The charming fairy tale about the underwater beauty Princess Ariel for many decades remains the same beloved and fascinating for girls and boys. This article will talk about how to draw a mermaid. Step by step, any child can easily draw on paper the beloved heroine of a Disney cartoon. A pencil, an eraser and paper are all you need!
Auxiliary lines
Even the most famous artists, before drawing figures of people or animals, outline auxiliary touches on the canvas that serve as landmarks. The easiest way to draw a mermaid, as the artist would depict it:
- At the top of the sheet, a circle is drawn for Ariel's head.
- A smooth line is drawn down, which will serve as the guide axis for the trunk and tail.
- The circle is divided by slightly curved lines, indicating the height of the eye and the length of the chin.
- On the right side of the circle from the horizontal down draw a chin. It is important to line the cheekbone of the mermaid. How to draw this part, you can see in the picture.
Torso details
How easy and simple is it to draw a mermaid so that she is as similar as possible to a cartoon character? It is important to observe the proportions and correctly outline the main details of the figure:
- From head to down, strokes mark the neck.
- On the vertical axis draw a slightly bent down line, which will determine the width and height of the shoulders.
- At about the same distance as the diameter of the head circle, another horizontal line is drawn from the shoulder line. In this case, its bend should be directed upwards. It should be located immediately under the chest.
- On the chest of the mermaid, there must be a bodice in the form of two shells. They are two circles with horizontal curved stripes.
- The last horizontal to be drawn must also be bent up and shifted to the left. She will serve as a waistline. A triangle with rounded corners is drawn from the extreme points of the line to the axis.
Mermaid's tail
It is the fish tail in combination with the human body that makes the little mermaid recognizable. It should be massive and graceful at the same time. How to draw a mermaid tail? Here are the simple steps that consist of sequential drawing simple lines:
- First of all, you need to determine the width of the hips of the mermaid. To do this, on the torso axis, a distance equal to the height of the chin recedes from the top of the inverted triangle and sets a point. From the point to the right and left, draw lines parallel to the sides of the triangle, extending the left lane for a short distance.
- At the next stage, the pencil is placed at the angle of the inverted triangle and a line is drawn through the extreme point of the hips and smoothly down to the bottom point of the axis, repeating its bend.
- Next, draw the frame of the tail at the waist in the form of an even stretched drop.
- From the extreme point of the axis, the caudal fin is brought out in the form of two long leaves of a tree.
Even the smallest artist will cope with these stages, since it turns out to be easy to draw a mermaid’s tail if you know the sequence!
Mermaid hands
By portraying hands, you can create dynamics or movement in the picture. And this stage is also uncomplicated, since everyone who knows how to draw ovals and circles can draw hands in stages to the mermaid. Here are some tips to help you get your bearings:
- The hand consists of two large narrow and one rounded small oval.
- Large ovals make up the forearm and shoulder. They should face each other, forming a circle at the elbow. The oval of the forearm is slightly narrowed at the wrist.
- A small rounded oval serves as a guide for the palm. It is painted below the forearm.
- From the palms draw fingers.
Head workout
The most important part of the drawing is the face of the mermaid. How to draw it in stages? In fact, there are not as many difficulties as it might seem. Here are some tips to help you get things right:
- The eyes should be located directly above the horizontal line in the circle of the head, which was drawn in the first stage.
- The eyes should be large enough and resemble triangles, the vertices of which look to the left. The base of each should be convex outward. The bottom side of the triangle should be the horizontal in the circle.
- The little mermaid’s nose is a line that starts just above the right eye and resembles the stretched letter S. To the left of this line, the second wing of the nose is marked with a small stroke.
- The lips are drawn in the form of the letter D turned to the right.
- The circle of the head serves as the boundary along which the hair is placed in smooth bends. They can be directed in any direction, fall on the eyes and shoulders. It is important to outline the bend of the bunny Ariel over the frontal part. It looks like a turned down and stretched letter S.
When the basic principles and schemes are known, how to draw a mermaid with a pencil, you can experiment and depict a mermaid with hands raised up or with one hand on the waist.
A bit about posing
Very often, the little mermaid is depicted sitting on a stone, which looks at the ground and dreams of a prince. To depict such a picture, you need to know a few tricks on how to draw a seated mermaid.
- Firstly, at the first stage, when the body axis is drawn, you need to make a large bend in the hips and knees, so that the axis rises from the hips, and after the approximate line of the knees drops.
- Secondly, the hands of the mermaid should be located harmoniously to the body. They can be closed by fingers in the area of the bend of the tail at the level of the knees. You can also depict the hands, as if the little mermaid rests them behind their back on the stone on which they are sitting.
In fact, there are a lot of options for posing, and if you experiment, you can draw a whole collection of beautiful drawings.