How to Draw a Piranha – Easy Step-by-Step Fish Drawing for Kids

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Dive into a bold underwater drawing challenge with Monkey Pen and learn how to draw a piranha step by step using a rounded body, sharp features, and simple fin shapes.

Step 1: Draw a wide, V-shaped open mouth.

Step 2: Behind the upper mouth, create its body with a large, wide U-shaped curve.

Step 3: Make the lower bodyline with a short curve down the lower mouth.

Step 4: Add a small, oval shaped fin underneath.

Step 5: Complete the lower bodyline and narrow it to form the back.

Step 6: Draw a large fin on the upper body.

Step 7: Add a wide, tail fin.

Step 8: Don’t forget to include small, triangular, pointed teeth inside the mouth.

Step 9: Behind the fish’s mouth, make a wide curved line for the gill.

Step 10: Add a side fin behind the gill and another fin underneath.

Step 11: Draw curved lines within the top fin.

Step 12: Now draw curved line within the tail fin.

Step 13: The curved lines are added to the side fin, oval fin and lower fin.

Step 14: Just ahead the gill, create a short, wide curved line and a tiny curve along the same path.

Step 15: Add several scale patterns to the fish’s body.

Step 16: Draw a thin curved eyebrow and a big eye under it.

Step 17: Darken the eye completely leaving a tiny space free inside. 

Step 18: A wild piranha drawing is completed.

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