A chalice is basically a fancy cup. When you draw one, it’s important to make it look like someone could pick it up and drink from it. This is relatively easy, as it’s just a matter of proportions.
Here’s how to draw a chalice:
Start out by drawing a rectangle that’s twice as tall as it is wide. | |
Place a mark one third of the way down from the top corners. | |
Split the rectangle into two squares and then mark the center of the new line. | |
This is going to sound a bit odd, but place two more marks on the center line to split the entire thing into thirds. | |
Now we’re ready to start drawing in the chalice itself. Connect the marks on the sides to the mark in the center of the middle line using curves. | |
Create two small squares in the bottom corners of the lower square. Try to make them roughly one-fifth of the size of the square. These will guide the creation of the grip. | |
Draw in the edges of the chalice’s bottom by using curves to connect the lower corners of the big rectangle to the top inner corners of the little squares. | |
Connect the square’s inner corners to the marks made in step four — the marks that you made to split the center line into thirds. | |
Draw in a circle or oval over the center of the drawing to connect the grip to the cup itself. | |
Clean up the lines a little to finish the chalice! |