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How to Draw a Cartoon Flamingo
Learn how to draw a great looking Cartoon Flamingo with easy, step-by-step drawing instructions, and video tutorial.
By following the simple steps, you too can easily draw a perfect Cartoon Flamingo.
Complete Cartoon Flamingo drawing
Flamingos are famous for their bright pink feathers. Learn how to draw a cartoon flamingo in all its natural beauty.
Flamingos are unusual birds with spindly legs, vibrant plumage and long necks like giraffes. They famously get their color from the food that they eat. You can color your cartoon flamingo with your favorite shade of pink.
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This easy step-by-step drawing uses a lot of circles, ovals, curves and leaf shapes. The legs are easy to draw because they’re narrow like twigs. If you want more detailed shading, lightly sketch the wings to make them look feathery.
For more easy and fun guides, see the How to Draw a Puffin or Bald Eagle Flying Drawing tutorials.
Step-by-Step Instructions for Drawing a Cartoon Flamingo
How to Draw a Great Looking Cartoon Flamingo for Kids, Beginners, and Adults – Step 1
1. Sketch a semi-circle near the top of the page. Use curved lines to make a rounded triangle for the eye, then add an oval inside the triangle and a dash above the shape.
Easy Cartoon Flamingo Drawing – Step 2
2. Outline the beak with two curves that meet at a point at the bottom. Draw a wavy line inside the lines to make a banana-like shape, and finalize the beak with a curve beneath the eye.
Easy Cartoon Flamingo Drawing – Step 3
3. Draw the neck with two backward S-shapes that create a long, narrow tube. Complete the head with a semi-circle. Sketch lines inside the beak like a regular flamingo drawing.
Easy Cartoon Flamingo Drawing – Step 4
4. Sketch a hill for the top of your cartoon flamingo’s wing, then draw a vertical curve and three overlapping loops underneath.
Easy Cartoon Flamingo Drawing – Step 5
5. Add more loops and lines to make the wing look soft and feathery. Start the body with a curve underneath.
Easy Cartoon Flamingo Drawing – Step 6
6. Make small, sketchy triangles, complete the body with a curve and draw more triangles for the tail.
Easy Cartoon Flamingo Drawing – Step 7
7. Draw two arrows to create a narrow leg. Outline the toes with two large loops and one small loop at the end.
Add More Details to Your Cartoon Flamingo Picture – Step 8
8. Add one more toe to the first leg. Sketch the second leg with straight vertical lines and an oval in the middle. Draw a triangle for the foot and short triangles on top of the leg.
Complete the Outline of Your Cartoon Flamingo Drawing – Step 9
9. Complete the foot with more triangles that make the toes look webbed. Sketch narrow lines inside the legs.
Color Your Cartoon Flamingo Drawing
Finally, outline your entire cartoon flamingo drawing, then color the body and feathers bright pink. Use pinkish-tan for the legs and gray and off-white for the beak. Carefully shade your drawing according to the example.
If you love birds, try a cartoon bird drawing guide or mockingbird drawing to practice your wildlife drawing skills. Check out the drawing of the bird skull guide to learn about anatomy.
For more great easy bird drawing tutorials, see the collection of Cute Easy Bird Drawing Ideas..
Easy, step by step Cartoon Flamingo drawing tutorial
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Dilute colour to make delicate washes
You can use Derwent’s Pastel Shade pans similarly to a traditional watercolour paint. Just take a wet brush, swipe over the pan and you’ll be able to easily lift the colour. Drop some colour from your loaded brush onto the palette and dilute it with a little water. Paint this out and you’ll create a delicate wash of colour. Try adding more and more water to your mixture, and you’ll be able to create washes that become paler and paler.
Mix with minimal water to create a gouache-like paint
Try lifting colour like in the exercise above, but use only a little water to activate the colour. Run your brush over the pan a few times and you should notice a thick paint building up. Load your brush with this thick mixture and paint onto your paper. The colour will be much more bright and intense than the washes from the first exercise.
Layer washes to build up intense colour
Using thick colour means you can apply bold colour in a single layer. But you can also create radiant washes built up from successive layers. Create a dilute wash, like in the first exercise, and paint your first layer onto paper. Let this dry before adding another layer on top. Repeat this process until you have a wash of vibrant colour.
