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An orange fish with a triangle tail, a fin on top, a big round eye and a smile, blowing three bubbles.
The finished drawing.

How to draw

How to Draw a Fish

  • Starter (level 1 of 5)
  • 6 min
  • 6 steps
  • Ages 3–6 (a guide, not a rule)
Start Drawing Draw on Screen Print

Draw on paper: Paper, Pencil. Optional: Eraser, Orange crayon or marker.

Draw it on the screen

A fish is a big oval lying on its side, with a triangle tail at the back. Add a fin on top, an eye and a smile at the front, and some bubbles floating up. Then try a whole family of fish in different sizes!

Rather color it? Print the fish coloring page.

Step by step

  • New lines: purple, thick and glowing
  • Lines you already drew: gray
  1. Step 1 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 1 of 6 Draw a big oval lying on its side.
  2. Step 2 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 2 of 6 Draw a triangle tail on the right end of the oval.
  3. Step 3 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 3 of 6 Draw a curved fin on top of the oval.
  4. Step 4 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 4 of 6 Draw an eye near the front: a circle with a dot inside.
  5. Step 5 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 5 of 6 Draw a smile under the eye.
  6. Step 6 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 6 of 6 Draw three bubbles floating up from the mouth, each one bigger than the last.
An orange fish with a triangle tail, a fin on top, a big round eye and a smile, blowing three bubbles.

You did it!

Your drawing does not have to look like this one. Every artist draws a little differently.

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Tips for this drawing

Helpful hints

  • Make the oval big. It is the whole body of the fish.
  • The point of the tail just touches the end of the oval, like a bow tie.

Common mistakes

  • The tail is drawn inside the oval. Draw the tail outside the oval, with its point touching the end of the body.
  • The eye is in the middle of the body. Put the eye near the front of the fish, far from the tail.

Make it simpler

Draw just the oval, the triangle tail and a dot for the eye.

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