Dive into river adventures with Monkey Pen and learn how to draw a salmon step by step using simple shapes and flowing lines.
Step 1: Draw a long, curved line for the top of the salmon’s body.

Step 2: Add a little mouth shape to the front.

Step 3: Sketch the bottom body curve from the mouth to the tail.

Step 4: Attach a little fin under the body.

Step 5: Draw the line of the lower body to the back.

Step 6: Draw the bottom of the skinny tail.

Step 7: Attach a large tail fin at the end.

Step 8: On the back of the salmon sketch the dorsal fin.

Step 9: Add two little fins near the underside of the back.

Step 10: Draw a curving line for the gill, near the head.

Step 11: Add a side fin just behind the gill.

Step 12: Draw the detail of the mouth, and another curving line near the head.

Step 13: Draw fine lines within the top fin and side fin.

Step 14: Add lines within the bottom fins.

Step 15: Draw lines inside of the tail fin.

Step 16: Put some little spots along the top of the body.

Step 17: Draw the round eye.

Step 18: And thus, you have completed your salmon drawing.


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