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How to Draw a Falcon – Easy Step-by-Step Bird Drawing for Kids

Sharp eyes, powerful wings, and a striking beak make the falcon an exciting bird for young artists to draw. Children can follow the easy step-by-step images to create the falcon one stage at a time, building its distinctive features with confidence. Young artists who want to practice drawing more birds of prey can also learn how to draw hawk using our learn to draw worksheets. The printable PDF worksheet provides extra practice while helping develop creativity, observation skills, fine motor control, and drawing confidence through an engaging wildlife-themed activity.



Take your drawing skills to the skies with Monkey Pen and learn how to draw a falcon step by step using a streamlined body, sharp beak, and powerful wings.

Step 1: First draw a sharp beak using curved lines.

Step 2: Draw its head above the beak with a smooth curve.

Step 3: Under the beak, make a long, curved line for the chest.

Step 4: Below the chest, add a short leg covered with feathers.

Step 5: Now draw the left leg too.

Step 6: Create a large curved line for the wing.

Step 7: Include a row of “U” shaped feathers within the wing. 

Step 8: Below, draw another row of feathers in the shape of wide “U”. 

Step 9: Extend the curved wing till the back for the long, tail feather.

Step 10: Complete the tail feather outline using bumpy curves.

Step 11: Now sketch another tail feather beneath.

Step 12: Draw few vertical lines to make the tail feather thick.

Step 13: Add the foot and talons.

Step 14: Draw the other foot and talons.

Step 15: A small patch is shown on the head. Also include a small nostril inside the beak.

Step 16: Draw vertical lines inside the pointed wing for the feather pattern.

Step 17: Start adding few striped feather patterns.

Step 18: Include a few more feathers.

Step 19: Complete the tail wing with some more feathers.

Step 20: On the upper part of the wing, include small “U” shaped feather patterns.

Step 21: Don’t forget to draw tiny “U” shaped feather marks across the chest and legs.

Step 22: Include small horizontal stripes toward the bottom portion of the tail.

Step 23: Draw tiny stripes to the legs and feet.

Step 24: Add a small round eye.

Step 25: Darken the eye leaving a small highlight.

Step 26: Create a hard rocky surface under the bird’s foot using wavy lines.

Step 27: A powerful falcon is drawn.



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