How to Draw Wings (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw wings, start with a small heart in the middle. Add a curved top edge on each side, then a row of small round feathers under each edge. Finish with a row of long feathers.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Light blue and pink 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 wings step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw a small heart in the middle of the page.
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Step 2 of 6: Add a long curved top edge from the heart up and out to the left, with a tip that curls down.
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Step 3 of 6: Draw a matching curved top edge on the right side, like a mirror copy.
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Step 4 of 6: Add four small round feathers under each top edge, from its open end to the heart.
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Step 5 of 6: Draw four long rounded feathers under the small feathers on each side.
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Step 6 of 6: Color the heart pink and the tips of the long feathers light blue. Leave the rest of the wings white.
Tips for little artists
Tip: Press lightly with the pencil first. Trace the lines you like with the marker, then erase the rest.
Tip: Draw one wing, then copy it on the other side. Check that both tips are at the same height.
Tip: Make the small feathers like the bumps of a cloud, all about the same size.
Make it yours
Bird wings
Color the wings brown or gray and leave out the heart.
Rainbow wings
Color each long feather a different color of the rainbow.
Wings with a star
Swap the heart in the middle for a small yellow star.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
The wings are different sizes
Draw the right top edge as a mirror copy of the left one, tip at the same height.
The feathers look like spikes
Round the end of every feather, both the small ones and the long ones.
The heart is lost
Start each top edge from the side of the heart so the heart stays in the middle.
Fun facts about wings
Primaries are a wing's outer flight feathers. They attach to the fused bones of the bird's hand. (Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Feather Atlas)
Most bird species have 9 to 10 primary feathers. (Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Feather Atlas)
Feathers do many jobs at once. They insulate from cold, ward off the sun's ultraviolet rays, repel water and make flight possible. (Source: National Audubon Society)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to make wings drawing easy?
Start with a small heart, then draw one curved top edge on each side. Add a row of small round feathers and a row of long feathers under each edge.
How to make easy angel wings?
Keep the wings white with soft, round feathers and a heart in the middle. Color only the heart and the tips of the long feathers.
How to draw a wing step by step?
Draw the top edge first, then the small feathers under it, then the long feathers under those. The 6 steps above draw two wings in that order.
If your wings came out a little uneven, that's fine. Your wings are ready to fly. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.