how to draw an african gray parrot

Steps: 11

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African rainforests are the natural habitat of this highly intelligent parrot. It has a black beak, a white mask, a gray body and wings, and bright red tail feathers.

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1 Draw the parrot’s neck, and copy the angles and curves shown here.

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2 Draw the upper and lower parts of the parrot’s beak.

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3 Draw the two curves of the eye, and make a small dot for the pupil.

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4 Draw the long curves of the parrot’s wing and the edge of the belly.

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5 Draw three tail feathers that are about half the length of the wing.

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6 Add two more feathers that tuck under the first three.

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7 Add the leg. The toes are pointed because they’ll wrap around a tree limb you’ll draw in the next step.

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8 Complete the parrot’s other leg, and draw a tree limb grasped in his feet.

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9 Erase a small part of the beak, and redraw the edge to have a beaklike point. Add the nostril as well as the curved mask around the eye.

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10 Draw the repeating curves of the feathers of the parrot’s neck and shoulder. Add the wing feathers.

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11 Shade the parrot’s beak, neck, wing, body, legs, and tail. Finally, shade the branch.

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Fun Fact

African gray parrots are great impersonators. They can mimic voices and sounds, sing songs, and even repeat entire conversations.