- Level: Intermediate
- Subject: Standing Peacock
Peacock Workshop [Hide/Show]
When one speaks of Peacock, it is usually with reference to the male of the two species in Pavo familiy, Pavo cristatus (Indian) and Pavo muticus (Green). They are best known for the male’s extravagant tail feathers. The female of the species are called peahen, which are usually brown or a toned down color. The peacock have their signature tail, to display it, and attract a mate… more at Peacock Workshop
I was doodling in my Moleskine earlier as Sarah had asked for some tutorials on drawing peacock.
The peacock has the anatomy like the other birds, except that, the male peacock has elaborate feathers. You can draw the peacock, either standing or dancing. This tutorial is on drawing a standing peacock.
Construction
The construction lines for a standing peacock is something like this.
You can keep the head turned in any direction. I kept it turning inwards, because the flow lines (shown by light blue arrows) make a nice ‘S’ shape – which gives a good composition. The head (red circle), the neck (green), the body (dark blue) and the legs (brown) are quite same for most birds that have long neck. If you want your drawing to be more stylized try making the neck more slender. The signature of a peacock, its feathers, makes up most of its volume.
Sketching
I drew this on computer, and for that, I lightened the construction layer, and drew the line art in a separate layer.
If you are drawing it on paper, make the construction lines very faint and light. After that, start drawing the details with a bolder pencil.
Line Art
Deleting the construction layer (or hiding it), gives me the line art, and it is ready for further treatment (or you can leave it at that).
If you are doing this on paper, consider going over the sketch with black ink and then deleting all the extra construction lines.
Practice drawing the standing peacock in various poses and angles. After a while, you should get the hang of it.
Keep yourself updated by subscribing to KalaaLog.com feeds, because tomorrow I will post the tutorial on drawing a dancing peacock.
Tags: Intermediate, Tutorial
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Good drawing
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hi!your drawing is top,please let us have more.Armand
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Thank you, anon, armand.
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keep up the good wrk w the drawing but i was kinda looking for a more advanced peacock anatomy lesson do u kno where i can find ?
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