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Uploaded:March 6, 2012
Artist:Finalprodigy
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How to Draw a Falcon Head, Peregrine Falcon

Here's a bird tutorial that somebody requested of me. I'll be showing you how to draw the elegant, peregrine falcon. As far as birds of prey go, these guys are definitely one of my favorites!

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how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 1

STEP 1.

Start out by picking your pencils. I used a 4H pencil for light shading, an H pencil for general shading/lines, a B pencil for dark lines, and a 4B pencil for dark shading. I also used an 8B pencil for my dark shading but that's optional.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 2

STEP 2.

Start out with a basic sketch. Use the guidelines if you need them.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 3

STEP 3.

Your sketch should end up looking something like this. I used an H pencil to sketch and then went over my lines with a blending stump.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 4

STEP 4.

Now start defining your sketch some more. Start with the eye and make your way outward.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 5

STEP 5.

Now shade in the head feathers and then sketch in the beak.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 6

STEP 6.

Shade in the beak then shade in the rest of the dark feathers.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 7

STEP 7.

Lightly sketch in the lighter feathers. Keep the feather direction in mind when drawing in your lines.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 8

STEP 8.

Now use a 4B pencil to roughly shade in your background then use a blending stump or paper towel to smooth out your shading.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 9

STEP 9.

Start adding your final layers of shading by starting at the eye again. Use a 4B pencil to roughly shade in the eye then use a B pencil to define your dark lines and a blending stump to smooth out your shading. Use 3H and H pencils for the lighter details around the eye.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 10

STEP 10.

darken the shading on the top part of the head a bit then use a blending stump to smooth it out. Start using 3H and H pencils to built up the head feathers. Try to work on your background as you move along. I use 4B and 8B pencils for my background and a blending stump.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 11

STEP 11.

Continue working on the head feathers. use a blending stump to smooth out the beak shading in preparation of details. Continue developing your background.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 12

STEP 12.

Define your beak using 3H and H pencils. Use a 3B pencil for the darker values/lines. As soon as you've finished up your beak shading roughly shade in the rest of the drawing with a 4B pencil.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 13

STEP 13.

Now use a blending stump to smooth out your shading.
 
how to draw a falcon head, peregrine falcon step 14

STEP 14.

Now shade in the rest of the feathers using H and 3H pencils. Finish up your drawing by smoothing out your background and and going over your feathers and details again. Let me know if you have any comments or questions!
 

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EmilyScottishterrier's comment

 

EmilyScottishterrier ~ Dec 6, 2012, 10:25:24 PM
this is sooo good! X3 X3 hai hai B) B) lol lol tomatoe tomatoe boogie boogie drool drool
 
khushboomuhammad's comment

 

khushboomuhammad ~ Oct 30, 2012, 12:57:23 PM
can u tell me instead of B pencil which pencil i can use plz??? confused confused confused
 
AnnabethChase0426's comment

 

AnnabethChase0426 ~ Oct 3, 2012, 4:51:16 PM
hahha its Liam Payne!! My BFF is in love w/ him
@art928
love my avatar omgomg omgomg omgomg omgomg omgomg omgomg omgomg boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 meowla meowla meowla meowla meowla meowla meowla meowla meowla meowla singing singing singing singing
 
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SunnyDays ~ Apr 5, 2012, 6:27:24 AM
Thanks so much I never once thought i could draw this good until i tried this!!
 
TeamAlexander's comment

 

TeamAlexander ~ Mar 24, 2012, 7:18:38 PM
awesome
 
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thesid1300 ~ Mar 21, 2012, 5:58:02 AM
i love this pic put it is soooooo hard to draw inlove inlove inlove hai hai X3 X3 paranoid paranoid paranoid boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie wow wow wow wow jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop lol lol lol lol lol x_x x_x X3 X3 X3 yay B) yay yay
 
tayway's comment

 

tayway ~ Mar 10, 2012, 6:52:09 PM
nice work rock omgomg i think you should draw a lion yay
 
DawnBreak090's comment

 

DawnBreak090 ~ Mar 10, 2012, 9:16:03 AM
One word.... awesome! Great tut Frinalprodigy! boogie
 
daisydog's comment

 

daisydog ~ Mar 10, 2012, 1:12:37 AM
im british too! :)
@dkcool
i got some with a art booklet and a case thatwas 4:99 pounds but it had 5b-6h
 
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daisydog ~ Mar 10, 2012, 1:10:42 AM
Get them from any artist shop around you. I got these for christmas, but you can mostly find them at the range (if yyou have heard of it). They cost: UK £5.99-7.00. USA $11.00-$13.99 you can get cheaper ones, but it depends where go. :) Good llook finding some.
@art928
were do you get those kind of pencils ???
 
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