How to Draw a Swan
Swans are one of the easiest animals to draw as you're learning and refining your artistic technique. A couple of simple curvy lines can become a swan with as little effort as it takes a swan to glide across the surface of a pond.
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Instructions
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Draw a simple number "2" and make the line at the bottom of the "2" bump up slightly in the middle to look like a small hill.
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Extend the top point of the "2" so that it curls under slightly like a hook. Make a curved line, like a smile, from the top of your hook and down about a half inch. The top of the smile will retrace the top of the hook.
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Create tail feathers by making several zig-zag-like triangles off the base of the "2".
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Add water ripples that start under the last tail feather and extend across the page.
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Draw a line from the top of your hook (or smile) down to the water to make the swan's neck.
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Take the point at the bottom of the smile and extend it to the top of the curve on the head of the "2" to make a beak. Add a black dot for an eye.
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Tips & Warnings
Look at a picture of a swan and see if you can recognize the "2" shape the swan makes. This will make the swan easier to visualize while you're drawing it.
Sketch the swan out with a pencil. You can darken it with pencil shading or markers after it looks the way you want it.
