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How to Draw a Cross
Draw a cross in 11 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 tall post.
Step 1: The tall post
In the middle of your paper draw a tall thin box standing up, like a fence post.
Tip Keep both long sides straight and the same distance apart all the way down.
Step 2: The crossbar
Near the top draw a long box lying across the post. Leave the same amount sticking out each side.
Tip Rub out the post lines inside the crossbar.
Step 3: A little hill
Start left of the post. Draw a low hill curving over its foot. Stop the same distance on the right.
Tip Rub out the bottom of the post inside the hill.
Step 4: The ground
Draw a long ground line under the hill, from far left to far right.
Step 5: Crossbar wood lines
Start at each end of the crossbar and draw a straight wood line inwards. Stop before the post.
Tip Put one line high and one low, so the wood looks real.
Step 6: Post wood lines
Draw 3 wood lines along the post: down from its top, down from the crossbar, and up from the hill.
Step 7: Top sparkles
Above each end of the crossbar draw a sparkle star with 4 points.
Tip A sparkle is a tall thin diamond crossed with a wide thin one.
Step 8: Lower sparkles
Below each end of the crossbar draw a smaller sparkle star.
Step 9: Yellow sparkles
Colour the 4 sparkles yellow.
Step 10: Green hill
Colour the hill green, down to the ground line.
Step 11: Brown cross
Colour the whole cross brown, right up to its edges. Your cross is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a cross, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
