How to Draw a Cartoon Duck

Humor children or friends by illustrating a familiar cartoon duck character. An advanced artist can even change the cartoon duck's profile and draw a body in action. It's all about following the basic steps and embellishing with some skill and imagination.

Things You'll Need

• Sketch paper
• Black marker
• Pencil

Instructions

1. Start by sketching a bell shape in the center of the paper for the duck's bill. Draw the bell with equal double humps at the bottom instead of just one curved line.

2. Form the top lines to look like a Christmas tree instead of a bulb. Darken the bottom of the bill with one curved line to depict the lower half of the beak to create shadow.

3. Add circle eyes and nostrils. Make two circle eyes touching each other at the top of the bell where it's shaped like a Christmas tree. Fill in a smaller circle within each eye for the pupils. Dot two nostrils on the center of the bill just under the eyes.

4. Illustrate the head with a curve line from the top left side of the bill. Mark the line just under the eye, around the top to the same place under the right eye. Whisk a few strands of hair on top of the head. Write in eyelids and eyebrows as desired.

5. Sketch two lines to make a thin neck perpendicular to the center of the lower beak. Decorate the neck with a collar.

Tips & Warnings

• Practice the drawing with a pencil and trace the duck with a black marker to finish.