From cartoons to wildlife movies, ducks are depicted and celebrated across a vast array of mediums, and the reason for their popularity is clear – they are super cute! In just a few short steps, let’s learn how to bring a duck to life.
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Step-By-Step Images and Instructions
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Start by taking a black pen, and drawing a bumpy shape in the center of the page, almost like an “m” shape.
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Add a curved line on the left, descending from the left of the curve to the bottom of the page.
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Add another curved line to the other side…
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And then add two smaller bumps to the bottom, one on either side.
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Connect the two halves with a curved line at the bottom…
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And then add two smaller lines inside these ones.
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Connect the tops of the two new lines with a wavy line…
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And then add a curved line below this, slightly split at both ends.
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Add a wavy line to the top of this…
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And two small marks above this for nostrils.
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Then, add a semicircle to the bottom of this line to create a mouth.
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Draw a small triangle to the bottom of the curved line.
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Then add two “n” shapes above this beak section…
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And connect the bottoms with curved lines.
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Add smaller “n” shapes inside the larger ones for more detail to the eyes.
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Add two black circles in the center of the “n”, and then add two small crescent moon shapes to the left of each of the eyes.
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Next, add two short curved lines to each of the eyes for lashes.
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Grab a green pen, and fill in the rings of the eyes.
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Use a pink pen for the center of the eyes, and the small triangle under the mouth.
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Use a brown pen for the center of the mouth…
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And an orange pen for the rest of the beak.
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Then use a yellow pen for the rest of the face to complete the look.
And there we have it – a happy, smiling duck, ready to take on the world!
