They are big and small, green and red, dangerous and not very dangerous. They swim in almost all water bodies of our planet, in lakes, rivers, seas and oceans. Yes, today we will figure out how to draw a fish.

Realistic Example

We will start with a difficult example, at the end of which you will understand how to draw a fish step by step in 7 steps. This is not an easy way to draw, and if you want something simpler, then you can just scroll down the page. Below we will analyze more simple ways of drawing.

To begin with, we need to make a sketch like in the picture below. It should be as symmetrical as possible.

Draw the tail on the right side. Its lower part may be slightly longer than the upper.

Now take the eraser and erase all the extra lines. Also, at the tip, draw a mouth with a short strip, and add an eye a little higher.

Let's draw the fins. Please note that the right sides of all three fins should be sharp.

We have come to the most difficult moment, to the imposition of chiaroscuro and the drawing of scales. If you want, you can just paint the resulting fish in some colors, and those who want to achieve maximum realism read on.

Draw a gradient all over the body. From above you need to press the pencil very hard, and the lower the weaker. Thus, you will get the effect as in the picture below.

To draw scales, you need to cover the body with cross lines, and the fins with ordinary ones.

At the last stage, to give even more realism, you can add blue.

pencil drawing method

In this example, we will be working on a small but very beautiful fish. So, get your eraser and paper ready, as now we will learn how to draw a fish with a pencil.

First of all, we make a sketch, which will show the contours of our sea creature.

Now let's work on the head. We draw an eye, gills and a mouth. All this is depicted quite simply, the main thing is to place the eye and gills in the right places.

Detailing the fins. In place of the simplest outlines that we already drew with a pencil in the first step, we draw graceful lines of the fins. Inside we shade them with stripes.

We erase all the contour lines, we will no longer need them.

It's time to colorize. You can take an orange felt-tip pen and color everything at once, or go the hard way. Below you will see the result of a professional artist. You can find out how he achieved such a result after watching the video.

gold fish

We have come to fairly simple examples that are suitable for both adults and children. In this example, we will figure out how to draw a goldfish, the heroine of a fairy tale in which she fulfilled wishes.

In the beginning, we draw the base, in which there should already be a mouth and an eye.

We add a comb on top, and two small fins on the bottom. Scales can be drawn with three vertical wavy lines.

Now we add a long tail, which first goes up, and then smoothly descends to the very bottom. This is the hallmark of the goldfish.

If you want, you can add bubbles and long seaweeds to the drawing.

We take a black marker or felt-tip pen and circle our sketch. Lines drawn with a pencil should be erased with an eraser.

Now we take any drawing supplies, colored pencils, felt-tip pens or paints, it doesn’t matter. The main thing is to choose a gold or yellow color and color the fish.

Fish for children

This simple drawing example will help kids draw a fish. She is very kind, beautiful and iridescent, so any child and adult will surely like it.

Our fish will be ready in just 4 steps. In this step we will draw its base: torso, head and tail.

We paint on three fins and a crest. Since our fish swims to the left, the fins should deviate slightly to the right.

Let's draw the scales all over the body in the form of smooth, rounded lines.

We take the brightest felt-tip pens and color it. Also, if you want, you can paint on algae and water.

Beautiful drawing in 5 steps

The fish has a fairly simple body structure, so in just 5 steps you can learn how to draw a fish. Get your colored markers ready, let's get started!

As usual, the first step is to draw a sketch. In this case, we have a standard fish set: body, fins, tail.

Based on the contours of our sketch, we need to draw a large mouth and a large eye. The drawing will be made in a cartoon style, which is why some parts should be larger than usual.

We detail the limbs of our fish with strokes.

We have come to a rather interesting moment, to coloring. To achieve the effect of cartoon volume, we need two shades of orange: the first is darker, the second is lighter. These can be shades not only of orange, but in general of any color that you can only find on your table.

We paint our character with a dark color, as in the example below.

And now with a lighter color we paint over the rest of the part. This way we can achieve a cartoon effect.

