How To Paint A Koi Fish: A Step By Step Guide and Video
Learn more about Koi fish with an easy step-by-step Koi Fish tutorial and Koi Fish coloring page.
Why paint Koi Fish?
A tutorial for learning how to paint a Koi Fish has a lot to offer young students. The view from overhead keeps the shapes really simple and graceful. As a watercolor resist, there’s the fun of adding white crayon lines for bubbles (always fun when they appear!) and the blue and orange combination just make the fish pop off the page.
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Koi Fish Coloring Page
Student Art Gallery
Look what this clever teacher in Spain made to display her student’s Koi Fish paintings. Such a fun idea!
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Watercolor Paper*
Liquid Watercolor Paint*
Crayola Crayons*
Rounded Paintbrush
Pencil*
Non Spill Paint Cups*
How to Draw and Paint a Koi Fish Directions
Time needed: 1 hour
How to Paint a Koi Fish in 9 Easy Steps
- Draw a medium teardrop shape.
- Draw a large teardrop shape.
- Add a tail to the large fish.
- Draw a tail on the medium fish.
- Add pectoral fins to both fish.
- Add a dorsal fin on the back of each fish.
- Draw the tops of the eyes.
- Draw wavy plants in between.
- Trace with a crayon and paint with watercolor.
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