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How to Draw a Parrotfish
Draw a parrotfish 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: eye and mouth line.
Step 1: Eye and mouth line
Draw one huge round eye left of the middle, with a shine. In front, draw a short wavy mouth line.
Tip A parrotfish has a hard beak like a parrot, not lips.
Step 2: Beak, forehead and back
From the mouth's front tip, draw a beak bump up to a dent. Sweep over the eye to a neck.
Step 3: Lower beak and tummy
From the tip, draw a beak bump down and a long tummy. Stop at the neck. Curve the beak's edge.
Step 4: Crescent tail
From the back, draw a horn up, scooping in to a dent. Draw another horn down to the tummy.
Step 5: Long top fin
Start on the back above the eye. Draw a long low fin along the back and stop near the neck.
Step 6: Gill and side fin
Draw a short C behind the eye. From it, draw a fan fin pointing back, then back to the C.
Step 7: Belly fin
Under the tummy, start on the tummy line. Draw a small fin down and back, then up to the tummy.
Step 8: Big scales
Above the side fin, draw 3 U scales in a row. Tuck 2 more under them, like roof tiles.
Step 9: Bubbles
In front of the face, draw 3 bubbles floating up: small, bigger, biggest.
Step 10: Sand and seaweed
Near the bottom, draw a wavy sand line from edge to edge. Stand 3 wiggly seaweed leaves on it.
Step 11: Cream beak, sandy floor
Colour the beak cream. Colour the floor under the sand line sandy, out to the edges.
Step 12: Blue bubbles, pink fins
Colour the bubbles light blue, and the tail and all the fins pink.
Step 13: Teal fish, green seaweed
Colour the body teal around the beak and fins, and the seaweed green. Leave the eye white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a parrotfish, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
