Before you start drawing, its important to have your paper positioned correctly for what you are drawing. We recommend positioning your paper vertically. That means that the short side of your paper is at the top and bottom. This will allow you to create an easy shark drawing using as much of the paper.

The first step is to draw a half circle as the top of the shark head

The second step is to draw a curved line on the left side as the rounded nose. Continue drawing across to create a crescent shape for the general mouth shape.

The next step is for the mouth of the shark. Create a simple curved line around the crescent shape from the previous step.

Step four would be a small curve down from the bottom of the mouth. This is the beginning of the shark's body shape.

The next step is to draw the caudal fin or tail fin. Create the forked tail fin with two sections.

The next step is to create a dorsal fin on the back of the shark's body shape. Draw a line up from the tail and create the back of the shark along with the dorsal fin.

The next step is to draw the shark's pectoral fin shape. One under the mouth and one on the shark's body above the dorsal fin.

Next we're adding the shark's eye with a second circle inside a slightly larger circle. Create three small curved lines off the eye to give the facial features some definition. Next, add triangular shape teeth which will give the idea that they are sharp teeth.

The final step is to go over the drawing of a shark with a darker pencil and erase all the extra drawing lines.

Then use crayons, watercolor paint, watercolor pencils, or markers to color in your shark.