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How to Draw a Cross with Wings

12 steps · Medium · about 9 min

Draw a cross with wings 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 tall post.

Step 1: The tall post
In the middle of your paper draw a tall thin box standing up.
Tip Leave lots of room on both sides for the wings.
Step 2: The side arms
Start on the post near the top. Draw a square arm out to each side. Stop back on the post.
Tip Rub out the post lines inside the arms, so the cross is one shape.
Step 3: Two wing tops
Start on the post just above each arm. Draw a long arch up and out. Stop at a wing tip.
Tip Each arch climbs fast at first, then flattens out towards the tip.
Step 4: Tip feathers
Start at each wing tip. Draw 3 round feathers stepping down towards the cross. Stop beside the arm.
Tip Each feather is a fat U bump, like a finger of a mitten.
Step 5: Lower feathers
Start where you stopped. Draw 2 more round feathers stepping down. Stop on the post below the arm.
Step 6: Small feathers
Start on the wing top above the first feather point. Draw 2 long bumps down. Stop at the arm's end.
Step 7: Feather lines
Start at each point between the big feathers. Draw a line up to the point above. Stop there.
Tip The last line on each side stops under the arm.
Step 8: The shine
Near the top of the cross draw a small tilted oval for a shine.
Step 9: Sparkles
Below each wing draw a sparkle star with 4 points.
Tip A sparkle is a tall thin diamond crossed with a wide thin one.
Step 10: Golden cross
Colour the cross and the 2 sparkles golden yellow. Leave the shine white.
Step 11: Sky-blue wing tops
Colour the top band of each wing sky blue, down to the row of small bumps.
Step 12: Blue feathers
Colour the big feathers on both wings a deeper blue. Your cross with wings is done!