How to Draw a Chicken for Kids
This very simple drawing lesson will show you how to draw a chicken easily and quickly, even for kids. You only need 8 steps to create this drawing.
In this easy drawing tutorial, you will learn how to draw a chicken for kids. The chicken is very common poultry around the world. Chickens are domesticated birds that have been pets for a very long time, and it is for this reason that birds have evolutionarily stopped flying.
The chicken has a rather large body, small hind legs and small wings. A chicken can be drawn quickly and very beautifully thanks to the step-by-step instructions below. If you have never tried drawing baby chicks, then do it after drawing the mother chicken.
We tried to put together a simple step-by-step guide that will help all beginners draw this elementary chicken drawing. Enjoy your drawing!
Time needed: 45 minutes
How to Draw a Chicken for Kids
- Outline the body.
Start by drawing the torso. To do this, you need to sketch out a large circle, which visually resembles an egg lying on the side.
- Add the neck and head.
From the body, draw two lines as shown, and above these lines draw a small circular chicken head.
- Draw the comb.
Draw the wavy chicken comb on the head, and draw the circular chicken wattle just below.
- Add the eye and beak.
Draw the triangular, pointed beak of the chicken between the comb and the wattle. After that, draw a small chicken eye.
- Draw the wing.
Draw the wing on the body of the chicken. To do this, make the left part rounded, and the right one in the shape of pointed feathers.
- Draw the tail.
Now sketch a chicken tail, which, like the wings, needs to be drawn with the shape of feathers.
- Add legs.
Using straight lines, sketch out the chicken legs.
- Color the chicken.
Chickens have different feather colors. You can color the chicken completely light orange or gray with red feathers. Color the comb and wattle bright red.
Done, the chicken is drawn and colored! We hope that you liked the lesson, and it was interesting to depict a popular bird. Be sure to share your work and this step-by-step lesson with your friends and classmates!
We suggest that you familiarize yourself with our other compiled instructions and draw many more beautiful compositions. We will always be glad to see you on our website!