How to draw a shark: master classes for different ages

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

If suddenly someone has a problem with how to draw a shark, this article will tell you in no time how to do it. Moreover, the development is given both for very young children, and for people who are a little familiar with the drawing process.

Master class "How to draw a shark with a baby"

Of course, a small child should not portray a terrible evil animal with huge teeth and evil eyes. It is better to show and tell the growing little man the principle of depicting a kind smiling shark. By the way, the master class "How to draw a shark with a baby" can subsequently help to depict any other fish. So, we pick up a sharply sharpened simple pencil, a blank sheet of paper and get down to business.

1. First, draw an oval with a pencil, divide it in half lengthwise and erase the upper part.
2. Then we depict the upper and lower fins of the predator. They are shaped like triangles with one side slightly concave and the other slightly convex.

3. The tail resembles a crescent in shape, in which the "horns" look outward. Draw it to one of the ends of the semi-oval.

4. An oval, more like a circle, with a round black pupil in the middle, will imitate a shark's eye. If it is made larger and placed closer to the middle of the body, this will create the effect of an expression of surprise and curiosity on the muzzle of our kind shark.
5. Smiling mouth, comma-shaped nasal opening, "brackets" of gill slits a little further than the eyes will make the drawing almost ready.
6. If the baby is very young, a predatory fish called "shark" can be completely painted with a simple pencil, leaving only the whites of the eyes white. But older children can already be explained that the abdomen of sharks is most often white, and the back is gray, sometimes even black. Then the coloring process will be a little more complicated by applying shades.

Master class "How to draw a shark step by step"

This master class is designed for an adult audience. Therefore, all parts of the object: body, tail, lower fins - are drawn not separately, but in one common line.

1. It should be remembered that the shark has an elongated body, so first draw a smooth line that will depict the upper body of a predatory fish, turning into a tail.
2. The mouth should be placed under the slightly pointed nose of the predator. It may be slightly open. On the other hand, draw the tail.
3. The next step is to smoothly connect the line of the tail and muzzle, depicting a slightly convexstomach. We must not forget about the lower fin - it is located closer to the muzzle, somewhere in the first third of the body.
4. The following details of the picture attached to the body will be shown separately: the second lower front, rear small and upper fins.

5. Since it is impossible to draw a shark without gills, eyes and teeth, then at the last stage of drawing it is necessary to deal with them.

Overlaying shades on a shark drawing

If the artist understands how to draw a shark with a pencil, then he can proceed to the next step - coloring the image.

1. First, of course, the object's silhouette is drawn.
2. You need to start applying color with a simple pencil from above, since the belly of a predator is usually light. It should be remembered that the first dorsal and pectoral fins have light, almost white tips.
3. When moving closer to the stomach, the intensity of the color is weakened. Gill slits should be highlighted with a dark shade, and the area near the eyes should be left white.
4. By painting over the background, you can smooth out the pencil strokes using a cotton swab, a small piece of paper, or your own finger.