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This design is pretty straightforward; it’s basically your typical Latin Cross with a little tweaking. The main difference is that the crossbeam is a little farther down. For those of you working off of a grid, this is another easy design to make: For everyone else, here’s how to draw …

A Passion Cross is a slightly modified version of a Latin Cross, and thus is pretty easy to draw if you’ve been practicing it. The only difference is that the tips are pointed rather than square. Everything becomes even easier if you’re drawing this on a grid, as the grid …

This design is neatly mirrored, meaning that the left side is a flipped copy of the right side and vice versa. If you’re drawing it on a computer, you can make the job easier by drawing only one half of the design, then make the other half by copying it, …

This is really just a simple rendition, but everyone should recognize it easily. Here’s how to draw Noah’s famous ark: Start by drawing the cabin as a fat rectangle. Don’t worry about an exact measurement; just try to keep it somewhere between a square and twice as wide as it …

While this design is rather rare, it’s very easy to do. Here are the steps to making this halo: Draw your figure first. Add a line going upwards from the center of your figure’s head. Try to make this line just a little shorter than the head is tall. Work …

No picture of the manger or the three wise men is complete without the star high above! Fortunately, it’s an easy design to work with, as it’s just a 4 pointed star with a little embellishment. Here’s how to turn a four pointed star into something a little fancier: Illustration …

When Christ was crucified, He was pinned to the cross using three large nails. These nails have more in common with railroad spikes than the nails used for carpentry today, so when drawing them, you need to make them look more like stakes or spikes than your everyday nail. While …

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 …

The Maltese cross is a little unusual in that it doesn’t borrow from either basic crosses. Instead, it follows its own pattern, which ends up making this is good design to practice eyeballing measurements on. It’s a simple design to follow, and since its completely symmetrical you can easily see …

Lamps are a wonderful example of using simple shapes to build something complex. Here’s what you need to do to fashion an old school oil lamp: Start by drawing a rectangle resting on a half circle. Next, make a triangle out of the left side of the rectangle. Try to …