How to draw a dolphin
A dolphin is a curved body jumping out of the water. Get a pencil and paper, and tap Next for each line.
Step 1 of 7. Draw a long curved body, like a banana.
All 7 steps
Here is every step at once. The blue lines are the new ones; the dark lines are already on your paper. Draw lightly at first, so you can rub out a line you don’t like.
1. Draw a long curved body, like a banana.
2. Add a long beak at the front with a smile line.
3. Draw a round eye just behind the smile.
4. Add a curved fin on the middle of its back.
5. Draw a flipper under the body, pointing back.
6. Add a tail with two pointed tips.
7. Draw a belly line and some splashes of water under it.
A tip for drawing a dolphin
Bend the whole body in one smooth curve, with the nose and the tail both pointing down a little, as if it has just leapt out of the sea. The fin on its back hooks backward like a wave. Keep the beak short and round at the tip.
Change it up
Once your dolphin is down, make it yours:
- Draw a ball on its nose.
- Add a second dolphin jumping behind.
- Draw the sun going down behind the waves.
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How it was made: Peabody drew this dolphin in code, line by line, from its own shapes; it is not traced from anyone’s lesson or picture, and it is nobody’s character. Checked 6 November 2026.