How To Draw A Dolphin Step By Step
68Starting Shape For Your Dolphin Drawing
Drawing A Dolphin
Dolphins are not my first choice of drawing subjects to draw, but like the rose drawing tutorial I thought I'd give it a go and try and make it as easy as possible to follow the exact process of drawing a dolphin in this easy step by step drawing guide.
Dolphins have that knack of not having that much detail anyway so all you have to concern yourself over is the shape of all of the important parts like the head, mouth and eyes, aswell as the dorsal fin and the tail, so that as a whole the correct proportions apply for your dolphin drawing.
To start we draw a simple curve body shape like the one in the image to the right, the curve at the back is just to make a mark for the dolphins body and this will be the central line that all of the rest of the dolphins main features will be attatched to aswell as the underside of the opposite spine curve.
Lightly Sketch In The Fins And Eye
Drawing Lightly To Get An Idea Of Your Dolphin
Drawing lightly is very important when your drawing confidence is low, it is always a good idea to sketch around the details of the fins, the tail and the eye and beak mouth lightly so that you can make up your mind whether the drawing sketch looks okay to continue to the next step.
The light sketch hardly shows up here, but you can see some of the ways it has changed in the following drawing below.
Darken The Pencil Lines On The Dolphin
Clean Up And Darken The Dolphin Drawings Pencil Lines
Darkening the pencil lines always makes the drawing look much cleaner and straight forward and so we progress on from the light pencil sketch above with a more confident approach to our dolphin drawing.
As there are no specific details, drawing a dolphin is easier than say a tiger, as the design is simple and smooth.
Shade The Dolphins Back, Fins And Beak
Dark Pencil Shading On The Back Of The Dolphin
Shading anything just requires, finding the light source, but on this occasion the dark areas are simply part of the dolphins skin colour, but still we need to add some kind of light source, so this does fine, but only on the back, the fins, the tail and the top of the beak like mouth, the rest remains white as it should be.
There you go, a simple dolphin drawing tutorial, nothing should be hard to draw, as simple sketches done in steps can make a good drawing, always remember that!
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i love dolphins and i tryed to draw it but it was hard for me to draw it........
I love dolphins i wish i can live with them.
this i so GREAT!!!!!!
you rock
its hard to draw this thing
cool dolphin.
thank you but i did a painting of a dolphin weeks ago but yours is cool 2 . still thanks ;)
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i love it
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aww soo adorable i luv those dolphin creatures
oh my gosh i couldve just drwan a better one with out these steps
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thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much, helped tons :D
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its hard
it is ugly
your drawing waz awesome.
i loved this drawing i even copied it for some reason it's very good and fun. my lil sis wanted me to draw one lol
i love to draw and i needed to draw a dolphin for one of my pictures
Hehehe
Cheers now!
your have a great drawing.
dolphins are so cool and cute
you are a great a artiest!!!!!!
Cheers there Sidney!
Am planning more drawing tutorials so keep an eye out for them!
My son is really keen on his pencil drawings - thanks for the hub, I'll get him to try it out!
lol yeah cheers
Yeah it is, maybe I should simplify these drawing hubpages a bit, break them down into more steps to follow.
At least a whale is still a fish!!
Cheers now!
this is kinda hard to draw i feel like im drawing a freakin whale!!! ,lol
That's the thing about drawing and practicing to draw...it takes time, it's taken me over 20 years to learn to draw the stuff I always wanted to draw, like dragons and other fantasy stuff...keep trying to draw, you never know when you might crack a good drawing!!
Cheers for your comment quicksand!
Lol! I was trying to draw a whale for a recently published hub of mine. At first it looked like an iceberg! So I gave up! Failed miserably. :)
Ash567 5 weeks ago
I love drawing. Drawing rules. The dolphin is cool.