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

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Bring elegance to your sketchbook with Monkey Pen and learn how to draw a swan step by step using a curved neck, soft body shapes, and simple feather details.

Step 1: Draw a small, narrow “U” shaped beak.

Step 2: Add a small portion above the beak, a line down the beak and a tiny dash inside the beak.

Step 3: A round head is added along with a tiny hook shape for the back of the neck.

Step 4: Behind the beak, add a small curve to define the head.

Step 5: Create a long curve beneath the lower head for the front neckline.

Step 6: Continue the curve down the neck horizontally to create the lower bodyline.

Step 7: Behind the neck, draw two short curves one above the other.

Step 8: Add few rounded feather patterns in a column within the wing.

Step 9: Continue adding the feathers.

Step 10: A few more feathers are added.

Step 11: Behind the wing, include a round patch of feathers. 

Step 12: A few pointed tail feathers are added behind the patch to create the tail feather.

Step 13: A column of rounded feathers is added inside the wing. 

Step 14: Include another column of feathers behind.

Step 15: Now draw few horizontal feather patterns inside the patch.

Step 16: Draw a small round eye and an eyebrow.

Step 17: Shade the eye leaving a small space and a tiny portion free for the highlight.

Step 18: Draw wavy lines underneath the swan to show the water ripples.

Step 19: Add a few more ripples surrounding this.

Step 20: You have drawn a graceful swan.

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