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How to Draw a Piranha
Draw a piranha 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: fat egg body.
Step 1: Fat egg body
Draw a C face on the left. From its top, draw a rainbow ending at a short neck. Same underneath.
Step 2: Huge eye
High in the front of the body, draw one huge eye. Add a black pupil with 2 shines.
Tip Make the eye really big: this fish is a cuddly toy.
Step 3: Big toothy smile
Draw a smile from the face up to a corner, a lip from the chin to it, and 4 teeth.
Step 4: Bow-tie tail
From the back end, draw a fat C bump up and round, stopping at a dent. Add a lower bump.
Tip A sideways bow tie: the top lobe is a little bigger.
Step 5: Top fin
Start on the back in front of the middle. Draw a sail leaning back, ending on the back. Add rays.
Step 6: Gill
A finger behind the eye, draw a short C bowing toward the tail, not touching the back or belly.
Step 7: Side fin
Behind the gill, below the middle, draw a fat leaf fin lying flat, pointing toward the tail. Add 2 rays.
Step 8: Belly fin
Start on the belly behind the side fin. Draw a small sail leaning back, and stop back on the belly.
Step 9: Belly line
From the back of the bottom lip, draw one long gentle curve along the body, ending at the tail.
Step 10: Sand and seaweed
Draw a wavy sand line from edge to edge. Add 2 seaweed blades on the left, one on the right.
Step 11: Sandy floor
Colour the sand under the line sandy.
Step 12: Grey fish
Colour the body above the belly line, the tail and all 3 fins grey. Leave the eye and teeth white.
Step 13: Red belly, green seaweed
Colour the belly under the belly line red, and the mouth around the teeth. Colour the seaweed green.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a piranha, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
