How to Draw a Shark

Start by drawing a circle. Below the circle, draw a cone-shaped curve with a sharp angle leaning slightly to the left.

Draw the shark's fins. Shark fins are typically sharp and slightly curved.

Draw an egg-shaped figure for the shark's nose and eyes. Add a curved line for the eyebrows. While sharks usually don't have such large eyes, this is a cartoon shark version, so feel free to let your imagination run wild.

Draw the shark's mouth. As we know, sharks have sharp and pointy teeth, so you can draw small triangle shapes to represent the shark's teeth.

Sketch the outer outline of the shark.

Emphasize the fins and tail.

Draw 3 curved lines to represent the gills of the shark. For a cartoon shark, you can divide its body into two sections: the upper back and the lower belly, using a slightly curved line running along the body.

Erase unnecessary sketch lines.

Color the picture.

Draw a sharp-pointed triangle facing to the right. Then, draw two slightly curved lines extending from the bottom corners of the triangle, with a vertical line intersecting at the end. On the left side of the drawing, sketch a curved triangle with a sharp angle pointing downward.

Add more triangles to form the shark's fins. Sharks typically have fins such as the pectoral fins, dorsal fin, and anal fin.

Draw two sharp, pointed angles facing opposite directions to create the tail.

Use the previous outlines to sketch the shark's head. Add eyes, a nose, and a mouth.

Darken the outlines of the fins and tail.

Bold the outline of the shark's body.

Draw 5 short curved lines on the shark's body to create gill slits. The shark’s body is usually divided into two sections with different colors: the upper back and the lower belly. The back section is darker in color. You can draw a slightly diagonal line running along the shark’s body to separate these two sections.

Erase any unnecessary lines.

Color the drawing.

Vẽ một hình thuôn để làm phần giữa thân của cá mập.

Phác thảo một đường cong ở bên trái của hình thuôn đã vẽ trước đó để làm phần đầu.

Vẽ thêm một đường cong nhọn và dài hơn ở phía đối diện để thân cá.

Vẽ phác thác các đường cong có góc để làm vây.

Sketch an additional long curve with an acute angle and another shorter curve near the tail end of the fish's body to form the tail fin.

Draw a few curves to form the mouth and gills; add a small circle between the mouth and the outline of the fish's head to create the eye.

Based on the previous outlines, redraw the shark.

Erase the unnecessary sketch lines.

Color in your shark!

Draw an arc with a sharp angle in the middle to form the shark's head.

Sketch a crescent moon shape to create the mouth, and add needle-like shapes inside the mouth to form the teeth.

Outline a sharp-angled curve, connecting the two endpoints of the arc to sketch the shark's body frame.

Draw angled curves to shape the fins.

Draw a long curve with a sharp angle and a smaller curve underneath to form the tail fin.

Redraw the entire shark based on the previous sketches (add the eye and additional curves on the Sand Tiger Shark's body).

Erase any unnecessary sketch lines.

Color in your artwork!

• Paper
• Pencil
• Pencil sharpener
• Eraser
• Colored pencils, crayons, markers, or watercolor paints