A whale is the largest animal on earth, weighing one hundred and fifty tons and a length of thirty-three meters! Although the whale lives near fish, it belongs to mammals. With its outlines, this giant looks like a gigantic submarine. Sailors from ancient times considered him the personification of deceit. According to ancient sources, the whale symbolizes rebirth, transformation. The Old Testament Jonah was swallowed by an animal, but three days later it was ejected back. Let's see how to draw a whale in stages.
Sketch Base
With a simple pencil, draw a smooth curved line with a slight slope. In its upper part, the “bifurcated” end in the form of a rounded letter V is the future caudal fin. Do not click on the pencil so that the original contours can be easily corrected. In the lower part of the main line, create the outline of the animal’s head with two rounded lines directed towards the tail. We will monitor the proportions so that the whale is not ugly thick or incredibly skinny. In the center of the main line, we outline the lateral fin and depict a soft triangle. Then we remove all auxiliary lines with an eraser. The body of the animal is ready.
Detail the sketch
How to draw a whale so that it looks alive? Let us depict in the region of the head an oblong eye, inside of which we mark the eyeball. With two rounded triangles, draw the tail of a giant. On the face of the animal we will make a recess for the mouth. Whales feed on small plankton, swallowing it along with water, which passes through special filters - a whalebone. On the upper jaw of the whale are the horn plates. Draw them with short vertical strokes in the mouth. Under the lateral fin, draw a line of the abdomen and make stripes on it, perpendicular to the line of the mouth.
Finish the drawing
We will make the whale contour with confident lines and we can proceed to coloring the picture. The abdomen can be left white and paint on the fins and back of the animal. We will paint over so that the reflected light gleams on the wet surface of the sides of the whale. How to draw a whale with a pencil? You can simply shade the parts intended for this, emphasizing light and shadows. If our whale swam to the surface of the ocean to draw air into the lungs, you can depict how it releases a fountain of water from a special hole on the back. And there is nothing easier than to draw a whale in the depths of the ocean: you need to graduate the background from darker and denser near the bottom to brightening closer to the surface.
Whale in animation style
Sometimes it is required to create not a real, but a cartoon image of a sea giant. How to draw a whale in an animated style? The lines will be much simpler, but you can "play" with the design. On the basis of the square and the large triangle adjacent to it, we will draw the body of a whale, with the help of three small triangles we draw the tail and side fins. Seamlessly connect the lines in the silhouette of the hero.
The abdomen is separated from the back by the lower horizontal line by one sixth of the elevated body volume. By rounding its tip up a bit, we get a pretty character smile. We draw the line of the abdomen under the fin and begin to work on the expression of the “face” of our animated hero. It will not be difficult for us to depict him if we know how to draw a whale in a realistic manner. On the face we mark with a pencil a large round eye with a black pupil, at the top there is a breathing hole. When coloring we will use shades of blue. The back and fin will be painted with a dark blue tone, and the tummy with a pale blue. Tinted pattern with dark gray strokes. However, for a fabulous whale, you can pick up shades of any unusual color.