How to draw... a crocodile

Is it a bird? Well it's not meant to be! Alexis Deacon, author and illustrator of Slow Loris and Croc and Bird does a mean drawing of a crocodile. But first he has to figure out whether they have feathers or not. Follow Alexis's 20 steps to perfecting your croc, then email your best efforts to us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk. And make it snappy! Photograph: Alexis Deacon

Is it a bird? Well it's not meant to be! Alexis Deacon, author and illustrator of Slow Loris and Croc and Bird does a mean drawing of a crocodile. But first he has to figure out whether they have feathers or not. Follow Alexis's 20 steps to perfecting your croc, then email your best efforts to us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk. And make it snappy! Photograph: Alexis Deacon

Is it a bird? Well it's not meant to be! Alexis Deacon, author and illustrator of Slow Loris and Croc and Bird does a mean drawing of a crocodile. But first he has to figure out whether they have feathers or not. Follow Alexis's 20 steps to perfecting your croc, then email your best efforts to us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk. And make it snappy! Photograph: Alexis Deacon

Is it a bird? Well it's not meant to be! Alexis Deacon, author and illustrator of Slow Loris and Croc and Bird does a mean drawing of a crocodile. But first he has to figure out whether they have feathers or not. Follow Alexis's 20 steps to perfecting your croc, then email your best efforts to us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk. And make it snappy! Photograph: Alexis Deacon

Is it a bird? Well it's not meant to be! Alexis Deacon, author and illustrator of Slow Loris and Croc and Bird does a mean drawing of a crocodile. But first he has to figure out whether they have feathers or not. Follow Alexis's 20 steps to perfecting your croc, then email your best efforts to us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk. And make it snappy! Photograph: Alexis Deacon

Is it a bird? Well it's not meant to be! Alexis Deacon, author and illustrator of Slow Loris and Croc and Bird does a mean drawing of a crocodile. But first he has to figure out whether they have feathers or not. Follow Alexis's 20 steps to perfecting your croc, then email your best efforts to us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk. And make it snappy! Photograph: Alexis Deacon

Is it a bird? Well it's not meant to be! Alexis Deacon, author and illustrator of Slow Loris and Croc and Bird does a mean drawing of a crocodile. But first he has to figure out whether they have feathers or not. Follow Alexis's 20 steps to perfecting your croc, then email your best efforts to us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk. And make it snappy! Photograph: Alexis Deacon

Is it a bird? Well it's not meant to be! Alexis Deacon, author and illustrator of Slow Loris and Croc and Bird does a mean drawing of a crocodile. But first he has to figure out whether they have feathers or not. Follow Alexis's 20 steps to perfecting your croc, then email your best efforts to us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk. And make it snappy! Photograph: Alexis Deacon

Is it a bird? Well it's not meant to be! Alexis Deacon, author and illustrator of Slow Loris and Croc and Bird does a mean drawing of a crocodile. But first he has to figure out whether they have feathers or not. Follow Alexis's 20 steps to perfecting your croc, then email your best efforts to us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk. And make it snappy! Photograph: Alexis Deacon

Is it a bird? Well it's not meant to be! Alexis Deacon, author and illustrator of Slow Loris and Croc and Bird does a mean drawing of a crocodile. But first he has to figure out whether they have feathers or not. Follow Alexis's 20 steps to perfecting your croc, then email your best efforts to us at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk. And make it snappy! Photograph: Alexis Deacon