Today, we will show you how to draw a turkey for Thanksgiving. This is an easy step-by-step tutorial. Perfect for beginners.
You can even do it easily with kids. It can add a lot of fun to your Thanksgiving decorations.
1. Drawing a turkey: outline of the head
We are going to draw a cute cartoon style of turkey. So the head has to be bigger.
First, we draw a big circle with HB pencils.
Then we draw an oval on the lower right side. Note the position and proportion. This will be the turkey’s beak.
Next, start drawing the general outline of the turkey’s eyes.
2. Draw a turkey body outline
Next, we draw an oval underneath the turkey’s head. You can draw it a little smaller. This will be the body of the turkey.
Then we draw the turkey’s wings.
Lastly, draw the lines where the neck and breast come together.
3. Draw a turkey tail feathers
Let’s finish drawing the legs and feet of the turkey. Then we drew the feathers on its tail.
Next, we draw the turkey’s crown. Finally, we draw the outline of the eyebrows.
4. Draw Shadows
Next, we draw the turkey’s beak. Then we deepen the contour.
Finally, we begin to draw the shading and some details.
A lovely turkey is ready.
5. Drawing a Cartoon Turkey for Thanksgiving
