Draw a Chicken
Why did the chicken cross the road? So you can draw it! This step-by-step guide will help you draw a few different kinds of chickens. Let's begin!
Contents
Steps
A Cartoon Chicken
- Make a small circle.
- Create an oval within that.
- Draw a triangle joined with another for the beak-guide.
- Make four ovals of different sizes on top of the head for the comb.
- Join two straight lines from the head for the neck.
- Create a big oval at the bottom of the neck –lines for the body.
- Within that create a smaller oval for the wing.
- Make an angular box for the tail overlapping the right edge of the oval.
- Attach straight lines from the bottom of the body-oval and extend digits from them.
- Make all the detailed strokes.
- Erase guides.
- Color the chicken.
A Simple Chicken
- Draw a small oval for the head.
- Make another much bigger oval for the body.
- Join the two ovals with a straight lines.
- Join three regular lines with each other for tail.
- Attach a small beak to the edge of the oval on the top by joining two straight lines.
- Make a squeezed inverted ‘D’ on top of the head-oval.
- Then draw a tiny oval for the eye.
- Extend a couple of straight line for the legs.
- Create four lines from the base of the leg-lines for guides to the digits.
- Get back to the body and make a modest horizontal oval for the wing.
- Draw every detail of the chicken based on the above guides.
- Erase away all guide lines.
- Color the chicken and apply shades accordingly.
A Traditional Chicken
- Let's start with the head. Draw a circle and a curvy triangle for the beak. Draw an oval for the wattle and comb. Draw guidelines.
- Add in details for the head. Draw a circle for the eye. A line for the mouth and add in color separations.
- Now let's move on to the body. Draw a curvy oval for the neck. A circle and oval for the body. Draw a curvy triangle as basis for the tail and another one for the wings.
- Draw 2 ovals for each leg and add in its feet.
- Sketch in details like feathers and such.
- Outline our chicken and erase guidelines.
- Color it up and we're done!
Things You'll Need
- Pencil
- Colored pencils (optional)
- Eraser
- Paper
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