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How to Draw a Kraken
Draw a kraken in 10 easy steps, about 8 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: the body.
Step 1: The body
Start low on the left. Draw a tall soft cone, widest low down. Stop low on the right.
Tip Make it tall, most of the page, with a soft top. The bottom stays open.
Step 2: Two fins
Start on each side near the top. Swoop a fin out to a round tip, then back to the body.
Step 3: Eyes and grin
Draw 2 big round eyes with dots and shines. Under them, draw a wide grin with 2 little fangs.
Step 4: The sea
Draw a wavy sea line right across the paper, through the 2 bottom ends of the body.
Tip The kraken is rising out of the water.
Step 5: Two big tentacles
Start on the sea beside the body. Draw a fat tentacle up to a curled tip. Stop on the sea.
Tip Fat at the water, thinner and thinner up to the curl.
Step 6: Two small tentacles
Near each edge, start on the sea. Draw a shorter tentacle that curls in. Stop back on the sea.
Step 7: Suckers
Draw 3 little circles up each big tentacle and 2 up each small one.
Step 8: Pink suckers
Colour all the little suckers pink.
Step 9: Blue sea
Colour the sea under the wavy line blue, right to the edges of the paper.
Step 10: Purple kraken
Colour the body, fins and tentacles purple, around the pink suckers. Leave the eyes and fangs white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a kraken, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
