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How to Draw a Chess Knight
Draw a chess knight in 13 easy steps, about 10 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 horse head.
Step 1: The horse head
Start at the bottom. Draw up the chest, out to a nose, over to an ear, and down the neck.
Step 2: Stem and base
From the neck, draw a collar, a short thick stem, a wide flat base, and back to the head.
Step 3: One big eye
On the horse head, above the nose, draw one big round eye with a black dot and white shine.
Step 4: Nostril, smile and cheek
On the nose, dot a nostril and draw a short smile under it. Add a small cheek behind the eye.
Step 5: The mane
Down the back of the neck, draw 3 short curved mane lines, each curving down and in.
Step 6: Collar lines
Draw a curved line across the bottom of the neck and one across the top of the stem.
Step 7: Base lines
Across the wide base, draw 2 gently curved lines the same way, one above the other.
Step 8: A little pawn
To the right, draw a small pawn: a round head on a body that flares out to a flat base.
Step 9: The board
Draw a long straight line under both pieces, from near the left edge of the paper to the right.
Step 10: Sparkles
Draw 3 sparkle stars around the knight, like plus signs with curved points.
Step 11: Cream knight
Colour the knight cream, going around the eye and the cheek. Leave the eye white.
Step 12: Yellow sparkles, pink cheek
Colour the sparkle stars yellow and the cheek pink.
Step 13: Slate pawn
Colour the pawn slate grey. Go over your lines and your chess knight is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a chess knight, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
