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How to Draw a Seahorse
Draw a seahorse 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 snout.
Step 1: Eye and snout
High up, left of the middle, draw 1 huge round eye. In front of it, draw a long tube snout.
Tip The snout is 2 eyes long. Leave lots of room below.
Step 2: Round head
Start at the snout top. Draw a big rainbow head over the eye, down to the neck. Add a chin.
Step 3: Curvy body
From the chin, draw a round tummy down to a thin tail base. Draw the back down from the neck.
Tip The tummy is the fattest part. It gets thinner towards the tail.
Step 4: Curly tail
Start at the back's end. Curl the tail forward like a snail shell, getting thinner. Stop at the tummy line.
Step 5: Sail fin
Start on the back under the neck. Draw a sail leaning back and stop lower down. Add 2 lines.
Step 6: Cheek fin
On the back of the head, level with the snout, draw a tiny leaf fin pointing back.
Step 7: Bumpy crown
On top of the head, draw 3 little bumps along the head line, like a tiny crown.
Step 8: Ridges
Across the tummy, draw 5 lines from front to back, like ladder rungs, each sagging a little.
Step 9: Bubbles
In front of the snout, draw 3 bubbles floating up: small, bigger, biggest.
Step 10: Sand and seaweed
Draw a wavy sand line across the bottom. Grow 2 wavy seaweeds on the left, 1 on the right.
Step 11: Yellow fins and sand
Colour the sail fin, cheek fin and crown yellow. Colour the sand tan, down to the bottom of the paper.
Step 12: Pink cheek, blue bubbles
Colour a pink cheek dot under the eye. Colour the bubbles light blue.
Step 13: Teal seahorse, green seaweed
Colour the head, snout, body and tail teal around the pink cheek, leaving the eye white. Colour the seaweed green.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a seahorse, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
