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How to Draw a Broken Window
Draw a broken window 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: the window frame.
Step 1: The window frame
Draw a big square for the window frame, filling most of your paper, and a second square just inside it.
Step 2: The cross bars
Draw a thin bar down the middle of the window and a thin bar across the middle, making 4 panes.
Step 3: The sill
Under the window draw a long flat box for the sill, poking out a little on both sides.
Step 4: The jagged hole
In the middle of the top right pane draw a spiky star with 8 uneven points. This is the hole.
Tip Make some points long and some short, so it looks smashed.
Step 5: Four cracks
From 4 points of the star draw straight cracks out to the 4 edges of the pane.
Tip Glass cracks are straight lines, never curvy.
Step 6: Four more cracks
From the other 4 points draw straight cracks out towards the corners, stopping at the edge of the pane.
Step 7: A zigzag crack
In the bottom left pane draw a zigzag crack from top to bottom, with a branch to the left edge.
Tip Make every zig a different length.
Step 8: Sky blue glass
Colour the 4 panes sky blue, around the hole.
Tip Leave the hole white for now. It gets its own colour last.
Step 9: Wooden frame
Colour the frame, the cross bars and the sill brown, around the blue glass.
Step 10: The dark hole
Colour the hole dark grey, so it looks like you can see inside. Your broken window is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a broken window, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
