GRID STEP. You can print out the base construction lines and start drawing on tracing paper, or you can draw the grid layout yourself using the following steps.Mark off the width and height of the ostrich.

STEP 1. Draw a small oval for the head and a big one for the body.

STEP 2. With smooth lines, delineate the shapes of the neck and body.

STEP 3. Add guidelines for the head, body, wings and tail of the ostrich.

STEP 4. Define with small circles the places for the ankles and feet. Draw a beak and an eye.

STEP 5. Outline the ostrich’s legs. Show the shape of the beak.

STEP 6. Work on the figure, paying attention to details. Add feathers.

STEP 7. Contour the ostrich. Add some details such as feathers and wrinkles, grass and the ground.