Draw a Turkey
This tutorial will show you four different ways to draw a turkey. Let's begin!
Contents
Steps
Cartoon Turkey (Beginners)
- Draw a squash shape.
- Draw a triangle in the center of the top of your squash.
- Draw two circles slightly above the triangle.
- Draw two, darker circles inside of the circles already drawn.
- Draw a squiggle-line extending from the triangle.
- Draw elongated ovals extended from the squash, until it resembles a fan.
- Draw two, even lines extending from the bottom of the turkey.
- Draw two diagonal lines, extending from close to the bottom of the lines.
- Shade your turkey in the desired colors.
- Finished.
Cartoon Turkey (Intermediate)
- Draw a circle.
- Sketch a small circle on the right side of the big circle. Connect the small circle with the big one using two curved lines so that it will look like a head, neck and body. Add two curved lines that make a pointed angle on the head for the beak.
- Sketch two lines with an angle attached to the body. Draw a triangle on the ends of each line for the turkey’s legs.
- Draw a fan-like structure on the rear part of the turkey.
- Draw the eyes using small circles. Add a curved line line for the eyebrows. Draw the mouth and a dot for the nostril.
- Draw the neck and the caruncles using curved lines cascading from the beak to the neck.
- Draw the wings using a big fluffy shape with three curved lines for the feathers.
- Using the outline, sketch out the turkey’s body and add the legs. Sketch a series of curved lines forming a collar just below the neck for feather design.
- Draw the feet. A turkey’s feet has three claws in front and a small one at the back.
- Sketch two layers containing a series of curved lines for the turkey’s fan-like tail. Make the second layer bigger and more elaborate than the first one.
- Erase unnecessary lines.
- Color the drawing.
Realistic Turkey
- Draw a big circle for the body and an oblong overlapping the big circle on the right side.
- Add a small circle for the head and connect this to the oblong using two curved lines that serves as the neck. Add two small curved lines that form a pointed angle to the right side of the head for the beak.
- Draw lines for a rough outline of the legs and add a triangle on each end for the feet.
- Draw a curved line on the left side of the turkey and a fan-like structure for the tail attached to the curved line.
- Draw the eyes and define the beak. Draw the snood and the caruncles of the neck using curved strokes.
- Sketch out the body, taking note of the feather patterns. Note that the back portion of the turkey is a little bumpy so you can sketch out a few outlines of the feathers too.
- Darken the fan-like shape of the turkey’s tail.
- Sketch and define the legs and toes.
- Draw random small strokes all over the turkey’s body for a feathery appearance.
- Erase unnecessary lines and refine the feathers using small curved strokes.
- Color the drawing.
A Chef Turkey
- Draw an oblong with an overlapping big circle below it. This will form the sketch for the turkey’s body and head.
- Draw the details of the turkey’s head using circles and curve lines for the beak.
- Draw details for the wattle and the head.
- Draw the turkey’s hat or toque to look like a cartoon.
- Draw details for the left wing using curve lines and also for the feet.
- Draw the right wing which holds a ladle. Draw also details for the cooking pot.
- Draw the turkey’s fan-shaped tail and details for the feathers.
- Trace with a black pen.
- Color to your liking, then design the background.
A Roasted Turkey
- Draw a horizontally elongated oblong.
- Draw a more flattened and elongated oblong below the first with an inner overlapping oblong. This will be the plate.
- Draw the details for the cut head, wings, and butt.
- Draw an oblong near the butt with small circles or oblongs below it.
- Draw the details for the turkey’s leg with a sketch for the leg bone. Draw details for leaves.
- Trace with a pen and erase unnecessary lines. Add details.
- Color to your liking!
Things You'll Need
- Paper
- Pencil
- Pencil sharpener
- Eraser gum
- Colored pencils, crayons, markers or watercolors