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wikiHow to Draw Kevin from Up

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Kevin is Paradise Falls undiscovered species of bird from the animated Pixar film Up. Tall and colorful, he is named by the Wilderness Explorer Russell as “Kevin” assuming he is a boy and to later to find out at the end of the movie that Kevin is a girl and a mother. Kevin is also based and inspired from the Himalayan Monal (Danphe), the national bird of Nepal. Learn then how to draw Kevin by following this step by step tutorial.


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    Start by creating first his upper body, draw a small oval for his head with a beak followed by a long neck. And then draw a large oval that has a feathery tail for her main body. End this step by drawing a long vertical line to serve as your guideline in drawing Kevin.
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    Draw her legs. Draw a series of small shapes to form her legs, they are usually long and thin containing three full-bodied toes.
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    Connect the shapes to form Kevin’s body and erase inside lines to clean up your drawing.
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    Draw the details of her upper body by adding in her eyes, feathers on top of her head and then tiny wavy lines to emphasize the fur on her neck.
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    Add her wings, create a succession of wavy lines to represent the feathers on her wings.
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    Add details such as lines on her toes and wavy lines or scribbles on her main body.
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    You can now outline your drawing. Outline by using a pen or marker and by erasing pencil lines and guidelines on your artwork.
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    Color it and you are done. Use the following colors such as gray, red orange, yellow orange, blue, blue green and purple.

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Categories: Drawing Disney Characters

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Español: dibujar a Kevin de Up, Русский: нарисовать Кевина из мультфильма Вверх


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