How to Draw a Duck

Improve Your Drawing Skills with Printable Practice Sheets!

Learn how to draw a great looking Duck with easy, step-by-step drawing instructions, and video tutorial.

By following the simple steps, you too can easily draw a beautiful Duck.

Jump to the step-by-step instructions.

Complete Duck drawing
Complete Duck drawing

In a 2002 study conducted by psychologist Richard Wiseman, ducks were found to be the animal most associated with humor, jokes, and silliness in numerous cultures.

It is no wonder, then, that ducks are among the beloved characters of longstanding, entertaining cartoons.

Perhaps the most famous cartoon duck is Disney's Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934. The Disney universe is inhabited by many other duck characters as well, including Donald's girlfriend Daisy Duck, his uncle Scrooge McDuck, and his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

Another well-known cartoon duck is the Looney Tunes’ Daffy Duck, who made his debut just three years after Donald.

Daffy also has a cartoon family of similar characters, including Daphne Duck, Melissa Duck, and Plucky Duck.

Scroll down for a downloadable PDF of this tutorial.

Would you like to be able to draw your very own duck? Now you can, with the help of this simple, step-by-step drawing tutorial.

All you will need is a pencil and a piece of paper. Optionally, you may want to use an eraser to clear guide lines and correct mistakes. If you wish to color your finished drawing, you may use colored pencils, crayons, markers, or paints.

Each step in this easy drawing guide includes both written instructions and an illustration. In each illustration, lines added in previous steps will be shown in black, whereas those to be added in the current step are highlighted in blue.

If you liked this tutorial, see also the following drawing guides: Eagle, Raven, and Hummingbird.

Step-by-Step Instructions for Drawing a Duck

How to Draw a Duck Featured Image

How to Draw a Great Looking Duck for Kids, Beginners, and Adults - Step 1

How to Draw a Duck: 01

Begin by drawing a circle. This will form the duck's head.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 2

How to Draw a Duck: 02

Draw a long, curved line extending downward from the circle. This will form the back of the duck's neck.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 3

How to Draw a Duck: 03

Draw another long, curved line extending downward from the head, to outline the front of the neck.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 4

How to Draw a Duck: 04

Draw a large oval at the base of the neck. This outlines the duck's wing.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 5

How to Draw a Duck: 05

Beginning within the outline of the wing, draw a series of curved lines to detail the feathers of the wing. For the wingtip, allow the lines to extend past the oval and meet in sharp points. On the bottom side of the wing, the feathers will be shorter and more rounded, using "U" shaped lines.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 6

How to Draw a Duck: 06

Erase the guide lines from around the wing.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 7

How to Draw a Duck: 07

Using a series of connected, curved lines, extend more feathers past the tip of the wing. This will form the duck's tail.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 8

How to Draw a Duck: 08

Add a rough of feathers to the duck's chest using short, curved lines that connect in downward facing jagged points.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 9

How to Draw a Duck: 09

Enclose the duck's body by drawing a long, curved line from the duck's chest to its tail. Add the detail of feathers below the wing using short, curved, connected lines.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 10

How to Draw a Duck: 10

From this tuft of feathers, begin the leg by drawing two short, curved lines.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 11

How to draw a duck Step: 11

Use a series of "U" shaped lines to draw the foot. Extend one toe to the back of the foot using a "U" shaped line, and several toes facing the front.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 12

How to draw a duck Step: 12

Draw another tuft of feathers using short, curved lines that meet in jagged points. Extend two short, curved lines downward from the tuft.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 13

How to draw a duck Step: 13

Draw the second foot in similar fashion to the first, by connecting and overlapping several "U" shaped lines.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 14

How to draw a duck Step: 14

Draw the beak. Extend a curved line from the face, and enclose an irregular shape. Draw a small oval within the shape to form the nostril.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 15

How to draw a duck Step: 15

Draw a curved line from the bottom of the beak to its side, enclosing the shape of the lower beak. Draw a curved line within the lower beak to detail the mouth.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 16

How to draw a duck Step: 16

Draw tufts of feathers extending from the top and back of the head using short, curved lines connected in jagged points.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 17

How to draw a duck Step: 17

Erase the guide lines from the head.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 18

How to draw a duck Step: 18

Draw a large circle to form the eye. Within the eye, draw a smaller circle, and a tiny circle within the smaller circle. Shade between the innermost circles to form the pupil. Extend eyelashes from the eye using short, curved lines. Draw a curved shape above the eye to form the eyebrow.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 19

How to draw a duck Step: 19

Add the detail of feathers to the head, neck, stomach and wing using short curved lines.

Easy Duck Drawing - Step 20

How to draw a duck Step: 20

Color the duck. Ducks can come in many colors - ducklings are often yellow. Adult ducks may be solid white or flecked in shades of white, brown, black, and even green.

For more great Bird drawing tutorials, see the 41 Easy Bird Drawing Tutorials post.

Easy, step by step Duck drawing tutorial
How to Draw a Duck | Share to Pinterest

Click HERE to save the tutorial to Pinterest!

Duck Drawing Tutorial - Easy & Fun Printable Pages

Join now and get immediate access to thousands of printable drawing instruction and practice pages!

Printables thumbnail: How to draw a Duck

Learn how to get access to thousands of printable pages!

Become a member sales prompt

MEMBER TROUBLESHOOTING

Still seeing ads or not being able to download the PDF?

First, check that you're logged in. You can log in on the member login page.

If you're still not able to download the PDF, the likely solution is to reload the page.

You can do this by clicking the browser reload button.

It is a circular arrow-shaped icon at the top of the browser window, typically found in the upper-left side (you can also use keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+R on PC and Command+R on Mac).