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How to Draw a Knight

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw a knight in 14 easy steps, about 11 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 head.

Step 1: The head
Near the top of your paper draw an egg for the head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Leave most of the page below for the body.
Step 2: The face
Draw 2 big round eyes across the middle of the head. Add a tiny U nose and a smile.
Step 3: Knight's helmet
Start below the left cheek. Draw a pointed helmet over to the right cheek, then back round the face.
Tip Rub out the head lines inside the helmet.
Step 4: Plume
From the tip of the helmet draw a feather plume sweeping left to a point, then back to the helmet.
Step 5: Neck and tunic
Draw neck lines under the chin. From the left one draw a short-sleeved tunic over to the right one.
Step 6: Tunic cross
In the middle of the tunic draw a cross, a short line down and a short line across.
Step 7: Chain-mail sleeves
From each sleeve draw 2 lines down to the wrist, getting thinner, with a soft bend at the elbow.
Step 8: Gloves
On each wrist draw a glove with a wide cuff and a thumb. Add a line across the cuff.
Step 9: Shield
Over the left arm draw a shield: flat top, straight sides, a point at the bottom. Add a cross.
Step 10: Legs
From the hem draw 2 lines for each leg, closer at the bottom. Stop where the boots begin.
Step 11: Boots and ground
Under each leg draw a tall boot with the toe pointing out. Draw a ground line under the boots.
Step 12: Peach face, yellow shield
Colour the face and neck peach and the shield yellow. Leave the eyes white.
Step 13: Red plume, blue tunic
Colour the plume red and the tunic blue.
Step 14: Grey armour, brown boots
Colour the helmet grey around the face, then the sleeves, gloves and legs. Colour the boots brown.