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How to Draw a Salmon
Draw a salmon 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: long slim body.
Step 1: Long slim body
From a pointy nose on the left, draw a low rainbow and a smile. Stop both at a thin neck.
Tip Keep the fish long and slim, nearly three times as long as it is tall.
Step 2: Eye and smile
Near the nose, high on the head, draw an eye with a pupil and shine. Add a small smile below.
Tip Leave a little space between the eye and the outline.
Step 3: Forked tail
Across the neck draw a short curve. From its ends draw 2 pointy lobes that meet in a dent.
Step 4: Back fins
Start mid-back, draw a small rounded fin and end on the back. Add a tiny fin near the tail.
Step 5: Gill
Behind the eye draw a curve bowing towards the tail, starting below the back and stopping above the belly.
Step 6: Side fin
Behind the gill, low down, draw a small leaf pointing at the tail. Add 2 short lines inside it.
Step 7: Side line
Start at the nose tip. Draw one long gentle line under the eye and across the gill to the tail.
Step 8: Spots
Above the side line draw 2 rows of 3 little spots. Add one spot on each tail lobe.
Tip Keep the spots clear of the lines.
Step 9: Bubbles
In front of the nose draw 3 bubbles floating up, small to big.
Step 10: Sand and seaweed
Draw a wavy sand line almost from edge to edge. Grow 3 wiggly seaweed blades up from it.
Step 11: Peach belly, grey fins
Colour the belly under the side line peach. Colour the tail and all 3 fins grey.
Step 12: Sandy floor, green seaweed
Colour the sand under the line sandy yellow, and the seaweed green.
Step 13: Dark back, black spots
Colour the back above the side line dark grey, and the spots black. Leave the eye white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a salmon, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
