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How to Draw a Flounder

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw a flounder in 14 easy steps, about 11 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.

Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: eye and nose.

Step 1: Eye and nose
Draw a huge eye, left of middle. Start left of its top, draw a tall curve bending out, stop below.
Step 2: Flat egg body
Start at the nose's top end. Draw a rainbow over the eye and stop at a short neck. Repeat underneath.
Step 3: Second eye and smile
Behind the big eye and higher, draw a smaller eye with a dot. Add a smile under the big eye.
Tip A flounder has both eyes on the same side!
Step 4: Bow-tie tail
Start at the top line's end. Draw a fat C and stop at the neck. Add a smaller C below.
Step 5: Top frill fin
Start on the top line behind the nose, draw a wavy frill and stop near the tail. Add 5 rays.
Step 6: Bottom frill fin
Start on the bottom line behind the nose, draw the same frill and stop near the tail. Add 5 rays.
Step 7: Side fin
Behind the big eye, low down, draw a small leaf pointing at the tail. Add 2 short rays inside.
Step 8: Spots
On the back half, below the eyes, draw 3 little spots. Keep them off the side fin.
Step 9: Bubbles
In front of the nose, draw 3 bubbles floating up: small, bigger, biggest.
Step 10: Sand
Start at the left edge below the fish. Draw a wavy sand line and stop at the right edge.
Step 11: Seaweed
Start on the sand near each side. Draw a wiggly seaweed blade up and back down to the sand.
Step 12: Sandy floor, blue bubbles
Colour the floor under the sand line sandy. Colour the bubbles light blue.
Step 13: Tan body, orange fins
Colour the body tan around the spots and side fin. Colour the tail, frills and side fin orange.
Tip Leave both eyes white.
Step 14: Green seaweed, brown spots
Colour the seaweed green and the spots brown. Your flounder is done!