How to Draw Donald Duck
Donald Duck is one of Disney’s most popular cartoon characters. In this tutorial, you will learn how to draw Donald Duck step by step.
Donald Duck is shown as a white duck with a yellow-orange bill and legs, usually dressed in his signature sailor shirt and cap.
By following the steps, you’ll recreate the appearance of this this Disney cartoon character standing in his classic pose and his familiar sailor outfit.
Time needed: 1 hour
How to Draw Donald Duck
- Add basic markup.
Indicate the location of the head and torso of the Donald Duck by drawing one circle, as well as the figure that looks like a deformed oval.
- Draw the character’s eyes.
Inside the previously drawn outline of the head, depict two eyes using ovals and curved lines. One eye is only partially visible.
- Draw the top of the Donald Duck’s beak.
At the bottom of the previously drawn head, draw the wide top of the beak using curved lines as shown.
- Depict the bottom of the character’s beak.
Below the previously drawn elements, draw two curved and two straight lines to depict the wide open beak.
- Add elements to the top of the Donald Duck’s head.
Depict a few arcs at the top of the character’s head, and also start drawing the character’s headdress above his head.
- Finish drawing the Donald Duck’s headdress.
Continue drawing the headpiece by adding curved lines at the top, and finally add the ribbon on the side of it.
- Draw the character’s shoulders.
Below the previously drawn head of the Donald Duck, draw some curved lines to draw the top of the suit and the shoulders.
- Continue drawing the character’s costume.
Below the previously drawn elements, depict the large bow using rounded lines, and also add a line on the side and belly.
- Depict the sleeves of the Donald Duck.
To continue drawing the character’s costume, depict two sleeves using curved lines of different lengths for this.
- Sketch out the character’s hands.
At the bottom of the previously drawn sleeves, depict the hands with straight and bent fingers, using rounded lines.
- Add the tail and decorative elements.
On the sleeves, draw two curved lines on each, and add the pointed tail at the back of the Donald Duck’s torso.
- Start drawing the legs of the character.
At the bottom of the character’s torso, add some curved lines to draw the legs bent at the knees.
- Add the feet on the character’s legs.
To complete the drawing of the Donald Duck’s legs, continue the previously drawn lines using curved and wavy lines.
- Correct inaccuracies.
Now you can remove all unnecessary lines with the help of the eraser to prepare your drawing for the coloring stage.
- Color the drawing.
To color the Donald Duck, use shades of blue, shades of yellow, red, and black.
On this drawing lesson, in which you learned how to draw Donald Duck step by step, came to an end. We hope you found this tutorial helpful. We also invite you to complete other drawing lessons prepared by our team, which contain instructions for drawing various cartoon characters.
was great came out exzactly like it