Sea monsters are often the stuff of legend and can be part of our active imaginations. Sea monsters can be frightening, they can be playful, or you can create a sea monster based on one of the creatures actually living in the sea. Because there is no proof sea monsters exist, the monster you create can look any way you want. The easiest way to learn to draw a sea monster is to start with the classic image, depicted with a long neck and tail as its double-humped body rises from the ocean. This is the same image on which many Viking ships were modeled, and by drawing a few simple shapes, you can sketch a sea monster based on this design.
Instructions
1. Draw a horizontal line across the bottom of your sketch paper. This is where you will draw waves later on. Draw this line lightly in pencil so you can erase it later.
2. Draw a circle about 6 inches above the waterline, where you will place your creature's head. The circle should be about the size of a quarter. From the bottom of the circle, draw a slightly s-curved line down to the water to represent the neck. Draw another s-curved line about 8 inches to the right of the head, to represent the tail. The line should be about the same length as the line you drew at the head. Start this line at the waterline and draw up, toward the sky in your sketch.
3. Locate the approximate center between the two s-curved lines and draw two half circles from the waterline, with each half circle located on either side of the center. Each half circle should be about 3 inches high. The measurements are estimations. Don't become overly focused on exact numbers. Inside each of these half circles, draw two smaller half circles to create the underbelly of your sea monster.
4. Sketch in the final shape of your sea monster around your guidelines. Draw an angled snout for the head, then erase the circle you drew as a placeholder. Draw a curved line from the end of the snout and extend it around the side of the face to form the mouth of the sea monster. Sketch small upside-down triangles for your sea monster's teeth.
5. Sketch the eyes on your sea monster. Draw a larger size for the eye that appears closer to you. The farther eye may be only partially seen, depending on the angle at which you want the head of your sea monster.
6. Draw lines around the first s-curved line on both sides to thicken it into a neck, then erase the s-curved line. Draw the same lines around the tail. You may want to bring those lines to a point to form a pointed tip on the tail. Draw the tail section slightly higher than the head and curve it to the right to give it the appearance of a tail whipping in the wind as the creature glides through the sea. Erase the s-curved guideline.
7. Draw a line on each segment of your creature to create a top side and an underbelly. There will be no need to add these lines to the half circles you drew, since you added them earlier. Turn the horizontal line across the bottom of your page into water by starting at one end and drawing random size wavy triangles all the way across, then erase the straight horizontal line.
8. Color your sea monster with color pencils. Use your imagination. You might color your creature light green, then draw small dark green scales over its top side. You might want to draw geometric shapes on your creature's skin and shade them a variety of colors.
