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How to Draw a Samurai Helmet
Draw a samurai helmet 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 bowl.
Step 1: The bowl
Start on the left, near the middle. Draw a dome up and over, down to the right. Close it underneath.
Step 2: The face
Start under the bowl, a little in from the corner. Draw down, round the chin, and stop at the bowl.
Step 3: Eyes and cheeks
Draw 2 big eyes near the top of the face, each with a dot and shine, and a cheek below.
Step 4: The neck guard
From the bowl's corner, draw 3 plates down each side like steps: slope out, then across to the face.
Tip Start each lower plate just under the corner of the one above.
Step 5: Side flaps
On each top corner of the neck guard, draw a rounded flap folding outwards over the corner.
Step 6: Moustache and smile
Under the eyes, draw a bow-shaped moustache with a dip in the middle, and a small U smile below.
Step 7: The horns
From the front of the bowl, draw 2 long horns sweeping up like a wide V, with a disc between.
Step 8: Ridges
On the bowl, draw a curved ridge line each side, from the brow up toward the top.
Step 9: Sparkles
Draw a small sparkle star off each side of the horns.
Step 10: Gold horns, peach face
Colour the horns, disc and sparkles yellow, and the face peach, leaving the eyes white and going around the cheeks.
Step 11: Pink cheeks, red guard
Colour the cheeks pink. Colour the neck guard plates and the side flaps red.
Step 12: Slate bowl, black moustache
Colour the bowl slate grey, around the horns and flaps, and the moustache black. Your samurai helmet is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a samurai helmet, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