Fish belong to the type of vertebrates, but differ from the rest in that they live mainly in the aquatic environment, and use a special organ for breathing - gills. In nature, there is no longer a single representative of the class of vertebrates that would have such a variety of body shapes and limbs as fish.

The shape of the body in fish is very different, there are fish with an elongated body like a snake, with a body compressed from the sides, strongly flattened, and so on. The body cover of fish is also quite diverse - the body can be covered with scales, plates or shields of various shapes. In this case, the location of the scales can be both along and across the body. Of great interest is the coloring of fish, perhaps not a single species of living creatures in the world can compete with them in brightness, colorfulness and diversity. There are species of fish, the color of which has shades of precious stones and metals. In addition, quite often the fish are decorated with unusual patterns, which can vary depending on the circumstances.

Fish are considered to be the most excellent swimmers. There are such species of fish that can carry out short-term flights above the surface of the water, crawl on land, silt, and even along tree trunks. In terms of endurance, almost no one can compete with fish. In search of food or a place to spawn, fish are able to travel great distances.

Scientists have been studying fish for many years, and their interest is only growing every year. A huge variety of fish species leaves no one indifferent. In total, more than 30 thousand species of fish have been discovered by scientists, and another 500 species new to science are discovered annually. The study of fish is the science of ichthyology. The first fish-like animals appeared on Earth over 450 million years ago. Scientists distinguish three main classes of fish: cartilaginous, lobe-finned and ray-finned.

Depending on the type of fish, they can be herbivorous, predatory, omnivorous and detritophages. Herbivorous fish feed on algae and flowering aquatic plants. Predatory fish eat mollusks, crustaceans, worms and other fish. Detritivorous fish feed on decaying organic material. Fish grab and hold food with their teeth, which are located in their mouths. Some species of fish may change their diet throughout their lives, for example, feeding on algae when young and large invertebrates and fish as adults. There are also cleaner fish that eat dead pieces of skin from the surface of other fish.

Pisces will be very interesting for young artists. We offer you to download and print the Fish coloring pages from our website for free. Let the learning process be exciting and exciting for your child!

Fish belong to the type of vertebrates, but differ from the rest in that they live mainly in the aquatic environment, and use a special organ for breathing - gills. In nature, there is no longer a single representative of the class of vertebrates that would have such a variety of body shapes and limbs as fish.

The shape of the body in fish is very different, there are fish with an elongated body like a snake, with a body compressed from the sides, strongly flattened, and so on. The body cover of fish is also quite diverse - the body can be covered with scales, plates or shields of various shapes. In this case, the location of the scales can be both along and across the body. Of great interest is the coloring of fish, perhaps not a single species of living creatures in the world can compete with them in brightness, colorfulness and diversity. There are species of fish, the color of which has shades of precious stones and metals. In addition, quite often the fish are decorated with unusual patterns, which can vary depending on the circumstances.

Fish are considered to be the most excellent swimmers. There are such species of fish that can carry out short-term flights above the surface of the water, crawl on land, silt, and even along tree trunks. In terms of endurance, almost no one can compete with fish. In search of food or a place to spawn, fish are able to travel great distances.

Scientists have been studying fish for many years, and their interest is only growing every year. A huge variety of fish species leaves no one indifferent. In total, more than 30 thousand species of fish have been discovered by scientists, and another 500 species new to science are discovered annually. The study of fish is the science of ichthyology. The first fish-like animals appeared on Earth over 450 million years ago. Scientists distinguish three main classes of fish: cartilaginous, lobe-finned and ray-finned.

Depending on the type of fish, they can be herbivorous, predatory, omnivorous and detritophages. Herbivorous fish feed on algae and flowering aquatic plants. Predatory fish eat mollusks, crustaceans, worms and other fish. Detritivorous fish feed on decaying organic material. Fish grab and hold food with their teeth, which are located in their mouths. Some species of fish may change their diet throughout their lives, for example, feeding on algae when young and large invertebrates and fish as adults. There are also cleaner fish that eat dead pieces of skin from the surface of other fish.

Pisces will be very interesting for young artists. We offer you to download and print the Fish coloring pages from our website for free. Let the learning process be exciting and exciting for your child!