The hummingbird is a tiny jewel of a bird with a long thin beak and fast-beating wings. This tutorial shows kids how to draw a hummingbird step by step, capturing its slender body, blurred wings, and the long beak it uses to sip nectar from flowers.

The hummingbird teaches you something special: how to show movement in a still drawing. A real hummingbird almost never sits still, so the secret is to draw it hovering, with its wings swept back into a blur and its body tilted forward toward a flower. This is your chance to experiment with shiny, jewel-like colours too — hummingbirds shimmer green, blue, and ruby-red in the sunlight, so layering bright shades makes your little bird look like it is glowing. Because the hummingbird is so tiny, drawing it beside a flower also helps show its size — a small bird next to a big bright bloom instantly tells the viewer just how little and delicate this amazing creature really is.

🖍️ What You Need

  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • Black fine-liner
  • Green, blue, and pink coloured pencils
  • White paper

How to Draw a Hummingbird Step by Step

  1. Draw a small oval for the head near the top of the page.
  2. Add a longer, curved oval below for the slim body.
  3. From the front of the head, draw a long, thin, straight beak — longer than the head itself.
  4. Add a small round eye with a white shine.
  5. Draw the wings as two long, pointed leaf shapes, swept back as if blurring with speed.
  6. Add a fanned or forked tail at the back.
  7. Draw the two tiny feet tucked under the body.
  8. Outline in pen, erase guides, and colour the body shiny green with a pink or red throat.
💡 Parikshet's Tip: Draw the wings swept back and pointed rather than spread flat — angled, motion-blurred wings are what make a hummingbird look like it is hovering in mid-air.

🌟 Did You Know?

A hummingbird can beat its wings up to 80 times every second, which makes the humming sound that gives it its name. It is also the only bird that can fly backwards, and it must eat almost constantly to fuel all that flapping.

Details That Make a Great Hummingbird

  • Add a flower nearby for the bird to drink from.
  • Use shiny, jewel-like greens and blues for the body.
  • Give the throat a bright patch of pink or ruby red.
  • Draw faint curved lines near the wings to show movement.

🎯 Try This: Hummingbird and Flower

  1. Draw your hummingbird hovering on one side.
  2. Add a tall flower with its beak dipping inside.
  3. Draw a thin curved line from beak to flower to show it drinking nectar.
  4. Add a few leaves and a soft sky behind.