How to draw a shark
A shark is a long pointed body with tall fins. Get a pencil and paper, and tap Next for each line.
Step 1 of 8. Draw a long body with a pointed nose and a thin tail.
All 8 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 body with a pointed nose and a thin tail.
2. Add a tall triangle fin on its back.
3. Draw the tail fin: a tall top and a short bottom.
4. Add a fin on its side and a small one underneath.
5. Draw a round eye and a curved mouth below the nose.
6. Add three short gill lines behind the eye.
7. Draw a line along its side to split back from belly.
8. Add a row of small zigzag teeth in the mouth.
A tip for drawing a shark
The nose is a soft point, not a needle, and the mouth sits underneath it, set back from the tip. Make the back fin tall and lean it toward the tail. The top half of the tail is longer than the bottom half, and that is what makes it look like a shark and not a fish.
Change it up
Once your shark is down, make it yours:
- Draw a smiling shark with no teeth showing.
- Draw little fish swimming beside it.
- Add spots to make a whale shark.
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 shark 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.