How to Draw a North Dakota Flag

Step 1: Pole and ground

Draw a tall thin pole on the left, a ball on top, and a ground line from edge to edge.

Step 2: The waving flag

Start on the pole below the ball. Draw a wavy top edge, a straight right side, a wavy bottom edge.

Tip Make the flag big and nearly square. It has to hold an eagle and a scroll.

Step 3: Eagle's head

Near the top of the flag draw a round head with a bumpy neck, a hooked beak and an eye.

Tip The beak points to the left and hooks down at the tip.

Step 4: The body

Under the head draw an egg shape for the body, a little wider than the head.

Step 5: Two wings

From each shoulder draw a wing reaching up and out, with 4 soft feather bumps along the bottom.

Tip Draw one wing, then copy it on the other side so they match.

Step 6: The shield

Draw a pointed shield over the body. Add a line across, then 2 lines from it down to the edge.

Step 7: The tail

Start on the shield's left side. Draw a fan tail with 3 rounded feather tips. Stop on its right side.

Step 8: Sun rays

Over the head draw 5 pointed rays in a fan, like a rising sun.

Tip The points face outwards. Leave a gap above the head so it is not a crown.

Step 9: The scroll

Under the tail draw a long thin box for the scroll. Cut a V into each end.

Step 10: Write the name

On the scroll write NORTH DAKOTA in small capital letters.

Tip Count the letters as you go: 5, a gap, then 6.

Step 11: Yellow and grey

Colour the ball, the beak and the 5 rays yellow. Colour the pole grey.

Step 12: Red scroll and stripes

Colour the scroll red, around the letters. On the shield colour the 2 outside stripes red.

Step 13: Brown eagle

Colour the body, both wings and the tail brown. Leave the head and neck white.

Step 14: Blue flag

Colour the top of the shield and the whole flag blue, around the eagle, rays and scroll.