How to draw a stingray with this how-to video and step-by-step drawing instructions. Easy animals to draw for beginners and kids.
Please see the drawing tutorial in the video below
You can refer to the simple step-by-step drawing guide below
Step 1
Begin sketching the manta ray by drawing a curved line and duplicating it. This is one of the cephalic or cephalic fins, an extension of the wing-like pectoral fins.
Do you know? Sailors initially thought the head fins looked like horns and gave this fish the nickname devil’s ray.
Step 2
Draw a “C” shaped line overlapping the edge of the head fin. This is the top of the ray’s mouth. Use another curved line to draw the bottom of the open mouth.
Fun fact: stingrays swim with their mouths open because they are filter feeders. They take in water and filter out tiny plankton and other organisms they eat.
Step 3
Use a curved line, doubling itself, to draw the remaining head fin. Outline the inside of the mouth with a curved line.
Step 4
Above the head fin, draw an oval for the eye. Create a shadow for a smaller oval inside it. Draw the outline above the eye using a curved line.
Step 5
Use a short curved line for the opposite eye rim, then a long curved line for the ray body.
Step 6
Draw the large, wing-like pectoral fins using two curved lines that meet at a slight point. The lines will form a curved triangle.
Step 7
Draw the remaining pectoral fins. Use two long curved lines that meet at a gentle point to partially enclose the triangle.
Step 8
Draw a curve for the ray body. Then extend an “S” shaped line from the base of the fin, starting at the stingray’s tail.
Step 9
Use two curved lines to draw a triangular dorsal fin on the ray’s back. Then finish encircling the tail with another “S” shaped line.
Step 10
Your stingray sketch is now complete. We colored our gray with a lighter belly. Giant stingrays are usually black.
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