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An illustrated guide to creating beautiful hand-drawn crosses
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This tutorial will teach you how to draw two different kinds of crosses!
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Draw a cross outline. Draw a small square in the middle of your outline. You can use a ruler to help draw straight lines.
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Draw more squares of the same size. Draw one above and below the first square you drew and one on each side.Advertisement
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Draw 2 more squares below the bottom square.
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Divide the squares on the left and on the right of the cross, vertically and the remaining squares horizontally.
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Draw the center with a marker. Make it thick and dark.
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Erase your guidelines completely.
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Draw a cross outline. Draw a small square in the middle of your outline.
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Draw more squares of the same size. Draw one above and below the first square you drew and one on each side, just like the first method.
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Draw 2 more squares below the bottom square.
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With a compass draw 3 circles each for the arms of the cross. The diameter of each circle is equal to one side of the square. Use the guidelines to align the circles.
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Fill in the shapes with the color you want.
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Erase all guidelines completely.
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QuestionCan I draw my brother on the cross?Community AnswerI wouldn't recommend that because it might hurt your brother's feelings or scare him, and it would also be offensive to Christians.
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To easily get the proportions of a Latin cross correct, you can draw a cross by "building" it with squares. Start by making a small square, which will be the cross intersection. Next, draw squares of the same proportions above, below, and to the sides of the original square so it looks like a plus sign. Since you'll want the bottom of the cross to be 3 times longer than the top and the arms, which should be the same length, add 2 extra squares to the bottom section. Then, color in the squares, and you're all set! To learn how to draw a budded cross, keep reading!
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