How to Draw an American Eagle

Artist: Dawn / May 22, 2009
How to Draw an American Eagle

Step 1.


Start with a circle and then draw an odd circle inside of the larger shape. You will then draw out the facial guidelines.

Step 2.


Step two: How to draw an eagle head. That is what you will do now using the guidelines you drew in step one. The forehead of the bald eagle must be sketched to show the feathers and then draw out the arched beak shape. You will then draw out the eagl   

Step 3.


As you can see learning how to draw an eagle head is pretty simple so far and all you do here is finish sketching out the top and back shape of the head. Again, make sure the lining represents feathers. You will then finish the eagle beak which also    

Step 4.


This is the part where you will mesh the end of the feathered eagle neck into the flag design. Add feather detailing and definition and then draw the eagle eye as you see here.

Step 5.


Draw the stripes for the American flag and then draw and color in the eagle's pupil. Once you are done with the "how to draw an American flag" aspect of this step, move to the sixth step.

Step 6.


This is your last drawing step and what you need to do is draw the stars on the flag as you see here. The stars are all different in size because it sort of fades into the eagle design. Erase the guidelines and shapes that you drew in step one to cle   

Step 7.


This is what your line art should look like when you are done. All you have to do now is color in the design and you have just completed this tutorial on "how to draw an American eagle step by step".

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Artist: Dawn
Date Added: May 22, 2009
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Description: What animal represents America on almost everything you see? I will give yo a hint, it is a bird with a bold and powerful stature, it gracefully soars through the skies with confidence and poise, and has unbelievable courage and grace? If you guessed the bald eagle, you guessed right. I was going through the tattoo category once again and noticed that there was nothing there with an American flag intertwined with an eagle. So because of that I wanted to do a lesson on “how to draw an American eagle step by step”. Now the eagle that represents the United States is in fact a bald eagle. Now the eagle is part of “America's Great Seal” and it was sketched by Charles Thompson back in 1782. In the picture of the seal, the eagle is upright and spread. That means he sketched out a bald eagle from the front with it's wings and legs spread apart. There is several objects that the American eagle is holding and I will list them all to you now. If you look at the drawing of America's Great Seal (which can be done by typing the phrase into Google and then clicking on “images”), you will see the following; in the right talon, Charles Thompson drew an olive branch and the eagles head faces the left which represents “the power of peace”. In the right talon the eagle is holding the “power of war” which is symbolized by a bundle of thirteen arrows. Placed in the eagles beak he is holding a scroll that says “E Pluribus Unum”. And for the final Great Seal the stripes on the eagles shield is that of the “American flag”. Over time the eagles design became more detailed by simply modifying the stance and seals that it holds. The Great Seal virtually is suppose to represent “Liberty and Freedom”. Nowadays the American eagle is used for tattoo art, bumper stickers, patches, decal and other great stuff. This tutorial will teach you “how to draw an American eagle step by step”. The eagle head and the way it meshes into the American flag really came out cool. I know you guys will simply love this design. I have to go for now but I shall return. Until then, keep on drawing and making new great art.

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