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Dolphin drawings in four easy steps (part 1)

by Vincenzo

 

Dolphin drawings are beautiful because dolphins are truly amazing and fascinating animals.

 

 

 

They have always enthralled human imagination because of their natural elegance and also due to the feeling of freedom they convey.

 

Dolphin can be an intimidating subject because it might seem difficult to capture their elegance on paper; however if basic drawing rules are applied, drawing dolphin is not difficult at all and might be a fantastic drawing exercise.

 

In the following tutorial you will learn to draw a dolphin from the side which is a first important step to be able to subsequently draw these animals from different angles.

 

Step 1

The body of a dolphin is a series of circles

 

dolphin drawings tutorial step 1

 

Trace a slightly arched line like in the picture and draw five circles to define the boundaries of the dolphin body.

 

As you can see the first circle on the left is smaller than the body circles (it's where the head will be) and the last two are even smaller than that. Defining the perfect shape of the dolphin body will be just drawing a closed line around all of the circles.

 

Did you know that Dolphins, along with whales and porpoises, are descendants of terrestrial mammals? The ancestors of the modern day dolphins entered the water roughly fifty million years ago!

 

Step 2

Drawing the shape of the body

 

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Draw a line that goes around the circles and try to be as smooth as you can! One of the secret to great dolphin drawings is to create a body contour which is very smooth and where all lines flaw gently from one form to the other.

 

Divide the first circle in half, as shown, and close the body shape into the dolphin mouth. The dolphin mouth has almost the shape of a cone. The rim of the mouth starts approximately from the center of the circle.

 

Dolphins have a streamlined fusiform body, adapted for fast swimming. The tail fin, called the fluke, is used for propulsion, while the pectoral fins together with the entire tail section provide directional control. The dorsal fin provides stability while swimming.

 

Dolphins occasionally leap above the water surface, sometimes performing acrobatic figures. Scientists are not always quite certain about the purpose of this behavior.

 

 

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