In this drawing lesson we’ll show you how to draw a Platypus in 6 easy steps. This step by step lesson progressively builds upon each previous step until you get to the final rendering of a platypus. Follow along with the how to draw a platypus drawing guide below by sketching the red portion of each of the six steps, super easy!

Before we begin the How To Draw a Platypus drawing lesson, here are some fun facts about platypuses you might find interesting, especially for kids.

• Platypuses are unique egg-laying mammals native to eastern Australia.
• These unusual animals have a duck-like bill, webbed feet, and a beaver-like tail.
• Platypuses are excellent swimmers and use their webbed feet to propel through water.
• Male platypuses have venomous spurs on their hind legs, which they use for defense and during mating season.
• Platypuses close their eyes, ears, and nostrils underwater and use electroreception to locate prey.
• These animals do not have teeth as adults but instead use gravel in their bills to grind up food.
• Platypuses are mostly nocturnal, spending up to 12 hours a day hunting for food in rivers and streams.
• Female platypuses lay one to three eggs at a time and incubate them by curling around them in a burrow.
• Baby platypuses are called puggles and are born blind and hairless.
• Platypuses were once hunted for their fur, but are now protected by law and play an important role in Australian ecosystems and culture.

How To Draw a Platypus – Quick and Easy Step-by-Step Drawing Guide

Step 1: Begin by drawing the top of the platypus’s duck-like bill.

Step 2: Draw the lower portion of the bill next.

Step 3: Now you can draw the top of the platypus’s back.

Step 4: Draw the neck and underbelly next.

Step 5: Sketch in the tail.

Step 6: Finally, draw legs and body detail!

Nice work, now that you’ve completed How To Draw a Platypus, considering adding some shading or coloring to make your duck billed mammal look realistic! Use the picture below as a guide to shade or color your easy platypus drawing.

Congratulations!

You did it! Congratulations on drawing a Platypus! Your first try may not have gone as perfectly as you had hoped, but I’m sure after another attempt or two you will see a big improvement. The best way to learn how to draw a platypus is with practice!

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