How to Draw a Fish

Start with a football shape, but don't connect the ends.

Next add the back fin to the right side of the football shape. You'll draw a sideways flat V and connect the ends with a squiggly line.

Followed by the top and bottom fins. The top fin looks like a wave and the bottom fin is a curvy cone shape.

Next add a sideways raindrop to the left side and a circle for the eye. 

Now you'll add the top lip. For the eye add a small circle towards the top and another circle "behind" that. 

Fill in the center of the eye. Make sure you leave the small circle you made white. That's going to be the light reflecting in the eye. You'll also add a horn shape to the midde of the fish. 

Add a few lines to the fins to give them texture, and draw a curved line by the face.

Now you can start on the scales. Simply add some half cirlcles by the face. 

 For the next row you'll add more half circles like this.

 Keep going! Try to make your half circles a little smaller as you move along your fish.

It's ok if they aren't perfect! Fish don't have perfect looking scales! 

Almost done! This part can take a really long time!

Draw your scales from the face all the way to the back fin. 

Now add some squiggly shapes on either side. Don't draw these lines over your fish. We want the fish to look like it's in front!

And that's it! If you don't like how your fish turned out just try again. You can also print this one out and color it!