The fish is a scaly-skinned vertebrate that breathes using its gills. With its distinct features and colorful scales, drawing a fish is definitely a fun way to showcase your artistic skills.Who knows? Learning how to draw a fish could lead to crafting more complex drawings in the future, such as a beautiful underwater scenery with lots of fishes swimming around!We have created a step-by-step tutorial on how to draw a fish, summarized in 9 easy and simple steps.

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Step 1:

Create an outline of the shape of the fish in the center of your paper.In order to make sure that the fish will be drawn in the middle of your paper, create reference lines by drawing an intersecting horizontal and vertical line across your paper.The point where the two lines meet marks the center and it’s where you should draw the outline.

Step 2:

Draw a curved line within the outline to form the gills of the fish, creating a division between its head and its body.
Step 3:
Draw another curved line on the tapered part of the body of the fish right before its tail.

Step 4:

In this step, we will be working on the fin on both sides of the fish, which is called the pectoral fin. Since the fish is positioned sideways, as seen in the illustration, only one fin is visible.Structure the shape of the fin by drawing two connected curved lines. Both end points of each of the curved lines should be connected to create the pectoral fin.When drawn correctly, its shape should look like a sideways oval with pointed sides.

Step 5:

Now, we will be drawing the fins affixed at the top and at the bottom of the fish, which is called the dorsal fins and pelvic fin respectively.Starting from the dorsal fins, draw an elongated curved shape directly connected at the top of the fish’s body.Then, draw an upside down triangular shape at the bottom to create the pelvic fin. See, it’s as simple as that!

Step 6:

On the corner of the face of your fish, draw a connected downward and upward diagonal line, forming an outline similar to the shape of a half rhombus.

Step 7:

Draw a circle on its face to create the eye. Then, inside the eye, draw another circle to outline the pupil. Now, draw a tiny circle inside the pupil to highlight the iris.When shading the eyes, shade the entire pupil while leaving out the iris unshaded, creating a dramatic “sparkling eyes” effect.

Step 8:

Draw elongated triangular patterns across the body of your fish, as shown in the illustration.The position of the shapes should be alternate, meaning you must draw the first triangle shape at the top edge of the fish’s body, then draw the second at the bottom edge, and so on.Feel free to customize the patterns imprinted on the fish. For instance, the angelfish has distinct diagonal lines across its body while common carps only have scales.

Step 9:

Draw multiple circle shapes above the head of the fish to create bubbles. This will create an illusion that the fish is breathing underwater, making it appear more realistic.As you can see, the fish drawing is complete. All it’s missing is a dash of colors to make the fish vibrant and colorful!Now that we have successfully drawn a fish, it’s finally time for the most exciting part, which is picking the colors and coloring your drawing:

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