How to Draw a Turkey

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1. Քայլ 1

   Lay in the body mass first, in one motion.

   Nearly every bird is one egg-shaped mass with everything else attached to it. Draw the egg in one motion and let its tilt say what the bird is doing.

   Օգտագործեք ՝ Building the body from several small arcs.

   Ստուգել The body should be one smooth closed shape.

2. Քայլ 2

   Add the head circle and note how small it is.

   Bird heads are smaller relative to the body than beginners expect - usually about a quarter of the body length. Measure against the egg before you commit.

   Օգտագործեք ՝ An oversized head, which turns the bird into a cartoon.

   Ստուգել About four head-widths should fit along the body.

3. Քայլ 3

   Run two lines from the head down into the body.

   Even a short-necked bird has a neck: two curves joining head to body, front and back. Without them the head floats and the bird reads as a snowman.

   Օգտագործեք ՝ Leaving the head disconnected from the body.

   Ստուգել Both neck curves should touch head and body.

4. Քայլ 4

   Put the beak on, and get its angle right.

   The beak grows out of the skull rather than sitting on its surface, and its angle continues the line of the head. Shape and size are the strongest species cues on the whole bird.

   Օգտագործեք ՝ Sticking the beak flat onto the front of the circle.

   Ստուգել The top edge of the beak should line up with the skull.

5. Քայլ 5

   Place the eye and darken the pupil.

   A bird's eye sits high and close to the beak. Small, dark, with one highlight - and its position matters far more than its rendering.

   Օգտագործեք ՝ Placing the eye centrally, which deadens the whole face.

   Ստուգել The eye should be nearer the beak than the back of the head.

6. Քայլ 6

   Draw the wing over the body.

   The folded wing lies ON the body, crossing its outline. That overlap is what attaches it - a wing drawn inside the body outline reads as a pattern, not a limb.

   Օգտագործեք ՝ Drawing the wing floating inside the silhouette.

   Ստուգել The wing should cross the body outline somewhere.

7. Քայլ 7

   Suggest the feather layers.

   Feathers come in groups, and the groups are what you draw - two or three curved rows, not individual feathers. The eye supplies the rest reliably.

   Օգտագործեք ՝ Drawing every feather, which turns the wing into a fence.

   Ստուգել You should count feather GROUPS, not feathers.

8. Քայլ 8

   Draw the legs and toes.

   Legs attach much further back than they appear to, because the visible leg is really the bird's foot and ankle. Get the attachment point right and the balance follows.

   Օգտագործեք ՝ Legs planted centrally, which makes the bird tip forward.

   Ստուգել The legs should attach behind the middle of the egg.

9. Քայլ 9

   Draw the tail.

   The tail continues the body's line rather than being stuck on the end. Draw it as one shape - separate feathers come last if at all.

   Օգտագործեք ՝ A tail at war with the angle of the body.

   Ստուգել The tail's top edge should flow from the back line.

10. Քայլ 10

    Draw the breast curve.

    The breast is the fullest curve on the bird and it carries the pose. Round it generously - a flat chest makes any bird look deflated.

    Օգտագործեք ՝ A flat front, which loses the bird's volume.

    Ստուգել The chest should be the roundest curve on the drawing.

11. Քայլ 11

    Draw the plumage pattern.

    Markings follow the body's form - they curve as the body curves. Flat pattern drawn over a round form cancels all the volume you just built.

    Օգտագործեք ՝ Drawing the pattern flat, ignoring the curve underneath.

    Ստուգել Any stripe or patch should bend with the body.

12. Քայլ 12

    Suggest the breast feathers - three or four V-marks.

    Three or four short V-marks down the breast, each curving with the chest rather than sitting flat, and the whole bird reads as feathered. They also confirm the body's roundness - marks on a form must bend with it, which is the same rule as every stripe and patch on the site.

    Օգտագործեք ՝ Covering the breast evenly, which turns the bird into a pinecone.

    Ստուգել The marks should bend the same way as the chest outline.

13. Քայլ 13

    Draw what the turkey stands on, plus its shadow.

    One line under the feet and one flattened shadow arc beneath the body, darkest between the legs. A bird with no ground floats in white space no matter how well it is built - and the shadow also confirms where the legs actually are, which birds hide well.

    Օգտագործեք ՝ Skipping it and leaving the bird hovering.

    Ստուգել The shadow should sit directly below the body's widest point.

14. Քայլ 14

    Go over the keepers and erase the guides.

    Weight the silhouette and the beak, keep the feather marks light, erase the construction. The contrast in line weight is what separates finished from traced.

    Օգտագործեք ՝ Uniform line weight over the whole bird.

    Ստուգել Silhouette darker than interior - check by squinting.