How To Draw an Owl

Unleash your creativity and learn How to Draw an Owl with our easy, step-by-step guide. Perfect for artists of all ages!

This How to Draw an Owl tutorial is so fun for the kids to learn the easy step-by-step drawing lessons on how to make an simple owl drawing.

Have your little one started enjoying drawing? That's great news. Drawing helps children express themselves and improve their hand-eye movement. It's also a great way to keep them busy while you're busy doing house chores or office work.

Today, we're going to learn how to draw an owl. This adorable feathery bird is popular among kids because of Hedwig - Harry Potter's owl. If your kid is a fan, they'll really enjoy this how to draw an owl step-by-step guide.

You'll find a video tutorial and an owl drawing guide at the end of this blog post.

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Why This Easy Owl Drawing Guide is a Must Try

First, it's an easy-to-follow guide. Unlike most other drawing tutorials, this one involves tips on making the drawing process easy, keeping the kids engaged, and decorating your owl drawing.

Plus, we'll be using basic shapes like a small circle and a large circle for the owl's body. If you're doing this activity with older kids, they'll quickly get the hang of it.

This drawing lesson is for kids of all ages. Whether your bub is a beginner artist or a pro, they'll have a lot of fun.

These step-by-step instructions will help you help your child practice their drawing skills.

Tips for Drawing an Owl

Before we dive into the fun part, here are some tips to help you and your child on your cute owl drawing journey.

Choose a suitable area: Find a well-lit and comfortable place where your kid can comfortably sit and draw.

Use good quality materials: You don't need anything fancy. Just make sure you have a fresh pack of crayons, markers, colored pencils, and good-quality paper.

Practice makes perfect: Don't be discouraged if your little one's first attempt doesn't turn out exactly as planned. A little bit of practice will go a long way!

Be encouraging: Praise your little ones for their efforts. Kids love hearing good things about themselves.

Use different techniques: Small kids can use different shapes for drawing their owls. Older kids can shade, use strokes, do contouring, and add details.

Once you have your adorable cartoon owls, bring them to life with cute craft supplies like glitter, feathers, and googly eyes. Have some hooting good time with this drawing as part of our monthly drawings including November Drawings.

Fun Facts About Owls

If your child shows interest in learning more about the bird, grasp at the opportunity to throw in some fun facts. Here are some that you can use:

An owl is a nocturnal bird. It means it stays active at night.
There are about 250 different species of owls in the world.
Barn owls are the most common kind of owls. They live everywhere except in deserts, poles, and a few Pacific islands.
An owl's beak is curved, short, and downward-facing. It helps them grab and tear apart their prey.
Owls are amazing hunters. They enjoy munching on spiders, earthworms, fish, mice, amphibians, and other reptiles.
An owl sleeps on a tree branch, away from ground predators. Its feathers help camouflage the bird.
An owl's eyes can see up to 6-7 feet away. Owls also have wide eyes that allow them to see in the dark.
An owl's head can rotate up to 270 degrees! They have fourteen neck bones, which is twice as many as humans. Pretty cool, huh?

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How To Draw an Owl

Before you start drawing, we also want to make sure you have the right tools. Here are the drawing supplies you need including drawing paper, and drawing pencils that we like to use.

Are you ready to make some cute owls with your kids? Let's get started with these simple steps.

Owl's Head

Start with the owl's head. We started with rounded square shape as the base and then small curved lines along as the feathers at the bottom of the owl's face. Try and draw a small curved line at the outside and top of the owl's head and then a straight line (horizontal line) joining them both.

Owl's Belly

The next step is to draw a half circle out at the bottom of the head as the owl's body.

Under each of the curved eye brown shapes, create two curved lines making them come to a point in towards middle of the owl's face. Draw two small wing triangular shape out the side of the owl's body.

Owl’s Legs

Draw two simple three curved lines out the bottom of the body. This is going to be the feathers on the owl's legs

Owl's Feet

An easy way to draw the owl's feet is to draw three long oval shapes for each foot out the bottom of the legs.

Next, draw a small upside down triangle shape with small curved top in the middle of the owl's face for the owl's nose. Also, add small short lines across each of the three oval shapes on each of the owl's feet.

Owl's Eyes

The last piece are the owl's eyes. Start with large circles right under the eyebrows. Then draw two more circles inside those circles.

The final step is to outline the cartoon owl with a black pen on the final lines and erase any extra lines you had while sketching the owl.

The last step is to treat your owl drawing as a coloring page and color it in with your favorite crayons, colored pencils, markers, or even watercolor paint. Now the only question is whether your new owl drawings are true owls, snowy owls, or artic owls!

Happy Drawing!

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