The flamingo birds are going to be drawn from the side and they will form a head when finished. Make the long neck lines like so, then draw in two small circles for the head guides.
– Pablo Neruda
Sometimes my creative mind is a playful kitten. A kitten who likes to play with words and unexpected imagery. I knew I wanted to do a love bird card this year but I didn’t know it was going to take me to the tropics. I literally woke up one morning a couple weeks ago and said “FLAMINGOS!” Picture a disheveled, puffy-eyed me sitting up in bed with a huge kitten grin and a lightbulb emoji over my head. It happened yesterday. 40 hand-drawn, cut, glued, and lettered flamingo cards happened. Guys, I am tired. But look.
Materials:
- pink and coral scrap paper set
- white greeting card/envelope set
- scissors
- glue stick
- gel pens for details – pink and white
- Sharpie for beak
1. Collect your paper palette. You could hand paint your flamingo paper but I chose to pick some sheets out of my pink and coral scrapbook paper stash. 2. Sketch out a simplified flamingo shape. Make the arch of the necks look like two sides of one heart. 3. Trace your template on your colored paper. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for your little heart wings and your palm fronds. 5. Glue your flamingos onto your card stock. 6. Add your heart wings. 7. Add your palm frond. 8. Take a bright pink jelly pen and add your love note inside. 9. Draw a white heart shape on your flamingos’ faces with a white paint pen or a white chalk marker. 10. Add black to the beak with a Sharpie. 11. Take a fine point black pen and add a simple eye shape. 12. You could add some details to your flamingo with pink and peach jelly pens or leave your peachy bird as is.
Step 2.
Flamingo’s have long beaks that are hearty. You will draw the first flamingo beak and make sure that the lining is straight, but starts to cup at the bottom.
You will now draw in the other beak the very same way you did the first one. When that is done move to the next drawing step.
Step 4.
The beaks are done. You will now focus on drawing the head, and then the long neck. The flamingo has a semi thick neck and they are almost just as long as a swans neck.
Draw in the head and neck of the other flamingo like so, and make sure the necks form a heart shape when drawn together.
Step 6.
Okay, the faces are next. Start by drawing small beady eyes, then color in a tiny pupil. Sketch out the wrinkled skin that forms from the eye, and spreads just above the top of the beak. Draw in the line to make the top and bottom portion of the beak , then add a nostril line. Sketch in some light feather detailing on the neck and head like so, then you can proceed to the next step. more
For the last drawing step all you have to do is draw in the same exact facial features to the second flamingo as you did previously. Remember to keep the aspect of the flamingo face aligned with one another because you want to make the flamingos look like they are staring in each others eyes. Erase the mistakes and guides, then you’re done here. more
