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A dark blue penguin with a white heart-topped tummy, two dark eyes, pink cheeks, an orange beak, flippers at its sides and orange feet.
The finished drawing.

How to draw

How to Draw a Penguin

  • Easy (level 2 of 5)
  • 10 min
  • 6 steps
  • Ages 5–9 (a guide, not a rule)
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Draw on paper: Paper, Pencil. Optional: Eraser, Black or dark blue, orange and pink crayons or markers.

Draw it on the screen

A penguin is a tall egg with a second shape inside it: the white tummy. The tummy has two round bumps on top, like the top of a heart, and the eyes go inside those bumps. Then add a beak, flippers that hang down at the sides, and two flat feet.

Rather color it? Print the penguin coloring page.

Step by step

  • New lines: purple, thick and glowing
  • Lines you already drew: gray
  1. Step 1 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 1 of 6 Draw a tall egg shape for the body.
  2. Step 2 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 2 of 6 Draw the tummy inside. Start with two round bumps at the top, then go down and around the bottom.
  3. Step 3 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 3 of 6 Draw an oval eye inside each bump and fill it in.
  4. Step 4 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 4 of 6 Draw a small triangle beak between the eyes, pointing down.
  5. Step 5 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 5 of 6 Draw a flipper on each side of the body, hanging down.
  6. Step 6 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 6 of 6 Draw two flat feet at the bottom, with three round toes on each.
A dark blue penguin with a white heart-topped tummy, two dark eyes, pink cheeks, an orange beak, flippers at its sides and orange feet.

You did it!

Your drawing does not have to look like this one. Every artist draws a little differently.

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Tips for this drawing

Helpful hints

  • Leave a wide dark edge around the tummy. The flippers attach to that dark part.
  • When you color, leave the tummy white and color the rest of the body dark.
  • Tilt one flipper up for a penguin that is waving.

Common mistakes

  • The eyes end up on the dark part of the body. Put each eye inside one of the two bumps at the top of the tummy.
  • The feet are long, like a duck's. Penguin feet are short and wide. Keep them close under the body.

Make it simpler

Draw the egg body, a tummy oval inside, two dot eyes and a beak.

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