How to draw an owl in pencil - step by step master classes, photo examples and ideas

The wise owl is a character in many children's fairy tales and appears in many cartoons and cartoon series. Knowing how to draw an owl, you can do creative work together with your child and improve his drawing skills, organizing a useful and interesting leisure time for him.

Mastering any technique of drawing the bird is easy enough if you do all the steps step by step and you can start with a sketch. A novice artist of preschool or school age will need a simple pencil to draw, and after creating a sketch it can be painted with paints, pencils or felt-tip pens.

Steps of drawing an owl and elements of the drawing

Every child can draw an owl step by step, from memory or sketching from a picture, which you can pick up in advance. It is better to begin the drawing lesson with an introduction to the information concerning this bird, after which you can begin to draw the individual elements of the figure:

large, round eyes and a neat triangular beak placed in the center of the muzzle;
the ears of the owl, for a realistic drawing you can depict brushes on them;
Wings and paws, the plumage of wings is often highlighted in a more saturated shade.

Choosing a dark background for the drawing, you can depict a polar (white owl) on it, on a plain background, the usual brown or gray bird. Most often children's drawings depict the bird in full-face, for images more complex in design mono choose any composition.

Simple examples of drawing an owl for children

On your own, you can begin to draw with a simple sketch, which is easy and simple to repeat for a child of any age:

two identical circles are drawn on the sheet, touching in the middle, they are united by an isosceles triangle with the corner dropped down;
In the center of each circle-eye, draw a bold dot or a painted oval, which will be symmetrically located pupils of an owl;
The body of the owl is outlined with an egg-shaped oval, the bottom of the figure should be wider, then it will be convenient to place the wings and paws of the bird;
Two identical lines cut off the edges of the oval on both sides, the lines should be concave inside, these will be the wings of the owl;
Two sharp triangles with angles pointing upwards are drawn to the top of the head, such ears can be supplemented with cute tassels;
To the lower line of the body you need to add small and voluminous semicircles, divided into three parts, so the owl will have paws.

The resulting owl looks quite attractive, and for its coloring use brown paint or pencils.

A little owl in pencil

Drawing a funny bird will help an interesting picture, and such a figure can be used as an applique to decorate a notebook or album:

With the help of simple and clear lines, the body and head of the owl are outlined, and the body of the bird should have an oval shape, the wings are outlined with the help of arcs;
thin legs with 3-4 toes (side rays) are drawn under the body itself, the head contours are connected and triangular ears of the bird are drawn on them;
The edges of the ears are bent inward and you can continue to decorate the muzzle, drawing on it quite large, oval eyes, smaller ovals will be the pupils;
Just below the eyes is a sharp beak, and above the eyes you can draw a neat bangs of plumage, which will give the owl a funny look;
For coloring pictures need different pencils, orange and yellow shaded beak and the outer part of the eyes, brown is used for the body;
black pencil is suitable for highlighting the wings and shading the pupils, after outlining the picture to add a shadow.

If we use body paint or henna, this can be a great temporary tattoo for a child or even an adult.

A master class for the smallest children

Young children who like to watch educational cartoons and programs often meet the characters of owls, and it is easy enough to draw them yourself:

Draw an oval on a sheet of paper with a marker or black felt-tip pen;
In the upper part of the blank, you must draw two circles-eyes;
In the center of the round eyes are drawn two points, these will be the pupils;
Beak in the form of a triangle is placed under the eyes in the center of the figure;
triangular ears can be drawn on top of the oval and decorated with tassels;
Two twigs from below the figure will be paws and to them you need to draw fingers;
For coloring a picture with kids is better to use colored pencils.

A young child will gladly draw a favorite character, especially if it is a cute and funny owl or a wise Auntie Owl.

Drawing an owl with paints

For elementary school students a great fun and activity for the weekend or on vacation will be drawing an owl with paints:

To get a beautiful bird, you need to start drawing with the design of the background, for this purpose, white, blue and purple gouache is shaded on the sheet, so the background will turn out a beautiful sky;
to design the background, it is best to use a large brush and, starting from the top of the sheet, apply alternately purple, white and blue shades, mixing their borders;
from the right side two large branches are added to the drawing with black paint, it is also suitable for drawing the torso, which is a truncated drop with ears;
waiting for the torso to dry, you can depict snow on the background in white gouache, and for the owl in red color draw a hat in the form of a bright triangle with a pompom;
To complete the drawing, use yellow gouache, it draws round eyes with even pupils, and white paint on the body of the owl traced plumage in the form of triangles or waves.

Decorate such an owl you can use watercolor, no less spectacular picture will turn out if you use gouache.

Using these simple tips you can learn how to draw an owl and gradually create complicated subject paintings. Such drawings can depict an owl and a wolf, other forest dwellers and fairy tale characters.

Photo examples of homemade owl drawing

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