How to Draw a Dogfish

Step 1: Head and nose

Draw a sideways V with a soft round point for the head. Start high and stop underneath.

Tip A dogfish has a long nose with a rounded tip.

Step 2: One big eye

Behind the nose draw 1 big round eye. Fill it mostly black and add 2 white shines.

Step 3: Back and first fin

Start at the top of the head. Draw the back, then up and over a fin. Stop just past it.

Tip The fin leans back, like a little sail.

Step 4: Second small fin

Start where you stopped. Draw a smaller fin, then carry the back down to the tail.

Tip Two fins on the back, the second one smaller.

Step 5: Long tail

Start at the end of the back. Draw a long top tip, a notch, and a short bottom tip back.

Tip The top tip is longer than the bottom one.

Step 6: Slim tummy

Start at the chin. Draw 1 long gentle curve under the body and stop at the tail.

Tip Keep the body long and slim, like a torpedo.

Step 7: Smile and gills

Start under the nose and draw a smile back to under the eye. Add 3 gill curves behind the eye.

Step 8: Side stripe

Start at the smile corner. Draw 1 long gentle line along the body. Stop on the tummy near the tail.

Tip This line is where the sandy top meets the pale tummy.

Step 9: Side fin

From the stripe behind the gills, sweep a blade fin back past the tummy, then up to the stripe.

Tip Rub out the bits of tummy line and stripe inside the fin.

Step 10: Five spots

Draw 5 small oval spots along the side, above the stripe.

Tip Spread them out so no two sit side by side.

Step 11: Cream tummy

Colour the tummy and chin under the stripe cream.

Step 12: Sandy top

Colour everything above the stripe sandy tan, fins and tail too, around the spots. Leave the eye white.

Step 13: Brown spots

Colour the 5 spots brown. Go over your lines and your dogfish is done!