How to Draw an Orca Jumping

Step 1: Round head

Near the top left draw a big round C for the head. Start at the top and stop underneath.

Tip A killer whale has a round blunt head, not a pointy nose.

Step 2: One big eye

In the middle of the head draw 1 big round eye. Fill it mostly black and leave a white shine.

Step 3: Back and tall fin

From the top of the head draw the back, up into a tall pointed fin, then curving down right.

Tip The back bends like a rainbow as the whale leaps.

Step 4: Tail fins

From the end of the back draw 2 matching round tail fins with a notch between. Stop just below.

Tip The tail points down at the water. Leave room for waves under it.

Step 5: Curved tummy

Start under the head. Draw 1 long curved tummy, sweeping down to meet the tail.

Tip One smooth curve, no bumps.

Step 6: Long smile

Start on the front of the head. Draw a long smile under the eye, curling up at the end.

Step 7: Eye patch

Behind the eye, a little higher, draw a long oval patch.

Tip Leave a gap between the eye and the patch.

Step 8: Tummy stripe

Start on the smile. Draw a long line along the body. Stop on the tummy near the tail.

Tip Everything under this line stays white.

Step 9: Flipper

Start on the stripe below the patch. Draw a round paddle down and back, then up to the stripe.

Tip Rub out the lines inside the flipper.

Step 10: Waves

Low down, under the tail, draw a row of wave bumps right across the paper.

Tip Keep a gap between the tail and the waves: the whole whale is in the air.

Step 11: Splash drops

In the gap between the tail and the waves draw 3 small drops of water.

Tip Keep the drops off the tail.

Step 12: Blue sea

Colour the waves, all the water below them and the 3 drops blue.

Step 13: Colour it black

Colour the top, fin, tail and flipper black, around the eye and patch. Leave the eye white.

Tip The chin and the tummy stay white.