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How to Draw a Shrimp Boat

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a shrimp boat 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: the waves.

Step 1: The waves
Start at the left edge, a bit below the middle. Draw gentle wave bumps right across to the right edge.
Step 2: The hull
On the waves draw a boat: a tall front on the left, a round bottom, and a deck that sags.
Tip Keep the deck well above the waves: the face goes below it.
Step 3: Porthole eyes and smile
On the hull draw 2 round porthole eyes with a black dot in each. Draw a smile under them.
Step 4: The cabin
Near the front draw a tall box cabin on the deck. Add a wide rounded window and a flat roof.
Tip A shrimp boat's cabin sits at the front; the back deck is for nets.
Step 5: The tall mast
Behind the cabin draw 1 fat mast straight up, almost to the top. Add a short crossbar near the top.
Step 6: Two poles
From the mast, above its middle, draw 2 long thin poles slanting up and out like a big V.
Tip When the boat is not fishing, its net poles fold up in a V.
Step 7: Folded nets
Along each pole draw a long thin triangle of net down to the mast. Rule 2 short lines inside each.
Step 8: A seagull
In the sky right of the mast, draw a seagull like a wide M.
Step 9: The sun
In the top left corner draw a small sun circle. Start on its edge and draw 8 short rays.
Step 10: Tan nets, yellow sun
Colour both nets tan, leaving the mesh lines showing. Colour the sun yellow.
Step 11: Sky window, blue sea
Colour the window sky blue, then the sea blue from the waves down to the bottom edge.
Step 12: White hull, teal cabin
Colour the hull white with 2 pink cheeks, and the cabin teal around the window.
Tip Keep the eyes white.
Step 13: Brown mast and poles
Go over your lines. Colour the mast, crossbar, poles and roof brown. Your shrimp boat is heading out!