How to Draw a Kookaburra

1. Begin the cartoon kookaburra outline by drawing its large beak. Enclose a curved triangle.

Then, outline the eye using curved lines. Shade a circle inside it. Draw a series of short, curved lines that meet at jagged points above the eye.

2. Use curved lines to enclose the triangular bottom of the beak. Shade a small teardrop shape on the top to indicate the nostril.

Then, use a series of curved lines to draw the front and back of the rectangular head.

3. Use a series of curved lines that meet at points followed by a long curved line to sketch the bird's chest and belly. Contour the base of the head and the chest with connected, curved lines.

4. Use a long curved line for the bird's back, and another for the top of the wing. Then, use overlapping curved lines to sketch the flight feathers along the edge of the wing.

5. Texture the wing with rows of connected "U" shaped lines. Then draw the feathered upper portion of the bird's leg. Use a series of short curved lines that meet at jagged points.

6. Draw the top of the remaining leg and the base of the tail using a series of connected, curved lines.

Then, use overlapping lines to draw the toes of the foot. At the tip of each toe, enclose a sharply pointed curved triangle to indicate the claws.

7. Complete the first foot and sketch the second, again using overlapping curved lines and curved triangles.

8. Use long curved lines to enclose the tail and distinguish its feathers. Then, draw a tree branch for the bird to stand on. Use long curved lines that branch and meet at points.

9. Extend curved lines from the tree limb. Allow the lines to diverge into two or three twigs at the tips. Enclose a leaf around each twig using two curved lines that meet at points on each end.

Your cartoon kookaburra outline is now complete. Color your bird. Laughing kookaburras are cream and brown.

We've colored our illustration like the blue-winged kookaburra, which has bright blue feathers on its dark brown wings.