How To Draw A Feather with this how-to video and step-by-step drawing instructions. Easy drawing tutorial for beginners and kids.
Please see the drawing tutorial in the video below
You can refer to the simple step-by-step drawing guide below
Step 1.
Start by drawing a long and slightly curved diagonal line. This line will form the shaft, or central “body” of the feather.
Step 2
Draw a second, slightly curved line along the first. Allow two lines to meet at a point at the top.
Step 3
Enclose the lower part of the shaft, the area known as the brush, using a series of short and curved lines.
Step 4
Extend a short, straight line from the tips of the feathers. From this top point, draw two curved lines slanting towards the feathers.
Step 5
Feather wrap. From the lines drawn in the previous step, extend long and curved lines parallel to the axis of the feather. Connect these lines to the brush, the base of the feather, using short, curved lines.
Step 6
Add details to your feathers. Extend pairs of curves from the outline of the bristles towards the shaft. Before getting to the axis, let the lines meet at sharp points, enclosing the narrow triangles.
Step 7
Remove the guide lines from the feathers. The triangles drawn in the previous step now appear as indentations between the wings, or branches, of the feathers.
Step 8
Draw short, curved lines near the base of the feather and from the center of some indentations. The wings of a feather usually stick together due to friction between the spiny branches and the spiny branches – the smaller branches – but these lines indicate the fibers are not sticking together.
Step 9
Add more propeller details to your feather by drawing curved, wavy lines between the shaft and the edges of the feather.
Step 10
Color your feathers. In our example, the feathers have brown stripes, but birds – and therefore their feathers – have all the colors of the rainbow. For example, crow feathers are black, and flamingo feathers are pink. Yellow sparrows have bright yellow plumage, and parrot feathers can be red, blue, green, or orange. What kind of bird did your feathers come from? The choice is yours.
