How to Draw a Snowflake

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Supplies

• 4″x 4″ Canvas
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Red Paint Marker
• Glitter Paint
• Paintbrush

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I found the easiest way to draw a snowflake was to start with some light pencil marks on the canvas. The very first mark is the center point of the canvas, so 2 inches in on two sides. Each arm of the snowflake is 1.75 inches out from the center.

To create the six pointed star I draw the first lines straight up and down through the middle of the canvas. Then I create a wide x through the center, eyeballing the evenness of the sections.

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Next, I marked up .5 inches from the center on each of the arms and .75 inches between them.

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From there, I marked where I wanted the branches to come off of the arms of the snowflake.

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Finally, I begin going over the pencil marks with a red paint marker. To begin, I connect the center points to create a six-sided star in the middle of the snowflake.

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Then I draw the long arms of the snowflake.

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Now I go in and add those branches to the ends. I did the right side of each arm first, then flipped the canvas and went back to fill in the other side.

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I added little dots near the center of the snowflake and added this pretty red glitter paint to the background.

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Don’t forget to paint the edges!

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This is optional, but I went back in and added more of the glitter over the lines of the snowflake to really make it sparkle.

Below you can see the difference between the one I created with lots of guidelines as I explained above, and one where I used very few helpful lines.

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