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How to Draw an Arrowhead
Draw an arrowhead in 10 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: left edge.
Step 1: Left edge
Start at the top middle for the tip. Draw a long, gently bowed line down and out to the left.
Tip An arrowhead is a pointed stone, chipped sharp long ago.
Step 2: Right edge
Start at the tip. Draw the same bowed line down the right side and stop level with the left corner.
Step 3: Two notches
Start at each bottom corner. Draw a small C that cuts in towards the middle, and stop a little lower.
Tip The notches are where string tied the stone to the arrow.
Step 4: Base sides
From the end of each notch draw a short line straight down.
Step 5: Base bottom
Start at the bottom of the left line. Draw one gently curved line across and stop at the right line.
Tip Let the line rise a little in the middle.
Step 6: Left chips
Inside the left edge draw 4 curved bumps in a row, each one starting and ending on the edge.
Tip Each bump is a flake of stone that was chipped off.
Step 7: Right chips
Draw the same 4 bumps inside the right edge, each one starting and ending on the edge.
Step 8: Base chips
On the bottom line draw 2 small bumps, one each side, starting and ending on the line.
Step 9: Light grey middle
Go over your lines. Colour the big middle part light grey, leaving the bumps along the edges.
Step 10: Dark grey chips
Colour the 10 chips along the edges dark grey. Your stone arrowhead is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: an arrowhead, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
