Here is an easy step by step tutorial showing you How To Draw A Mermaid Simple with just a pen in your sketchbooks.
Make sure to check out my previous Drawing Tutorials!: Leaf drawing step-by-step tutorial, Mushroom Drawing Tutorial, 5 Ways How To Draw A Bird, Simple Cactus Drawing In A Pot and my favorite of all time- a Simple floral drawing tutorial
How to draw a mermaid simple step by step
- Let’s start by drawing the head. Draw a circle shape for the head, but make the chin a bit pointy. Add long wavy hair- kind of like octopus hands. Add a tiny bow onto the hair.
- Draw more wavy hair sections onto the other side of the face. You could also add ears onto the sides of the face at this point, I’m pretending that all that hair hides the ears here. Add simple facial features- two curves for the eyebrows, two opposite curves for the closed eyelids, a small nose and a mouth.
- For the body, start by adding a neck and then curving it out into shoulders and sides of the arm. Add chest and and two lines to start the belly area.
- Finish off with a curved mermaid tail. Add fins and rows of tiny U shapes as scales. Add a small belt detail if desired.
And that is how to draw a mermaid simple step by step. I went ahead and colored it in and added more under the sea details around it. As always, I finished off the page with a Positive quote
I hope you enjoyed today’s how to draw a mermaid simple tutorial friends and if you create something inspired by this I would love to see it!
Hi I’m Smitha! I live in Minnesota with my husband and two daughters. You’ll always find me painting florals in my sketchbook. And I love the sheer joy of making something with just my hands! But my bigger love is capturing it all on camera Read more.
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