How to Draw a Dolphin

Do you want to make a Dolphin drawing? If yes, below we have shared Dolphin drawings’ step-by-step tutorial. This tutorial will be helpful for you to make Dolphin with simple steps.

Supplies You Might Need

  • Pencil – I uses Artline pencils for my artworks, it comes with different grades.
  • Kneadable Eraser – For removing dirty stuff and lightning the value of shading these gummy erasers are very useful.
  • Sketchbook – A quality sketchbook.
  • Mechanical Pencil – 0.5mm mechanical pencils for drawing fine and precise lines.
  • Fixative Spray – For protection of art from smudging.
  • Blending Stump – Paper stumps for smooth blending.
  • Pencil Color – Its thick cores are perfect for shading and shadows.
  • Acrylic Color – This set of acrylic paint has all the necessary colors to paint anything.
dolphin featured image

Let’s jump into the tutorial to make Dolphin!

Step 1 – Draw four oval in curve lines same to this drawing.

drawing ovals for dolphin body

Step 2 – Now, make the outline of the dolphin & its flukes & median notch’s outline.

Dolphin body layout

Step 3 – In the next step, add its toothed beak, eye, dorsal flippers.

dolphing sketch

Step 4 – Moving ahead, draw the water’s outline.

making water for dolphin illustration

Step 5 – In the final step shade the dolphin with 2b, 4b & 6b grade pencil, then shade the ocean with 4b grade & use a white gell roll pen for a water drop.

dohphin complete sketch

All steps in single frame

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dolphin complete processss

I hope, you have liked this step by step tutorial on Dolphin drawing. Make sure to bookmark this page for future reference.

You can also check this post on “How to Draw Lotus

Keep Drawing!

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