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How to Draw a Dolphin Step by Step – For Kids & Beginners

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In this tutorial, we will learn how to draw a dolphin in a few very easy steps for kids and new artists. let us start with drawing easy dolphin in this amazing tutorial. You will get to know a few interesting facts about dolphins.

 

How To Draw a Dolphin

Dolphins have long snouts and small mouths. They use their snouts to breathe, and their mouths to eat. To draw a dolphin jumping out from the water, just follow these simple steps:

1. Draw the basic outline of the dolphin, including its body and tail.

2. Add in any details that you want, such as its eyes, flippers, and tails.

3. Add any poses that you want the dolphin to take. For example, if it jumps out of the water, it might do a flip or an air dance.

4. After you’ve made all your changes add in the final graphics for the dolphin Jumping Out from Water article!

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Draw dolphin Step by Step:

Step1:  Start with the dolphin’s body, dolphins body is wider toward the head and narrower at the tail. Thus, draw a curved line for the upper side of the body. Start by drawing the outline shape of the dolphin’s body. It will be wider towards the head and narrower towards the tail.

How to draw dolphin

Step 2:  Draw the lower curve for the lower body line as shown in the image. Add A small nose which is also called a rostrum in the case of the whale.

How to draw dolphin

Step 3: Dolphins have cute tails. Thus, we will draw tail small wave-shaped curve parted in opposite direction.

How to draw dolphin

Step 4: Outline for the dolphin body is ready. Now add a small line for the mouth in a manner showing a smile and a circle for the eyes.

How to draw dolphin

Step 5: In this step, draw the left side of the flipper. To show the dolphin is in 3/4 view draw a flipper more to the left, curving in the backward direction.

How to draw dolphin

Step 6: For this step draw fin and right flipper both.  Draw the fin on the top of the dolphin curving backwards. Draw the right flipper more left to the body so that, it will be visible and justice to 3/ view. Both flippers should be towards the lower body and backwards curved.

How to draw dolphin

Erase the overlapped lines to make it look realistic.

Step 7: Little away from the mouth draw a short split between the top and bottom body portions. Make it a little curvy or follow the body shape.

How to draw dolphin

Step 8:  To make it look more realistic you can add sun, cloud, and water as shown in the image below. You can also keep it simple as it is with your choice.

How to draw dolphin

Step 9: Add colours according to your drawing. Colour your dolphin a grey colour. If you don’t have grey then please, mix black with a little white. Colour sun with yellow, the sky and clouds with sky blue and white, water with dark blue.

How to draw dolphin

Your realistic dolphin drawing is ready to swim and have fun.

How to Draw A Cartoon Dolphin Jumping Out from Water

In this article, we are going to learn how to draw a cartoon dolphin jumping out of water. First, we will begin by drawing the basic outline of the dolphin. Then, we will add the basic details of the dolphin such as its body, eyes, and mouth. Finally, we will add in the jumps that the dolphin will make as it swims away from the water.

Dolphin drawing png

Step 1: Start to make nice big curve similar to quarter circle. At the left end of curve add small curve for the nose. You can refer image below.

 

How to draw dolphin

Step 2: Then draw the bottom part of the mouth, for that keep going downward with little strokes. Add a small line intersecting the mouth in the smiling face.

How to draw dolphin

Step 3: The star drawing fin is almost triangle-shaped but a little curvy at the same time.

How to draw dolphin

Step 4: Start drawing a long nice curve towards the lower body which is the tail, and start to form the end of the fin drawn.

How to draw dolphin

Step 5: Now, at the end draw a tail divided into two parts as shown in the image( it really looks like a leaf). Your cute dolphin body shape is ready.

How to draw dolphin

Step 6: Time to add a few details to the body.  Add a fin in the front body part and a second one from the lower line of the body.

How to draw dolphin

Step 7: Let’s draw the eyes of the dolphin as shown in the image below. Shade the little part to make it look cute and shiny.

How to draw dolphin

Step 8: To make this look picture more complete, draw a few waves, and a drop of water going upward.

How to draw dolphin

Step 9: To look at your drawing completely add a few colours to it. You can refer to the reference given below.

How to draw dolphin

Thus, here your dolphin drawing is complete. It seems the dolphin is jumping out from the water happily making us happy too. For more such easy drawings you can visit my links given at the start of the article.

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