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How to Draw a Sword
Sharpen your skills with this beginner tutorial on how to draw a sword in 4 easy steps
Get ready to wield your pencil and conquer the art of sword drawing! In this beginner-friendly drawing guide, we'll show you how to easily create a stunning illustration of a sword in just three simple steps. Whether you're looking to make knight clipart or wall prints or add a touch of excitement to your weapon illustrations, our step-by-step instructions will guide you every step of the way.
Before you battle your way down the steps, get all your supplies and tools together. Artists of all skill levels can use our free drawing tutorials with any available art medium. Whether you prefer traditional drawing tools such as pencils or paints, or digital tools like DesignScape, the choice is yours.
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Step 1 - Create the Sword Guides
Let's get started with making two simple guides to help with the overall shape of the sword. Use a light and easily erasable medium like a graphite or charcoal pencil to make rough sketches. If you do not have any on hand, use a light color of your chosen medium that you can easily cover-up.
For the first guide, sketch a long rectangle to determine the length and width of the blade of your sword.
Then draw a small narrow rectangle on one of the short sides with a triangle to build the guide for the handle.
Step 2 - Shape your Sword
With your guides drawn, it's time to add shape to the blade and handle of your sword illustration using your sketching medium. Start drawing on the blade guide, and create a slightly curved line from the hand side to the center of the opposite end. See our example image below.
Next, shape the handle of your sword. You can shape the handle any way you want by using basic shapes and adding curved lines.
For our weapon handle, we added a circle over the end of the triangle and created curves at the base before the blade started.
Step 3 - Darken your Sword Sketches
Once you are done with the rough sketch of your sword, it's time to make your sketch lines a little more permanent. With a fine-tip pen, marker, or ink Procreate brush, begin tracing over the lines you have drawn, making sure to darken all the details you want to keep.
Add extra sword outlines such as lines on the blade, swirl designs on the handle, or create a sword sheath.
Step 4 - Color your Sword Drawing
Using a variety of mediums, such as watercolors, colored pencils, or markers, apply color to your sword clipart. If you need help deciding what colors to use, check out our collection of metallic color palettes to add shades of silver, gold, or rose gold.
You are ready for battle! Well done on completing this weapon drawing exercise. You can easily reuse these steps to create swords and knives for different themes. Combine your sword and pirate clipart or knight illustration to create fun things like birthday invitations, activity pages, and sublimated t-shirts.
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