# Draw a penguin in Aquarell: attach two flippers to the torso

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Published: 2026-11-11T00:00:00+08:00
Modified: 2026-11-11T09:40:26+08:00
Author: Bison

Check flipper roots, near/far occlusion and a wrapping pale belly in a slightly oblique front view.

English translation of the [Chinese original](<https://allluckly.cn/guides/aquarell-penguin-paired-flippers-belly-wrap/>), translated on 2026-11-11. Original publication dates, attribution, code and version notes are retained.

A simple black-and-white penguin can acquire two arm-like flippers growing from its belly. Penguin wings are adapted for swimming. Draw a simplified adult penguin without assigning a species, concentrating on two wings attached to torso sides and separate feet below. Aquarell does not recognise a skeleton automatically. The colour scheme is illustrative; omitted species markings prevent this from serving as an accurate species-identification card.

## Establish torso and ground support

Use an approximately 1400×1800 px portrait canvas with pale cool-grey background. Turn the penguin slightly toward screen right, head a little right of the body axis. Block an egg-shaped torso narrower above, small head and soft neck connection, marking two foot regions below. Separate torso, far/near flippers, belly, feet and shadow; use deep blue-grey above. Reduce snowman-like segmentation and unify contour. Establish foot support if upright-fish-like rather than adding fins. Pixel and head/body proportions are illustrative, not evidence of weight, age or species.

## Place two flipper roots on torso sides

Mark one root on each upper torso side. Make the nearer root on screen left clearer, with the farther one narrower because of body turn. Locate roots on the side surfaces, not both on the white belly. Extend them down and out with broad roots tapering to tips. Straighten the overall blade-like form and reduce exaggerated elbow bends if arm-like. Reconnect a leaf-like far flipper to its occluded root. This is one pair of wings: add neither extra wings on the back nor a four-wing shape counting feet as wings.

## Give flippers broad flat faces and narrow edges

Make the near flipper a slender, mildly curved flat shape, broader at root and rounded rather than needle-pointed at tip. Narrow the far one with orientation instead of duplicating width and length. Give the near flipper a deep-grey main face and restrained cooler edge, suggesting thickness selectively rather than a fleshy palm. Reduce fanned feather tips if a flight wing, or serpentine bends if tentacle-like. The source supports flipper form, not illustrated bone joints or swimming phase/efficiency inferred from angle. Its separation from the standing body is a pose choice.

## Wrap the pale belly around the torso turn

Use warm white or very pale grey for a broad central belly, narrowing around side turns and disappearing partly behind the far contour. It is not a circular badge and must not cover both wing roots. Hide detail and compare body axis with belly centre, allowing an offset from turning. Curve boundaries with volume and darken the shaded white slightly if apron-like. Soften a straight division if split-looking. Colour boundaries are not grooves: avoid cutting the belly into the body with a black trench or adding unsupported species markings.

## Give feet and short tail their own attachment regions

Add two simplified webbed feet from the lower body, clearer near and somewhat occluded far. Suggest the webbed outline rather than arbitrary spiky toes. If visible, indicate a short tail behind and below, not projecting forward from mid-belly. Place both feet on one ground plane with firmer support shadows. Reconnect feet and soften object-like edges if standing on stones. Re-establish lower-limb regions if feet and flippers occupy one row. Simplified toe tips are not anatomical counts; do not leave a support gap between body and feet.

## Give black and white coloured value shifts

Retain blue-grey midtones on the back, reserving deepest values for selected occlusion and shade. Use pale grey-violet on the white belly’s dark side, not pure-black borders. Separate similar near-wing/body values locally or adjust background rather than outlining all in white. Keep eye and beak small and clear, beak attached at the head front rather than floating beside the forehead. Soften hard glints and model chest/belly if toy-like; add limited volume if cut-paper-flat. Shading must not casually redraw colour boundaries, confusing form with species pattern; check them separately.

## Count appendages in silhouette ahead of expression

Reduce a temporary silhouette and identify one torso, two wings, two feet and optional short tail, each traceable to the right region. Partial far-wing occlusion is acceptable, unexplained disappearance in low contrast is not. Recheck short grounded wings if quadruped-like. Raise a foot-like wingtip and restore its gap from feet. Simplify eyes without using large eyes and a smile to excuse faulty attachment. Align head turn and beak direction so the slightly right-facing stance survives hidden detail.

## Finish with flipper roots and belly turning

Keep the layered native file and inspect a separate PNG for two side-attached flippers, two grounded feet, narrowing belly colour and no extra wings. If the far wing disappears, adjust root contrast or background locally rather than inventing another wing elsewhere. Record a simplified, unspecified species. An African or emperor penguin needs newly checked head/chest markings, not a renamed image. Success is clear torso/appendage relation, not claims about health, intention or swimming ability. No live-animal or device motion test is claimed.

## Related tutorials and sources

[Paint a small bird in Aquarell: organise feathers into directional masses](<https://allluckly.cn/en/guides/aquarell-bird-feather-groups/>); [Draw bat wing membranes in Aquarell: turn supports and thin surfaces together](<https://allluckly.cn/en/guides/aquarell-bat-wing-membrane/>).

Sources checked on 11 November 2026: the [official Aquarell App Store listing](<https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/id1591340577>) and [Apple Lookup](<https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=1591340577&country=cn>) show version 1.0.7, requiring iOS / iPadOS 15.0 or later. The drawing uses the publicly described brush, colour, layer and saving capabilities manually. Sizes, shapes and colours are practice suggestions; confirm controls against the installed version. Keep the native artwork for further editing and use PNG for previews. This batch does not claim step-by-step device testing.

Morphology references: the [California Academy of Sciences African penguin profile](<https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/african-penguin>) describes flat, stiff wings functioning as flippers; [NOAA explains swimming-adapted penguin wings](<https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/penguinsfly.html>). Only that shared relation is used, not a copied species pattern.