How to Draw a Clownfish
Today we will tell you about how to draw a clownfish. This name describes the appearance quite characteristically, doesn’t it? Indeed, the clownfish is a very bright marine animal with a variegated color.
This fish became known not only to biologists and ichthyologists after the popular cartoon Finding Nemo. The protagonist of this story belonged to this biological species. By the way, the artists Pixar and Walt Disney perfectly conveyed the features of the appearance of the clownfish. Today we will try to draw it in a more realistic but not too complicated style.
So, if you repeat these ten steps, you will get great results. It will be a very cute and realistic fish. Let’s start this drawing lesson!
Time needed: 30 minutes
How to draw a clownfish
- Draw the base
Firstly, draw the basic oval to create a guide for drawing the head and torso.
- Depict the head
Secondly, add rough contours of the head. Just form a rounded triangle and draw the contours of the eye.
- Draw the fish’s ear.
Actually, this is a joke. This is a fin that is very similar to a large, rounded ear. Draw the fin in this step.
- Depict the base of the tail
Add the contours of the base part of the tail. It doesn’t look like a big tail right now, but that will change soon.
- Draw the outlines of the dorsal fins.
As you can see, these are smooth, rounded lines of the fin which is located on the back of the spine.
- Draw the bottom fins.
And a couple more fins underneath. These are the last basic fins in this drawing lesson.
- Depict segments of the fins
Fins are quite flexible tools. Let’s show it and draw smooth straight lines inside the outlines of the fins.
- Create bright areas borders
Variegated coloration is the main sign of clown fish. Let’s outline the approximate contours of the bright areas of the body and head of our fish.
- Delete extra lines
Now you can check your sketch for mistakes. If everything is ok, delete the extra lines and move on to the next step.
- Color the Clownfish.
Use bright orange as the main color of the patterns. Pay attention to the dark gray lines that circumscribe the areas of white color.
So, we hope you got a great result. Practice drawing other animals from the pages of our website. This will help you to master the skill of drawing faster. You can also use this lesson and draw other types of fish, adding and changing small details of appearance.