How to Draw a Terra Cotta Soldier: Easy Step-by-Step Art Lesson for Kids
Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Terra Cotta Soldier and Coloring Page. This one includes a simple version of their typical gear.
Chinese workers digging a well in 1974 made a startling discovery: thousands of life-size terracotta figures of an army prepared for battle. Now students can learn how to draw a Terra cotta soldier, just one of the figures found in this amazing collection of warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terra cotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses, and 150 cavalry horses.
This Terra cotta soldier project offers an easy way to draw one of these figures, but in a simple and symmetrical way. Learning how to draw body proportions that are true to real life takes practice. This tutorial will help students see how and where to draw the head, torso and legs, and then add as many warrior details as they can.
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Terra Cotta Soldier Coloring Page
Materials
Step by Step Directions
Time needed: 45 minutes
Terra Cotta Warrior Drawing Instructions
- Draw the torso, head and hair.
- Add the skirt looking shape below.
- Draw the legs and boots.
- Add two sleeves with cuffs.
- Draw hands below the sleeves.
- Add armor plates on the shoulders.
- Erase inside. Add texture as shown.
- Draw the face, and hair details.
- Trace with a marker and color.
