How to Draw a Roadrunner
Roadrunners are fast-running birds native to the deserts of North and Central America. In this tutorial, you will learn how to draw a roadrunner step by step.
This drawing shows a roadrunner in a very simplified style. The simple side view makes it even easier to convey the bird’s distinctive silhouette.
Time needed: 50 minutes
How to Draw a Roadrunner
- Mark the location of the head and torso.
Start your drawing with markings. To do this, draw an oval and a circle using broken, curved lines.
- Draw the neck and tail of the roadrunner.
Connect the previously drawn shapes with two curved lines and also add the long narrow tail as shown.
- Depict the top of the roadrunner’s head and beak.
Above the previously drawn head, draw many short lines, one straight line, and also add the pointed beak.
- Finish drawing the beak and add the eyes.
Inside the outline of the previously drawn beak, add curved lines and the dot, depict the eye as a circle with the large dot inside it.
- Depict the wing and upper legs of the roadrunner.
On the side of the previously drawn torso, depict one wing using curved lines. Draw the two bases of the legs at the bottom of the torso.
- Finish drawing the legs of the roadrunner.
Below the previously drawn elements, draw some straight lines, and also add the fingers and pointed claws.
- Draw the tail feathers of the roadrunner.
Sketch out two straight lines on the bird’s tail, and add some arcs and curved lines to draw the feathers.
- Add the plumage to the bird’s wing.
On the previously drawn roadrunner wing, add many curved lines of varying lengths, as shown.
- Complete the sketch.
Your drawing is almost ready, now you should use the eraser to remove all unnecessary auxiliary lines.
- Color the drawing.
To color the roadrunner, use different shades of gray as well as taupe.
So this drawing lesson came to an end, in which you learned how to draw a roadrunner. If you carefully followed all the steps of drawing, then you have an excellent drawing. Be sure to share your feedback and suggestions so that we take them into account when creating new drawing lessons.
