We're letting our imaginations take flight as we draw an American icon, the bald eagle.

We being with the brow directly above the eye.

Go out, down in, and then add just a little dash.

The eyeball in the circle.

With a single dot right in the middle.

Next is the beak starting from the base of that brow.

We are gonna come out.

Down to a point.

Up.

Down.

Just a little up around dash.

Now for the lower part of the beak.

Starting from the side of this eye.

We come down, around, out, up.

One more time.

Up.

A symbol is an object that represents something else.

It represents broader ideas.

For example, America has many symbols.

The bald eagle is just one of them.

There's also the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, and the American flag, all symbols representing our great nation.

Little nostril here.

And is the little dash.

The top of the head.

We come up over, down, and then a little fluff of feathers.

Just a little bit of those feathers on the side of the head.

Because bald is beautiful.

Down.

Scribble, Scribble, scribble.

Not all of our forefathers thought that the bald eagle was a good choice for America's mascot.

None other than Ben Franklin.

America's first cartoonist wrote in a letter to his daughter that he thought there was a much better choice.

The turkey.

Scribble, scribble, scribble down and up.

We're going to have his wings spread out.

It looks like this.

Come out.

Down!

One, two.

Three.

Four and in.

Same thing on the other side.

Out.

Down in.

Down.

Up.

Down.

Up.

More and in.

Now for the chest.

Down.

And.

Down.

The bald eagle isn't actually bald.

The term bald spelled balde is from the Old English meaning white head.

The legs were come down, over, up, over down, over, up and connect.

next to the legs and talons.

The towns are the claws.

One, two.

One, two.

Out.

Point.

Around.

Point.

Up.

Down.

Point.

In.

Same the other side.

Flip it and reverse it down.

Point over.

Point up.

Point up and connect.

Good job drawing those feet.

You're very talented.

Now we have a little bit of texture on the legs.

Just three quick lines.

Our tail feathers look like this.

Down, over, up or working behind the legs.

So we have to draw that imaginary lines were goes through and connects.

And one more.

So it's looking great.

Now we're going to add some texture.

Remember texture is how something feels when you touch it.

We want this to look like it feels like feathers.

So it's just a letter W sort of randomly scribbled in here and there.

Fantastic.

Now we're going to add some stars.

Stars look tricky, but they're actually much easier.

It's just sort of a letter B upside down.

The letter B on its side.

What are the inside.

And then a letter W. That's all there is to it.

I'm going to add a few more.

And there is our American bald eagle.

Sign your name.

Take pride in your work.

There is your All-American Bald Eagle.