummingbird is the smallest of all of the species. The giant hummingbird is the largest of all.
4 Easy-to-Draw Hummingbirds
The first 4 hummingbird drawing ideas are perfect for young kids who are just learning how to draw.
The designs are easy to follow and don’t require many complicated lines and curves.
1. How to Draw a Simple Hummingbird
Here’s a simple hummingbird drawing from We Draw Animals. Nothing too special here, but it’s a great activity for your kids to practice drawing steep curves thanks to the wings.
The step-by-step drawing guide starts with a circle for the hummingbird’s head. If your kid wants to make a perfect circle, then grab a plastic cup to guide them.
All instructions are available on their site.
Fun Hummingbird Fact #1: Hummingbirds derive their name from the humming sound that’s created when they flap their wings.
2. Simple Hummingbird Drawing
Here’s another simple hummingbird drawing. How To Draw Animals made this design very straightforward so that beginners wouldn’t have a hard time following it.
It’s important for kids’ to practice hand-eye coordination because it’s the foundation for many crucial life skills.
Fun Hummingbird Fact #2: Hummingbirds are native to the Americas, with 360 species found from far north up in Alaska and Canada down to the chilly mountains of the Andes.
3. Step-by-Step Hummingbird Drawing
Check out this step-by-step drawing of a hummingbird from Rainbow Printables.
Provide your kids with coloring materials to keep them busy for about 30 minutes. Their website shares steps to finish this hummingbird drawing.
Fun Hummingbird Fact #3: Did you know of all 360 species of hummingbirds, only about 17 nest in the United States?
4. How to Draw a Cute Hummingbird
There are around 360 different types of hummingbirds in the world, but they all have one thing in common: they’re all adorable, just like this cute hummingbird from We Draw Animals.
Fun Hummingbird Fact #4: While hummingbirds look cute, they are far from social creatures. They’re considered very territorial and often end up in high-speed chases with other hummingbirds.
Ironically, it’s sometimes the smallest animals that have the biggest attitude.
4 Cartoon Hummingbird Drawings
The next 4 drawings are hummingbird designs that you’d typically see in cartoon TV shows.
5. Simple Cartoon Hummingbird
I’m sure older kids will appreciate and try their best to imitate this hummingbird drawing from We Draw Animals.
Hummingbird colors vary species to species, and birdwatchers note that the range of their colors surpass that of the rainbow!
Your kids’ creativity will be freed with this one as they make their hummingbirds as colorful as their imaginations allow.
Fun Hummingbird Fact #5: Hummingbirds’ colorful throats are not caused by the pigmentation of their feathers, but rather by their arrangement.
Speaking of colorful rainbows, try these colorful rainbow crafts with your kids next!
6. How to Draw a Hummingbird in 3 Minutes
This style of drawing is referred to as “chibi,” which is a very prominent style found in Japanese mangas. The style typically exaggerates the head and eyes for a cuter effect.
Mei Yu made this hummingbird drawing entirely with a Sharpie pen, but you can start with a pencil so any mistakes made can simply be erased.
Fun Hummingbird Fact #6: Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly in any direction, capable of hovering backwards, upwards, and even upside down!
7. Cartoon Hummingbird: Easy Step-by-Step Guide
This cartoon hummingbird looks more like a woodpecker, but, who am I to judge? Cute Easy Drawings shows us a step-by-step tutorial for this peculiar hummingbird.
Fun Hummingbird Fact #7: The hummingbird’s diet consists mostly of very sweet flower nectars with a small amount of protein from various insects.
8. Hummingbird Outline
How To Draw Cartoons Online provides an outline to guide your children while drawing this cartoon hummingbird with very tiny feet.
Fun Hummingbird Fact #8: Hummingbirds are very talented creatures, yet they’re unable to walk or hop around because of their tiny feet.
They compensate for that by floating and being extremely quick during flight!
Explore the world of tiny creatures with these fun ladybug crafts for kids.
3 Simple Hummingbird Drawings
The next 3 drawings are straightforward sketches that older kids can easily do.
9. Hummingbird Drawing: Easy for Older Kids
Recreate this design from Art Projects For Kids of a hummingbird searching for nectar during the spring season.
Let Art Project For Kids convince you of how easy this hummingbird drawing is with their written tutorial.
Fun Hummingbird Fact #9: A hummingbird’s heartbeat reaches up to 1200 beats per minute while in flight. Compare that with a human’s heart that pumps 60-100 beats per minute.
Here’s a list of more spring crafts for your children to enjoy!
10. Hummingbird with Flower Drawing
This hummingbird flower drawing is one of my favorites because of the skill and dedication the artist put into the design’s color shading.
Wennie from Draw So Cute illustrates a step-by-step guide for how the bird and the flower are drawn.
Leaving the coloring part to your children serves to help them develop their creativity and ability to color within the lines.
Fun Hummingbird Fact #10: The hummingbird is one of the lightest birds in the world with the fewest feathers to make their flight as efficient as possible.
11. Advanced Hummingbird Sketch
Sketching is similar to exploring in that you learn from your mistakes. Perhaps you made that circle less round than you’d wanted, or maybe you added too many lines on this or that part.
The best part about sketches is that you can easily erase your mistakes. Christine Elder has a couple of sketching resources on hummingbirds that you can learn from.
Fun Hummingbird Fact #11: Did you know that hummingbirds can detect colors that humans cannot?
Check out this post on easy animals to draw for kids for drawings that take less advanced skill.
