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How to Draw a Seal Swimming
Draw a seal swimming 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 body.
Step 1: Long body
Draw a long smooth body like a fat banana: a round head on the right, thin on the left.
Tip No neck and no ears. A seal is one smooth shape.
Step 2: Big eye
On the head draw a big round eye. Add a black dot inside with a tiny white shine.
Step 3: Nose and smile
Draw a small black nose on the tip of the head. Start under it and curve a smile back.
Step 4: Whiskers
Start beside the nose. Draw 3 short whiskers fanning back. Stop before the eye and the smile.
Tip Keep the whiskers inside the face.
Step 5: Front flipper
Start low on the side, behind the head. Draw a long paddle sweeping back and down.
Tip Flippers held back make the seal glide fast.
Step 6: Other flipper
Just in front of it draw the tip of the other flipper peeking out under the chest.
Step 7: Tail flippers
Start on the thin end. Draw 2 paddles spreading apart like a V, back to the thin end.
Step 8: Tummy line
Start under the chin. Draw a line along the side and stop at the thin end.
Step 9: Three bubbles
Draw 3 bubbles rising above the nose, big, middle and small.
Step 10: Wavy surface
Start at the top left. Draw a wavy line across the top of your paper and stop at the right.
Step 11: Cream tummy
Colour the tummy under the line cream.
Step 12: Grey seal
Colour the rest of the seal grey, flippers too. Leave the eye white.
Step 13: Blue water
Colour the water blue under the wavy line, all around the seal. Leave the bubbles white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a seal swimming, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
