How to Draw an Arowana

Step 1: Long flat body

Start near the right, above the middle. Draw a long flat body with a blunt head, stop under your start.

Tip An arowana is long and flat, like a gold ruler.

Step 2: Eye and smile

Draw a big eye. From the snout tip draw a short smile that curls up.

Tip Keep the smile short, well in front of the eye.

Step 3: 2 chin whiskers

Under the smile draw 2 short soft whiskers poking forward and down from the chin, side by side.

Tip Arowanas wear 2 little feelers on the chin, like a moustache.

Step 4: Round fan tail

Start at the end of the back. Draw a rounded fan tail and stop at the end of the tummy.

Step 5: Long low fins

On the back half, start on the back and draw one long low fin, stop before the tail. Same underneath.

Step 6: Gill

A little behind the eye, start below the back line. Draw one short C and stop above the tummy line.

Step 7: Side fin

From the gill near the tummy draw a small fan fin pointing back and down, ending lower on the gill.

Step 8: Huge scales

Behind the gill draw 2 rows of 3 soft C shapes for the scales, bowed toward the tail.

Tip Keep the scales off the fins, the gill and the eye.

Step 9: Bubbles

Above the snout draw 3 bubbles floating up: a small one, a bigger one, and the biggest at the top.

Step 10: Sand and seaweed

Draw a wavy sand line from edge to edge. Grow 3 wavy seaweed blades from it with pointed tops.

Step 11: Gold fish

Colour the body and whiskers yellow around the side fin, leaving the eye white.

Step 12: Orange fins, sandy floor

Colour the tail and all the fins orange, and colour the floor under the sand line sandy.

Step 13: Blue bubbles, green seaweed

Colour the bubbles light blue and the seaweed green. Go over your lines and your arowana is done!