True proportions throughout, with the hair laid down strand by strand rather than as one mass. It rewards pencils over markers: two tones of the same color, the lighter one following the top of each wave of hair and the ridge of the tail, give the figure weight that a flat fill never reaches. Plan an evening for this mermaid drawing for adults. The baby mermaid takes ten minutes.
A mermaid at true proportions, hair strand by strand.
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Realistic Mermaid: how to draw it step by step
Here is realistic mermaid in 9 steps.
Draw the head in proportion, face turned down and away.
Lay the hair in long separate strands over one shoulder.
Run the shoulders and torso down to the hips.
Carry the tail from the hips in one long curve.
Rest the lower body on the rock beneath her.
Spread the fin where the tail ends.
Scale the tail in overlapping rows, smaller near the fin.
Add the arm braced on the rock.
Finish with the waterline and the rock texture.
What you need
Paper, a pencil and an eraser.
Worth having for this one