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How to Draw a Lagoon
Draw a lagoon in 13 easy steps, about 10 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 sea line.
Step 1: The sea line
A third of the way down, draw a straight line from edge to edge: the far edge of the sea.
Step 2: The sand spit
Start at the left edge under the sea. Draw a finger of sand pointing right, back to the left edge.
Tip Draw a line from the tip to the edge where the lagoon meets the sea.
Step 3: The near shore
Low down draw a soft wavy line from edge to edge for the beach. The water between is the lagoon.
Step 4: Three coconuts
On the sand spit, left of the middle, a hand above it, draw 3 round coconuts in a bunch.
Step 5: Two fronds
From the coconuts draw a long pointy leaf drooping down to the left, and another curving up to the left.
Step 6: Three more fronds
From the coconuts draw 3 more pointy leaves: one up, one up right, one drooping right. Add middle lines.
Step 7: The trunk
Start on the sand under the coconuts. Draw 2 close curved trunk lines up to the coconuts. Add 4 rings.
Step 8: Fish and ripples
In the lagoon draw a little fish: a pointy oval with a triangle tail and dot eye. Add some ripples.
Step 9: The sun
In the top right corner draw a round sun with 8 short rays round it.
Step 10: Starfish and shell
On the beach draw a little starfish on the left, and a fan-shaped shell with 3 lines on the right.
Step 11: Yellow and sandy
Colour the sun, starfish, shell and fish yellow. Colour the spit and beach sandy, around the starfish and shell.
Step 12: Blue sea, teal lagoon
Colour the open sea blue, and the lagoon teal, around the fish.
Step 13: Green leaves, brown trunk
Colour the palm leaves green, and the trunk and coconuts brown. Go over your lines and your lagoon is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a lagoon, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
