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How to Draw a Maryland Flag
Draw a maryland flag 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 flag pole.
Step 1: The flag pole
On the left draw a tall thin pole from near the bottom to near the top. Add a ball.
Step 2: The waving flag
Start on the pole below the ball. Wave the top edge out to the right, come down, and wave back.
Tip Make the flag big. It has a lot to hold.
Step 3: Four quarters
Start in the middle of the top edge. Draw straight down, stop at the bottom. Add a wavy line across.
Tip The wavy line starts on the pole, halfway down the flag, and stops at the right edge. Now you have 4 quarters.
Step 4: Six stripes
In the top left quarter draw 5 lines straight down, making 6 even stripes.
Step 5: Six more stripes
In the bottom right quarter draw 5 more lines straight down, making 6 even stripes.
Step 6: Slanted bands
Across each striped quarter draw a slanted band, 2 lines, from the top left corner to the bottom right.
Tip Keep the 2 lines of a band the same distance apart all the way.
Step 7: Two plus signs
In each empty quarter draw a plus: one line down the middle and one line across the middle.
Step 8: A bumpy cross
In the top right quarter draw a cross over the plus. End each arm with 3 round bumps.
Tip The arms going sideways are longer than the arms going up and down.
Step 9: Second bumpy cross
Draw the same bumpy cross over the plus in the bottom left quarter.
Step 10: Ground line
Draw a long flat ground line under the pole, from the left side to the right side.
Step 11: Yellow ball, grey pole
Colour the ball on top of the pole yellow and the pole grey.
Step 12: Yellow stripes
Colour stripes 1, 3 and 5 yellow outside the slanted band. Inside the band colour stripes 2, 4 and 6.
Tip Count the stripes from the left. Do both striped quarters the same way.
Step 13: Red squares
Colour the top right and bottom left squares red, not the cross. In the other 2 colour only the cross.
Tip Do this in both cross quarters. Each cross ends up half red and half white.
Step 14: Black stripes
Colour every piece left in the striped quarters black. Go over your lines. Your Maryland flag is waving!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a maryland flag, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
