We all enjoy the world of fantasy thus, today we will learn mermaid drawing step by step for kids and beginners. Disney has first time presented the mermaid as a film titled ‘The Little Mermaid’.
That film was about a Mermaid ‘Ariel’ who desire to live on land, not sea. After that only they became popular among children and cartoon fans.
Mermaid Drawing is not a difficult job, it’s lower portion looks like fish and the top portion looks like a princess doll. Sketch this drawing using a pencil and have an eraser near you in order to rectify errors. Moreover, you can paint it using your favorite colors since they look very stylish and colorful.
How to draw a Mermaid Pencil Drawing
Step 1: We are sketching a horizontal mermaid. Sketch an oval that will serve as head to your mermaid and 2 arcs for body. In head using the aid of a line, mark center for head while simultaneously sketching lines for shoulders, waist, and hips.
Step 2: With the aid of curvy lines draw the hair part. At the right side of the face draw the line of chin and cheeks. With the aid of 2 curvy lines draw the mermaid’s tail.
Step 3: Draw 2 circles to form the chest of the mermaid and at the end draw guideline flippers, hands, and arms.
Step 4: Attach hand and hip to create waistline and also add hairs on the head’s top.
Step 5: Draw overall hair locks by drawing few curves, also establish arms.
Step 6: Provide neck, hand with an outline, and shape up the fins structure.
Step 7: Provide your mermaid’s long hair with flowing appearance and shape-up palm by adding figures. Connect fins edges and start of the tail.
Step 8: In this step, your mermaid is complete. Define facial features as eyes, eyebrows, mouth, and nose. Adorn it with earrings and dress. Draw small curvy shapes on the tail for the scale.
Step 9: Add stone at the ground and stars to make your mermaid glittery. Erase all additional lines to have a clear picture.
Step 10: Your mermaid is ready to float.
How to draw Mermaid:
Step 1: Draw the face structure by half curve and cover it with 2 opposite flattened V shape, refer the image below.
Step 2: Draw 2 glittery and shiny eyes.
Step 3: Above the head draw hair splitting from the middle and a crown.
Step 4: From the chin part draw 2 opposite lines for shoulder, and sides for the body.
Step 5: Below the waist draw 2 wings type of shape.
Step 6: From the fins drawn, draw the tail shape.
Step 7: At the end of the tail, draw fins like fish.
Step 8: For the Mermaid, draw hands, one in air and one towards the bottom.
Step 9: Grow out the hairs from the back, draw long hairs for your mermaid.
Step 10: On the tail, draw zig-zag wavy lines instead of scales also complete it with few sprinkling spots.
Step 11: Color it with your preference or use image given below.
Mermaids draw everyone with their varied body structure and colors. Below we are providing one more simple step to draw Ariel Mermaid, you can follow that as well.
It is extremely simple to draw a Mermaid, if you know how to draw a fish you are halfway through. You can also observe:
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