How to Draw a Mermaid Easy, Step-by-Step Art Lesson for Kids
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Mermaid and a Mermaid coloring page.
Mermaid Drawing
Now children that are fascinated by these mythical creatures can learn how to draw a mermaid in just nine easy steps. This version has a simple body with a curved tail, which makes for a graceful pose as she swims among her sea life friends. Floating hair also adds to the underwater feel, which makes this such a fun drawing project to try out.
Mermaid Drawing by a young girl
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Mermaid Coloring Page
Mermaid Tracing Page
Materials
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- Drawing Paper. Don’t substitute it with copy paper or construction paper. The surface will get fuzzy, erasing might cause holes, and the colors will generally not look as bright. *affiliate link
- Stabilo Markers. The large pack provides lots of fun color choices, several shades of each color, including a few choices for skin. The tips are perfect for coloring, and there’s even a promise that they will work after being uncapped for 8 weeks! *affiliate link
- Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase. *affiliate link
- Black Sharpie Marker. Great for making a crisp outline to your drawing. Use them when you want your outline show up, but not be so heavy that it detracts from other things. *affiliate link
Directions
Time needed: 45 minutes
How to Draw a Mermaid Step by Step
- Draw the head and add a face.
- Draw the neck and start the arms.
- Finish the arms and hands.
- Draw the top and belly.
- Add a swirly tail below.
- Draw lots of floating hair.
- Add a hair flower and details to the tail.
- Fill the background with fish and plants.
- Trace with a marker and color.
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