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How to Draw a Sea Otter Floating

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a sea otter floating 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: wide head.

Step 1: Wide head
On the left, draw a big wide head with fat cheeks and a wide chin.
Step 2: Ears and nose
Draw a small ear halfway down each side. Low on the face draw a wide oval with a black nose.
Step 3: Eyes and smile
Draw 2 big round eyes above the oval. Under the nose draw a little w smile.
Step 4: Whiskers
Start on the edge of the oval and draw 2 short whiskers out toward each cheek, stopping before the edge.
Step 5: Water line
Draw a wavy water line from each edge of the paper to the head. Add 3 wave curls below.
Step 6: Floating body
Start on the head above the right ear. Draw a big long hill and curve down into the water.
Tip The otter floats on its back, so this hill is its tummy.
Step 7: Arm and paw
Draw an arm from under the ear up to a round paw. Rub out the tummy line inside the paw.
Step 8: Clam shell
Behind the paw, draw a shell standing on the tummy: a rainbow of 5 bumps, then 2 lines down.
Tip Add 4 lines fanning up from the paw to the dips.
Step 9: Webbed feet
At the end of the tummy, draw 2 paddle feet standing up in a V. Add 2 toe lines each.
Tip Each foot starts behind the tummy line and gets wider at the top.
Step 10: Thick tail
Start at the end of the body. Draw a thick tail lying on the water to a round tip.
Tip Fat at the body, thin at the tip.
Step 11: Cream and purple
Colour the nose oval cream. Colour the shell purple, around the paw.
Step 12: Brown fur
Colour the otter brown, around the nose oval and the shell. Leave the eyes white.
Step 13: Blue water
Colour the water blue, around the chin, from the wavy line down to the bottom of the paper.