How to Draw a Great White Shark

Step 1: Head and nose

Draw a big C for the head. Start high, slope down to a pointy nose, stop under your start.

Tip A great white has a pointy cone nose, not a round one.

Step 2: One huge eye

Behind the nose, draw 1 huge round eye. Fill it mostly black and add a big white shine.

Tip The bigger the eye, the cuter the shark.

Step 3: Back and giant fin

Start at the top of the nose. Draw the back up into a huge fin, then down to the tail.

Tip The fin tip is nearly at the top of the paper.

Step 4: Big tail

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

Tip The two tips are the same size, like a moon. No line where the tail joins the body.

Step 5: Round tummy

Start at the chin. Draw 1 big round tummy under the body, curving up to meet the tail.

Tip One smooth curve, no bumps.

Step 6: Big open mouth

Start inside the nose. Draw a long smile back to under the eye. Add a lower U below it.

Step 7: Pointy teeth

Start on the top lip near the front. Zigzag pointy teeth along the lip and stop near the corner.

Step 8: Five gills

Just behind the eye, draw 5 short curves side by side like ) ) ) ) ). Middle one tallest.

Step 9: Tummy stripe

Start at the mouth corner. Draw 1 long gentle curve along the body, stopping on the tummy near the tail.

Tip This line is where the grey top meets the white tummy.

Step 10: Side fin

From the stripe under 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 11: White tummy, pink mouth

Colour the tummy and lower jaw white. Colour inside the mouth pink and leave the teeth white.

Step 12: Colour the top grey

Go over your lines. Colour everything above the stripe grey, fins and tail too. Leave the eye white.