Draw a Whale

Ever want to draw a Create a Whale from the Word Love, but not sure how? Here are 10 easy steps to draw this great sea animal!

Steps

A Cartoon Whale

  1. Draw a curve that looks sort of like an upside-down dish. This will be the head.
  2. To the left end of the curve, draw a small lip that protrudes slightly, and continue the line in the shape of a smiling mouth.
  3. On the right end of the head, draw two small curves, like fat rolls. This is the back.
  4. Below the smile, draw a half oval for the lower jaw. At about the halfway point of this shape, draw a line that will be the stomach.
  5. Draw a fin, and continue the stomach line at an upward slant toward what will be the tail.
  6. Draw a tail. The easiest way to do this would be to draw each fin separately from the back line and the stomach line.
  7. Add detail: draw a cheek, an eye, and an eyebrow above the mouth. At the very top of the head, add a little line or circle for the blowhole.
  8. Draw another line around the lower jaw to make a lower lip. Stop the line before you reach the smile, though. Draw in a tongue. Also add a little line to make an upper lip.
  9. If you want, you can draw water shooting out of the blowhole.
  10. Pick Your Favorite Color your whale now, or else leave it as a pencil outline or you can draw the water underneath then you can draw water coming out.

A Realistic Humpback Whale

  1. Draw an oblong for the head.
  2. Draw a “pizza” shape for the body outline.
  3. Draw a three triangles attached to each other for the tail.
  4. Draw curves connecting the head, body, and tail outlines.
  5. Draw a couple of oblongs for the flippers.
  6. Draw a big curve in the head for the mouth.
  7. Based on the outline, draw the body of the whale.
  8. Complete your whale by adding details such as the eyes, blowhole, bumps, and wrinkles.
  9. Erase the unnecessary outlines.
  10. Color your whale!



Tips

  • Draw lightly until you have the entire picture how you want it. Once it’s perfect, make all the lines darker so they stand out more, or trace them with crayons, colored pencils, or markers.
  • The example sketches are in a space of about 4" by 4", but you can make it as big or small as you want.

Things You'll Need

  • Pen/pencil
  • Coloring utensils (optional)
  • Paper

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