Easy Drawing Of American Flag

Easy How to Draw the American Flag Tutorial and American Flag Coloring Page

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Learn how to draw the American flag, blowing in the wind, with beautiful wavy stripes. Those curves have so much more dimension than a flat flag does!

The Flag of the United States of America features thirteen equal stripes of red switching with stripes of white. The blue rectangle in the upper corner holds fifty white stars representing the 50 states which make up the United States of America. The stripes represent the 13 original colonies which gained independence from Britain. The flag of the United States has other names as well. It is also known as the Stars and Stripes, Star-Spangled Banner and most famously, the nickname Old Glory.

Now students that are learning about the American flag and want to learn how to draw one blowing in the wind, have some tutorial help. The stripes do make a very dynamic drawing when they are curved, it just takes some extra time and care to get them right.

That being said, I would encourage young students to not get overly concerned that they have the exact right number of stripes and stars in their drawing. Especially if they are drawing a smaller one. As long as their flag starts and ends with red stripes, and their block of white stars looks about as full as my sample, their American flag drawing is bound to look really beautiful and everyone will know exactly what it is.

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American Flag Coloring Page

Materials for How to Draw the American Flag

Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase. Buying the pre-sharpened ones will save busy teachers a lot of time.

Eraser. Large ones you can hold in your hand do a much better job than just the pencil tip erasers, especially when erasing leftover pencil lines after tracing.

Black Sharpie Marker. These fine point permanent marker pens make nice black outlines, have a good tip for coloring, and never bleed when they get wet. Use them with good ventilation and add extra paper underneath to protect your tables.

Prang Crayons. These are a bit softer than other crayons so they sometimes look like oil pastels. They also have a some nice brown shades that Crayola does not have unless you buy their larger boxes.

Crayola Crayons. The reliable brand that always works well. The 24 pack has some of my favorite golden orange and yellow colors that seem a bit richer and warmer than the ones Prang has.