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How to Draw a Trumpetfish
Draw a trumpetfish in 11 easy steps, about 8 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 slim body.
Step 1: Long slim body
From the top right, draw a long slim fish sloping down to a tube snout, and back to the top.
Tip Make it deepest at the head, just before the snout. Leave the top end open for the tail.
Step 2: Eye and trumpet mouth
In the head, draw a big round eye with a black dot. Add a tiny oval mouth on the snout.
Step 3: Small fan tail
From the open end, draw a fan tail with 2 points and a soft dip, ending on the other side.
Tip No line across the end: the tail grows straight out of the body.
Step 4: Back and tummy fins
Near the tail, draw a low fin on the back, leaning to the tail. Draw the same under the tummy.
Tip The fins sit far back, opposite each other, leaving the long body bare.
Step 5: Gill and side fin
Behind the head, draw a gill curve across the body. Start and end a small fan fin on it.
Tip The fan opens toward the tail.
Step 6: Bubbles
Above the snout, draw 3 bubbles floating up: small, bigger, biggest at the top.
Step 7: Sandy floor
Draw the sandy floor as one long gently wavy line across the bottom of the paper.
Step 8: Tall seaweed
Stand up 3 tall wiggly seaweed leaves on the sand, one left and 2 right, each with a pointed tip.
Tip Leave clear water all round the trumpetfish.
Step 9: Colour it yellow
Colour the body and snout yellow, leaving the eye white and skipping the side fin. Colour the mouth pink.
Step 10: Sand and bubbles
Colour the floor under the sand line sandy. Colour the bubbles light blue.
Step 11: Orange fins, green seaweed
Colour the tail and all the fins orange, and the seaweed green. Go over your lines, and you're done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a trumpetfish, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
