This cartoon whale starts with one big round body, then you add the face, tail, belly, flipper and a water spout. Watch each step being drawn in pencil, then copy it on your own paper. It works for kids from about age 4 and for adult beginners too.
Copy the dark lines in each step. The grey lines are the parts you already drew.
In the middle of your page, draw a big round body. Make it wide and round on the right side for the head and a little smaller on the left side. Keep the bottom fairly flat. Press lightly so you can fix it later.
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Near the right end, draw a round eye. Color it dark and leave a small white dot for the shine. Under it, draw a long happy smile and a small pink oval for the cheek.
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On the left end of the body, draw the tail curving up. At the top, draw two round, pointy flukes, one going up and one going left.
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Draw a curved line along the bottom of the body to show the light belly. Inside the belly, draw four short lines going across.
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Under the middle of the body, draw a small flipper pointing down and back.
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On top of the head, draw a short line going up. At the top, draw two curved lines going out like a fountain, and four small water drops around it. Under the whale, draw two short wavy lines for the sea.
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Color the body, tail and flipper blue and the belly very light blue. Color the water drops light blue and the cheek pink. Keep the eye dark.
▶ Watch this stepKeep your first lines soft, then press harder once you like the shape.
Whales are huge, so draw the body nice and big on the page.
Curving the tail up makes the whale look playful.
The spout is just a line and two curves. Keep it small and neat.
Trace your drawing with a darker pencil or a black pen so it stands out after coloring.
Draw a smaller whale next to the big one for a mom and baby.
Colour your cartoon whale in, or keep practising with more ideas to copy.
Yes. It is one of the easiest sea animals to draw. Most children from about age 4 can follow it.
At the thin end of the body, draw the tail curving up with two round flukes at the top.
Blue, light blue and pink.
Yes. For a killer whale, color the body black and add white patches near the eye and on the belly.
Yes. Right click or long press any step picture to save it, then print it and keep it next to you while you draw.
