How to draw a fish
A fish is a lemon shape with a tail. Six easy steps. Get a pencil and paper, and tap Next for each line.
Step 1 of 6. Draw a long lemon shape for the fish's body.
All 6 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 lemon shape for the fish's body.
2. Add a triangle tail on the end.
3. Draw a big round eye with a dot inside.
4. Add a smile, and a curved line behind the eye.
5. Draw a fin on top and a small fin underneath.
6. Add little U-shaped scales, and some bubbles.
A tip for drawing a fish
Point the body at both ends like a lemon, and put the eye near the front, not in the middle. The scales are just little U shapes in rows: they look best when each row sits between the bumps of the row above.
Change it up
Once your fish is down, make it yours:
- Add stripes instead of scales.
- Draw a whole school of little fish.
- Put it in a fish bowl.
Draw another
More in animals, or see all 40 things to draw. Want to draw freehand instead? The Art Studio has crayons, paint and a fridge to hang it on.
How it was made: Peabody drew this fish 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.