Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Banner. Now students can add fancy titles to their drawings or book reports.

Learning how to draw a banner helps students explore the art of visual communication while building confidence in their creative expression. Banners are simple graphic elements that can frame titles, celebrate special occasions, or highlight important ideas in a work of art. Teaching students how to draw banners gives them a versatile tool they can use again and again in sketchbooks, posters, and classroom projects.

Drawing banners also reinforces key elements of art, like line, shape, and form, while introducing foundational design principles such as balance and emphasis. Because banners often combine both image and text, this project is a great opportunity to integrate art with writing. Students can use their banner drawings to showcase vocabulary words, present their names creatively, or decorate their portfolios with personality and flair. Best of all, it’s a low-prep, high-impact lesson that’s easy to scale up or down by grade level.