How to Draw a Hawk

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Create a slight downward curve that sharply cuts up again at the bottom.

   This is the left side of the face.
   
   Use sketchy, scratched lines for this.
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   Step 2: Make a lower line for the bottom of the face.

   Use closer packed lines here. , Reconnect the lines after a slight curve over the top. , This is your beak. , Use the same scratchy technique that you used with the lower part of the hawk. ,,, Have it slightly curve towards the beak. , Add a few details to the beak. , Then, on the left side, add some short thin lines to replicate tiny tufts of feathers. , Try to make small patches rather than clumping them together. , You have a hawk! You can make a few last minute adjustments to your hawk, such as darkening certain clumps of feathers, or making the pupils larger.
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   Step 3: Continue upwards with a slight outward curve.

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   Step 4: Make a sharp V a little above the center of the head.

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   Step 5: Draw a line that curves slowly at first

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   Step 6: then drops away.

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   Step 7: Add two dark holes on the top of either end of the beak.

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   Step 8: Create an upside-down U over the holes and the beak

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   Step 9: bringing a small line out from the right side of the beak.

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    Step 10: Add a thick patch of lines along the right side.

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    Step 11: Add two eyes on either side of the beak.

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    Step 12: Create curving lines around the eyes and add a varying thickness to them.

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    Step 13: Add more of the tiny tufts of the feathers all the way down towards the bottom.

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    Step 14: Finish with some darkish clumps of feathers under the beak

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    Step 15: and voila!

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