How to Draw an Easy Clownfish

1. Begin the clownfish outline by drawing long, overlapping curved lines. This outlines the fish's head, and the overlap forms the smiling mouth. Then, draw an oval within an oval, shading the smaller shape. This is the clownfish's eye.

2. Use a long curved line, doubled back upon itself, to enclose the fish's body. Notice the wavy scalloped pattern at the tip of the tail.

3. Use a wavy scalloped line to draw the dorsal fin on the fish's back. Enclose another wavy scalloped line on top of it, roughly parallel to the first. This indicates a stripe on the edge of the fin.

4. Texture the dorsal fin with curved lines. Then, enclose another fin directly behind it. Again, use two layers of wavy scalloped lines.

5. Draw the ventral fin on the fish's belly. Again, use two layers of wavy scalloped lines. Texture both fins with curved lines.

6. Draw another fin, called the anal fin, on the fish's belly. Again, use two layers of wavy scalloped lines and texture the fin with curved lines. Then, draw a curved line at the base of the fish's head to indicate the base of the pectoral fin.

7. From the curved line, extend a wavy scalloped line and double it back on itself to enclose the fin. Then, draw a wavy scalloped line across the fin, roughly parallel to its edge.

8. Texture the pectoral fin with curved lines. Then, detail the tail. Draw a wavy scalloped line parallel to its tip. Draw a thick curved line near the base of the tail.

9. Texture the tail fin with curved lines. Then, draw the fish's stripes. Draw one fin across the fish's middle, another between the eye and pectoral fin, and the final at the base of the tail.

Your clownfish outline is now complete. We've shaded ours like a common clownfish - a bright orange body, three white stripes, and black stripes edging the fins and tail.