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How to Draw a Portuguese Man o’ War
Draw a Portuguese man o’ war in 11 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 float.
Step 1: The float
Start low at the left. Draw a long balloon over a big round right end. Stop level with the start.
Tip It is a bubble of gas floating on the water like a little boat.
Step 2: Crinkled sail
From the left shoulder draw a low crinkly ridge along the top. Stop on top of the round end.
Step 3: 2 big eyes
On the taller right half draw 2 egg eyes, an eye apart, each with a black dot in the middle.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a U smile turning up at the ends. Add a small oval cheek beside each end.
Step 5: Water line
Draw one long gently wavy line right across the paper through the bottom of the float, edge to edge.
Step 6: Long tentacles
From under the float draw 7 long thin wavy lines trailing down into the water, the middle ones longest.
Tip The tentacles trail far below, much longer than the float.
Step 7: One thick tentacle
Among the thin ones draw one thick wavy ribbon tentacle hanging almost to the bottom, thinner at its rounded tip.
Step 8: Bubbles
In the water left of the tentacles draw 3 round bubbles rising in a slanted line: small, bigger, biggest.
Step 9: Cheeks and water
Colour the cheeks peach, and the water light blue around the thick tentacle. Leave the bubbles white.
Step 10: Colour the float blue
Colour the whole float blue around the cheeks, leaving the eyes white.
Step 11: Purple sail and tentacle
Colour the crinkled sail and the thick tentacle purple. Go over your lines. Done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a Portuguese man o’ war, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
