How to draw a penguin with a pencil step by step

In this lesson you will learn how to draw an emperor penguin with a pencil step by step, standing on the snow, a huge ice floe. Penguins are birds, only they cannot fly, they live in coastal waters from the Galapogos Islands to Antarctica. The emperor penguin is the largest of all penguin species. Males can be distinguished from females by size, as males are taller and heavier (130 cm and 40 kg), and females are 115 cm tall and weigh 30 kg. Emperor penguins, like all penguins, eat fish and crustaceans. They hunt in packs, moving at an average speed of 4 km/h in water. Penguins live in large groups on ice floes near the water, if they are very cold, then they are pressed to each other and it becomes very warm inside, even if the ambient temperature is minus, for example -20. Their eyesight is very well adapted to see in the water.

Let's draw from this photo.

Draw a circle - this will be the size of the head, then determine the length of the body, you can measure it with a pencil and project this size onto paper, marking a horizontal strip. Then I sketched a curve that would show me the side of the penguin, for example, like a cube.

Next, we sketch the back and front. We draw a beak, a head and smooth lines of a body.

In the beak, draw the area that is orange in the penguin, and the wing. I approximately divided the body in height in half, the elbow is slightly higher.

Draw paws and tail, erase all unnecessary lines.

Paint over the dark areas very dark, and the abdomen in a light tone.

The lateral part of the penguin on the left obscures more, the body is not illuminated there. In front we draw rare feathers.

For uniformity of color, you can shade with the edge of paper or cotton wool. We show a dark area near the head on the neck. you can also draw wild expanses of ice and snow, then on the left you will need to finish the shadow of the penguin. The drawing of the penguin is ready.

More drawing lessons on the theme of penguins:

1. Penguins from Madagascar

2. Little penguin

You can also try drawing:

1. Dolphin

2. Seal

3. Seahorse