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How to Draw a Shark
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 snout.
Step 1: The snout
Start high on the left. Draw a big C for the snout and stop a little under your start.
Tip Leave lots of room on the right for the body.
Step 2: One huge eye
Behind the nose, draw one huge round eye. Fill it with a big black dot and leave 2 white shines.
Step 3: Back and fin
Start on the snout top. Curve up into a big sail fin, then along the back. End at the tail.
Tip No dip before the fin: the back climbs straight into it.
Step 4: The tail
Start at the tail neck. Draw a long top point and a short bottom point. Stop under your start.
Tip A shark tail is lopsided: long on top, short underneath.
Step 5: Round tummy
Start at the chin. Draw one big round sag under the body and stop on the bottom of the tail.
Step 6: Big open mouth
Start on the snout edge. Draw a smile ending under the eye. Add a deeper U below for the jaw.
Tip Start the U a little in from the snout and end it at the same corner, so the mouth opens wide.
Step 7: Soft teeth
Start on the top lip near the front. Draw 4 soft triangle teeth along it and stop near the corner.
Step 8: Gills
Just behind the eye, draw 3 short curves like ) ) ). Make the middle one tallest.
Step 9: Tummy stripe
Start at the mouth corner. Draw one long gentle curve along the side. Stop on the tummy near the tail.
Step 10: Side fin
Start on the stripe behind the gills. Draw a fin sweeping back and down, and stop on the stripe.
Step 11: Cream tummy, pink mouth
Go over your lines. Colour the tummy cream, around the side fin, and the mouth pink. Leave the teeth white.
Step 12: Colour the top blue
Colour everything above the stripe blue, around the eye, and the side fin too. Leave the eye white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a shark, drawn by you.
