Learn how to draw a coral reef, a shark, and fishes with our easy and detailed step by step tutorial!
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem that is home to a diverse range of animals and plants. It is a fun drawing to make, and we'll draw more sea creatures like shark and fishes.
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This tutorial illustrates an underwater ecosystem that kids can follow and understand. You can also learn about the ocean and sea creatures and appreciate the beauty of it.
It is important to learn how to draw different ecosystems. With this, we'll be able to show different scenes and places where animals and people live. It also makes us aware that there are other living things that we must care for and respect.
Follow along with us in the detailed instructions below on drawing a coral reef, a shark, and fishes. Don't forget to check out the video for the full tutorial.
Draw a curved diagonal line from the side to the bottom. Then add shade using the side of your pencil as shown in the picture.
Erase some of the parts to make it more curvy and imperfect. It adds depth to your drawing.
Look at the reference pictures of how you will draw the different types of corals.
First, draw a large circle anywhere on the shaded part and squiggly lines inside a wavy pattern. Then add curved lines for the outline.
You can draw more brain-like corals like the image above.
First, add a very light shade of the coral using the side of your pencil. Sketch the outline using irregular rectangle-ish shapes that originate from the center.
Finish your drawing by adding small circles and curves for texture.
You can also add more fan-like corals into your drawing.
This type of coral is easy to draw. Sketch wavy, root-like patterns that originate from a center.
These corals are the ones that you see in most under-the-sea pictures. To draw them, sketch 4-6 finger-like extensions, then add small spikes for texture.
To draw this type of coral, make long, narrow, oval-ish shapes that branch out to smaller ones.
Add darker tones to the spaces in your foreground to add a more realistic texture to your drawing.
Now, we have all the corals that make up our coral reef! Let's add other fun and unique underwater sea creatures!
The steps on drawing aquatic plants are almost like how you drew the tree coral. The only difference is you use lines instead of narrow oval-ish shapes.
Drawing fishes is easy since they are variations of shapes for the body, tail, and fins.
You can use the reference picture above to draw different types of fishes to add to your artwork.
Practice!
Here's how I added simple fishes drawing to our artwork.
To draw sea anemones, sketch a bunch of inverted teardrop shapes or small elongated ovals.
To draw a shark, start with an oval that forks at the end for the tail. Next, add a darker shade on top of the shark. Then, using triangles, draw the top and side fins. Lastly, draw the face and add 5-gill slits.
Draw the base of the mid-ground, which should be less dark than the foreground. Practice drawing all types of corals that we've learned.
You can also add anything that you want, like whales, octopus, and even mermaids!
Draw a very light background of coral reefs and adjust tones and textures to make it more appealing.
You can now color your beautiful drawing. Choose colors that are bright and vibrant. Colors like bright greens, oranges, yellows, reds, and blues will bring life to your drawing.
Check out some fantastic coral reefs drawn at the Creativity School by our young artists!
Coral reefs artwork at Creativity School by Anish (top-left), Sarayu (top-right),
Wendy (bottom-left), and Jayden (bottom-right)
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