Easy How to Draw an X-Ray Fish Tutorial and Coloring Page
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw an X-Ray Fish and an X-Ray Fish Coloring Page. Use a metallic marker and crayon to get this shimmery look.
If you’re working your way through the alphabet, then I wanted to offer “X” solution with how to draw an X-Ray fish. Turns out these guys go by lots of different names, but most often the x-ray one because of their transparent bodies.
The X-Ray Fish is a small schooling aquatic fish native to the Amazon basin in South America. Also known as the Golden Pristella Tetra, X-Ray Tetra, and Water Goldfinch, they are known for their translucent skin that allows their organs and skeleton to be observed, much like an X-Ray. That actually sounds kind of messy and complicated for an elementary school drawing. Why not just concentrate on their silvery look with the help of a silver metallic marker around some bright crayon color? It’s a nice change from the usual black, and adds a bit of sparkle too.
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X-ray Fish Coloring Page
Materials
- Drawing Paper. This is the good stuff you can buy in bulk for a good price.
- Pencils. I like how this brand always makes nice dark lines.
- METALLIC MARKERS. These work great and are pretty inexpensive.
- Crayons. The larger packs are nice for more color choices.
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Directions
Time needed: 1 hour
How to Draw an X-Ray Fish
- Draw the eye-shaped body.
- Add a tail.
- Draw some fins and a face line.
- Draw the center backbone.
- Add small bones on either side.
- Draw a mouth and large eye.
- Add lines to the tail. Draw the sand line.
- Add rocks, plants and bubbles.
- Trace with metallic markers and color with crayons.
