How to draw beautiful mermaid with this how-to video and step-by-step drawing instructions. Cartoon drawing tutorials for beginners and everyone.
Please see the drawing tutorial in the video below
You can refer to the simple step-by-step drawing guide below
Step 1
There are some pretty intricate details in this mermaid painting, so to make things easier, I’m going to take it slow and break it down into smaller steps.
For the first part of the mermaid drawing tutorial, we’ll start with the mermaid’s face.
To draw the face, start with a sharp curve ending with a small point as you can see in the reference image.
Once you have that line in place, just add two side squats for the ears.
Step 2
Now let’s draw some details on the face and a mermaid
The details on the mermaid’s face look complicated, but they’re all made up of pretty simple lines! The eyes are drawn using two small curved lines, with a smaller, more angular line for the nose.
Then, give her a slight smile with a curve under her nose.
Once you have the face, add a neck to your mermaid drawing and draw some details for the ears.
For small details like this, it’s best to use a fine-tipped ink pen or a very pointed pencil to make the details easier to draw.
Step 3
Next we will give your mermaid some mermaid
Mermaids are almost always depicted with long flowing hair and this mermaid is no exception.
First, use two lines on the top of the face to part the hair. Then draw two lines from the top down towards the position of the shoulders.
Step 4
Now let’s start with the mermaid arms and body
For step 4 in our tutorial on how to draw a mermaid, we will be working on your mermaid’s arms and chest. For this step, carefully refer to the reference image will help a lot!
The arms should extend straight from where the lines of the neck end. They will be in a comfortable position to suggest that she is floating in the water.
Once you’ve used some curves to draw her arms, you can draw seashells for her bikini top.
Step 5
Let’s add a waistline and more mermaids
Using some pretty straight lines, just draw from the scalloped bikini down to create the waistline for your mermaid drawing.
Then draw some wavy lines from the arm to show the hair flowing behind her.
Make sure you position the lines so that it looks like they’ll join the hair above the arm.
Finally, draw a slightly curved line below her waist, as this will be the starting point of her fishtail.
Step 6
Now give your mermaid a mermaid
Every mermaid needs a mermaid tail, and we’ll start adding it to your mermaid drawing in this step.
This will be done using two curves going down from the waist and curving to the right as you can see in the picture.
Once you have these lines in place, you can also draw the ponytail down to the right of her waist.
Step 7
Draw at the end of the mermaid
Now that you’ve drawn most of the fish’s tail, you can stretch it out a bit and then add to the end of the fin using some lines like the one in the image.
You can then draw a cute little flower in her hair to make it look pretty!
Step 8
Next, we will add some final mermaid details
Your mermaid drawing is almost done! In this step, we will focus on some final small details.
They will include some thin and long lines in the hair to give the hair some texture. Then, use a series of small curves all over the fish’s tail to give it a scaly look. Finally, add some lines to the tail for more texture!
These are the details we’ll be adding, but which one do you think would be nice?
Step 9
Now finish your mermaid with some colormermaid
The details are finally done and you can take on the most exciting step of all: coloring!
This is a great opportunity for you to use some of your favorite colors to finish off your beautiful mermaid.
