How to Draw a Dolphin Diving

Dolphins love to play, swim and dive – and we love to watch them having so much fun. Ready to create your own idyllic dolphin diving scene? Then let’s get started!


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Step-By-Step Images and Instructions

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Start with a black pen, and draw a curved “point” in the left half of your page.


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Add a large, curved line below this, with the right end heading down towards the bottom of the page.


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Return to the left of the line, and take this down before adding a “bump” for the nose.


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Add another curved fin to the end of this, and then a curved line below this section.


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Next, bring another curved line across from behind the fin, running parallel with the line above…


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And add another line just below this.


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Connect the top and bottom lines with a large, curved tail.


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Now, add two long, curved shapes across the top and center of the body, and another just inside the tail.


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Draw a small circle just in front of the nose, and add a curved line to the bottom.


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Add another small circle inside this for the eye…


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Now, add a series of droplets all behind the tail, with smaller shapes inside some of the larger ones.


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Add two long, wavy shapes below the body of the dolphin…


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And follow this with another, larger wavy shape.


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Repeat this with a few more small curved lines…


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And use a blue pen to fill most of these in, leaving some white spaces. Add the same shade to the bottom of the tail and the decorations on the body.


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Use a darker blue pen for the other wave, and the main body of the dolphin.


And there he goes – about to take a dive into crystal azure waters. Doesn’t that sound like a perfect day?

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