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How to Draw a Stained Glass Window
Draw a stained glass window 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 window arch.
Step 1: The window arch
Draw 2 tall upright lines. Join their tops with 2 curves that meet in a point, and close the bottom.
Tip Make both curves the same, so the point sits right in the middle.
Step 2: The glass edge
Just inside it, draw the same pointed arch again, a little smaller. The gap is the stone frame.
Step 3: The sill
Under the window, draw a long flat box for the sill, poking out a little on both sides.
Step 4: The diamond
In the middle of the glass, draw a big diamond with 4 straight lines, taller than it is wide.
Tip Put the top point under the arch point, and the side points level with each other.
Step 5: Round jewel
In the middle of the diamond, draw a circle for a round jewel.
Step 6: Four lead lines
From each point of the diamond, draw a straight line out to the edge of the glass.
Tip The dark lines in a stained glass window are strips of lead that hold the glass.
Step 7: Cross line
Start at the diamond's bottom point. Draw a flat line out to the glass edge on each side.
Step 8: Yellow and red
Colour the diamond yellow, around the jewel. Colour the jewel red.
Step 9: Green glass
Colour the 2 panes beside the bottom of the diamond green.
Step 10: Blue glass
Colour the 2 big panes under the arch blue.
Step 11: Purple glass
Colour the 2 panes along the bottom purple.
Step 12: Grey stone frame
Colour the frame and the sill grey, around the glass. Your stained glass window is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a stained glass window, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
