How to Draw a Duck (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw a duck, start with a round head on top of an oval body. Add an eye and a flat beak, then a wing with feather scallops. Finish with pointed tail feathers and two webbed feet.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Yellow, light yellow and orange crayons
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Teaching this to a class?
Show one step at a time on the board and wait for the class before the next. The directed drawing for kids page explains how to run it.
How to draw a duck step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw a round head sitting on top of a wide oval body.
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Step 2 of 6: Add a round eye with a shine dot and a flat, rounded beak on the right side of the head.
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Step 3 of 6: Draw a wing with three feather scallops. Erase the line between the head and the body.
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Step 4 of 6: Add two pointed tail feathers sticking up on the left end of the body.
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Step 5 of 6: Draw two thin legs, each with a webbed foot shaped like a fan with three points.
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Step 6 of 6: Color the duck yellow, the wing light yellow, and the beak, legs and feet orange.
Tips for little artists
Tip: Press lightly with the pencil first. Trace the lines you like with the marker, then erase the rest.
Tip: Let the head overlap the top of the body. That makes a cute, chubby duck.
Tip: Draw each webbed foot like a small fan with three points.
Make it yours
Duck in a pond
Skip the legs and draw wavy water lines across the bottom of the body.
Mallard duck
Color the head green, add a thin white ring on the neck and make the chest brown, like a male mallard.
Duck family
Draw two or three smaller ducklings in a line behind the big duck.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
The beak is too pointed
Make the beak flat and rounded at the tip, not pointed.
The wing is too small
Draw the wing almost as wide as the head, in the middle of the body.
The feet are not webbed
Draw each foot as one flat fan with three points at the front, not three separate lines.
Fun facts about the duck
A mallard duck's outer feathers are waterproof, thanks to oil from a gland near the tail. (Source: National Geographic Kids)
Under the waterproof outer feathers, a mallard has a soft, warm layer of feathers called down. (Source: National Geographic Kids)
Female mallard ducks have mottled brown feathers. (Source: National Geographic Kids)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to draw a duck easy?
Draw a round head on an oval body. Add an eye, a beak, a wing, tail feathers and webbed feet. The 6 steps above follow that order.
How to draw a duck for kids?
Use two shapes: a circle for the head and an oval for the body. A flat beak and webbed feet make it a duck.
How to draw a duck step by step?
Start with the head and body, then the eye and beak, the wing, the tail feathers and the feet. Color it last.
If your duck's wing came out a little lopsided, that's fine. Your duck is ready to waddle. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.