How to draw

If you wanted a challenge, this wasn’t the design to select. It’s very, very easy to make, as it’s just a slightly compressed X. For those of you that prefer working against a grid, here’s the pattern to follow: Otherwise, just follow these steps: Prepare a rectangle that’s 4 by …

While Drawn By His Light is primarily about the symbols used in Christian art, there are other topics that are worth exploring. These might stimulate some creative ideas or just answer some questions that might have been brought up when you were reading other pages on here. Below is a …

Plants, fruits and flowers often hold some symbolic meaning in folklore, and this holds true with religious art as well. Quite a few flowers, fruits and other plants have developed symbolic meanings in Christianity. The most obvious example is probably the apple, which earned its fame by having the bad …

Ever wonder why there were so many different variations of the cross or what various images represent? This section aims to answer those questions by providing a glossary to the many different symbols used in Christian art and architecture. To simplify things, you can search the listed symbols two ways: …

Up for another round of measuring angles and drawing straight lines? That’s the basic way to handle this design, and while it looks tricky, it’s simple enough to master in just a few tries. So once you get your protector ready, here’s the easiest way to draw this design: Draw …

This tutorial is for drawing a circle as it appears as a symbol or part of a larger symbol, not for drawing circles in general. If that’s what you want, then go to the tutorial for drawing circles. As a symbol, the circle is typically just a circular frame. So …

This design is fairly easy to work with, but getting the thickness of the circles correct can take some trial and error. Fortunately, if you’ve practiced the Latin Cross, you’re already a long way to making this design even easier. It’s possible to use a grid to simplify things, but …

St. Peter’s Cross is simply a Latin Cross drawn upside down. To draw one you can work it out from the Latin Cross tutorial or just follow the steps below. For a quick and easy method, use a grid and follow this pattern: If you’re not using a grid, here’s …

Anyone that has ever worked with a designer or artist can tell you that everything in a design is selected with care. Even something as simple as the color of a banner or background will have been looked over and chosen for a specific reason. In the Christian Church, colors …