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How to Draw a Tuna
Draw a tuna 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 pointy nose.
Step 1: Eye and pointy nose
Draw an eye on the left. In front draw a pointy nose, starting high and ending low, with a smile.
Step 2: Torpedo body
Start at the nose top. Draw a long rainbow back; stop at the neck. Match the belly below.
Tip A tuna is a torpedo: fattest near the front.
Step 3: Moon tail
Close the neck with a curve. From its top, draw a lobe up, then a lobe down to its bottom.
Step 4: Pointy back fins
Start on the back behind the eye. Draw a tall pointy sail; stop on the back. Add a tiny fin.
Step 5: Gill
A finger behind the eye, start below the back. Draw a short C toward the tail; stop above the belly.
Step 6: Long side fin
Behind the gill, below the middle, start on the fish. Draw a long leaf pointing back; end at its base.
Step 7: Tiny finlets
Near the tail draw 3 tiny round bumps along the back. Do the same along the belly.
Tip Finlets are the tiny fins tuna have near the tail.
Step 8: Side line
Start at the mouth corner. Draw a long gentle line back under the eye, and stop at the tail.
Step 9: Bubbles
In front of the mouth draw 3 bubbles floating up, small to big.
Step 10: Sand and seaweed
Draw a wavy sand line along the bottom. Grow 3 pointy seaweed blades up from it.
Step 11: Yellow fins, sandy floor
Colour the tail, fins and finlets yellow. Colour the sand sandy, right to the paper's edges.
Step 12: Blue bubbles, green seaweed
Colour the bubbles light blue and the seaweed green.
Step 13: Navy back, silver belly
Colour above the side line navy blue. Colour below it silver grey, around the side fin. Leave the eye white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a tuna, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
