Drawing Tutorial: How to Draw a Swan (+Free Download)

Did you know that swans share the genus Cygnus within the family Anatidae... You might understandably, not care... But, don't worry:

In between all this trivial information, you will also find an easy to follow step by step swan drawing tutorial that you can't miss out on!

No Spoilers

This time around I will let you download the file before I get a chance to spill it all out for you! I'm feeling so generous today that I will let you read it for yourselves, and draw it yourselves too... There is not need to thank me, it's the least I can do (literally):

Now that you've followed the tutorial and know how to draw a swan you don't need me or this article, do you? Don't panic, our relationship continues: I will finish this article for the both of us. I have the perfect idea:

Did You Know?

Swans are birds of the genus Cygnus within the family Anatidae (unfortunately, ducks are part of the family... We all have a weird uncle, I guess!). Actually, the swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks... This is a testament to how brilliant people can emerge from horrible family situations... Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. I know this sounds like a type of pasta, but what can I do? I have to fill up this article somehow!

There is a species known as the coscoroba swan which is no longer considered one of the true swans. It's a sad day for the coscoroba swan... Imagine you were named "Human", but you were a monkey instead, that would be devastating...!

Swans usually mate for life, although "divorce" sometimes occurs, particularly following nesting failure... That's rough! If a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another. You can't stay a widower forever! The number of eggs in each clutch ranges from three to eight...

When I'm old and I'm dying on a comfy hospital bed, I will remember these factoids!

So, you don't only know how to draw a swan now, but you can also draw it reflecting the proper complex emotions that sharing a family with filthy geese and ducks must generate in the superior swan... And I hope your rendition doesn't come out looking like a coscoroba swan... That would be too sad!

If you'd like to draw other less intrinsically tragic animals, Domestika gives you plenty of options:

- Join our illustration courses
- Course on wildlife with watercolor
- Course on wildlife with pencils