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How to Draw a Broken Mirror
Draw a broken mirror in 12 easy steps, about 9 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: the frame.
Step 1: The frame
In the upper half of your paper draw one big egg-shaped oval, taller than it is wide.
Tip Make the left side and the right side match.
Step 2: The collar
Under the frame draw a small soft box, its top tucked behind the frame.
Step 3: The handle
Start under the collar. Draw a long handle down, round the end, and come back up to the collar.
Tip A long strip that narrows to a round end.
Step 4: The glass
Inside the frame draw a second oval, a finger in from the edge, so the frame is a thick ring.
Tip Keep the ring the same width all the way round.
Step 5: Three gems
On the middle of the frame ring draw 3 small round gems: top, upper left and upper right.
Step 6: The hit spot
In the glass, a little up and left of the middle, colour in a small black dot.
Step 7: Cracks going up
Start at the dot. Draw 2 cracks up to the edge of the glass, each with one small bend.
Tip Cracks are straight with sharp bends, never wavy.
Step 8: Cracks going down
Start at the dot. Draw 2 longer bent cracks, one to the right edge and one down to the bottom.
Step 9: Cracks going left
Start at the dot. Draw 2 more bent cracks, one down to the left and one straight left.
Step 10: Small cracks
Draw 5 short straight lines, each from one crack across to the next crack.
Tip Put each one at a different distance from the dot.
Step 11: Sky glass, yellow gems
Go over your lines. Colour the glass sky blue, and the gems and the collar yellow.
Step 12: Pink frame
Colour the frame ring and the handle pink, going around the gems. Your broken mirror is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a broken mirror, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
