How to Draw 20+ Ocean Animals
A collection of Ocean Animal Drawing Tutorials
Below you’ll find a round up of twenty ocean animal drawing projects, perfect for students learning more about ocean life. Just select any thumbnail to learn more.
Sea Turtle
Now students can have some help learning how to draw a sea turtle with a fairly realistic look, to raise awareness of these amazing animals. The pattern on the shell and the flipper-like legs are just a couple of features that set them apart from other turtles.
Crab
This tutorial is made from some pretty simple shapes, but ends up looking a lot like the real thing. After it’s drawn, some bright coloring will make a really pretty summer drawing.
Dolphin
The trick to drawing a good looking dolphin is to pay attention to the curves. Once you have them in place, you’re bound to have a nice looking drawing.
Shark
Students will learn how to get started with the basic overall body shape, and then add all those fins in just the right places. They can even learn the names for body parts while they are at it.
Octopus
Learn how to draw one with a more active pose. Start with the two outside legs first, then one in the middle, then filling in the rest. It helps young ones get better results.
Orca
To learn how to draw a Orca, you basically just need to draw a dolphin shape and then fill in their very specific black and white coloring.
Whale
Most generic drawings of whales tend to have the blunt end Sperm whale shape, but Blue and Gray and Humpback whales have mouths that look like this.
Tropical Fish
This tropical fish is fun to draw because it has such an unusual shape. It is almost like a hexagon with rounded corners.
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.
Koi Fish
While these are known as freshwater fish, their shape can be easily adapted to draw similar-looking ocean fish too.
Cartoon Fish
Cartoon drawing is all about exaggeration. If the eyes have no lids, make them extra big. If the mouth has an underbite, then make it really long.
Easy Seahorse
Students can learn how to draw a Seahorse with enough detail to show off their amazing bodies, but not so many as to get overwhelming.
Seahorse
Seahorses are tiny fish that are named for the shape of their head, which looks the like the head of a horse.
Megalodon
Because, if you’re going to draw a shark, why not draw the biggest, scariest one around?
Puffin
Their penguin-like bodies are kind of simple, but the beaks might take a little extra time to do them justice.
Baby Seal
You could use this tutorial to draw a brown seal too, they have the same shape as an arctic seal, but there’s just something extra adorable about an all white one.
Polar Bear
Learning how to draw a polar bear doesn’t always have to show the entire body. Things get much more simple when you just focus on the face.
Penguin
This penguin is pretty quick and easy, so students can have a bit more fun with the background. A circle of ice that is floating in the ocean offers all kinds of space to add more sea life.
Sea Lion
This tutorial shows students how to first draw a long Sea Lion body, and then add the front and back flippers afterwards.
Walrus
These gentle sea giants have a shape that is all their own. They do resemble seals, but are obviously much bigger and heavier.