Free course: How to draw a character

How to draw a sea monster

Six steps, one pencil, about ten minutes. Watch the video, follow along on paper, then print the practice sheet and draw it again.

Ages 6–13Paper + pencilAbout 10 minutes

Watch it first

The whole sea monster in 20 seconds

Press playEvery stroke, in the order you draw it

Draw it step by step

Six steps to a sea monster

New lines are purple. Lines you already drew turn light.

1

Start with the long neck

Draw a big circle for the head. Then two curvy lines swoop down from it. Wobbly is fine.

2

Draw the waterline

One wavy line across the page. Stop at each side of the neck.

3

Add the humps

Two round humps poke up out of the water. Make the first one bigger.

4

A tail and a face

A pointy tail tip pops up at the end. Then give the head one eye and a shy smile.

5

Add the spikes

One pointy spike on top of each hump. Two more go on the back of the head.

6

Finishing touches

Short wavy ripples in the water and a splash by the tail. Now this sea monster is yours.

Go further

Now draw a sea monster peeking up at a surprised boat.

Practice on paper

Free course

Keep drawing with a free course

Every Kubrio course is free, with no account: short films, a quiz, and something your kid made at the end.

Ingenious projects that inspire kids to make things — until they find the thing only they could make.
Ages 6–13.

How to draw a character

A free course: four short films and a quiz. Your kid ends with a character sheet they drew.

Start the free course or see every course

Keep making in Kubrio Worlds. It's where your kid keeps making after the guides and courses. It isn't open yet. Join the waitlist

Keep going

Draw something else

New guides land every Monday. Up next:

More monster drawings

All monster drawings, step by step

Build a monster online with the free Monster Maker, then print it as a mask or a coloring page. To design your own from scratch, take the free course How to design your own monster.