How to Draw Chess Pieces – Easy Step-by-Step Chess Drawing for Kids

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Bring a classic board game to your sketchbook with Monkey Pen and learn how to draw chess pieces step by step using simple shapes, curves, and symmetrical details.

Step 1: First draw a cross on top of the king’s head.

Step 2: Under the cross, make a crown shape with curved bands below.

Step 3: Create a long, narrow body underneath.

Step 4: Draw the base with a curved layer and a thin band below.

Step 5: Now draw a crown for the queen. Then add thin, curved bands beneath.

Step 6: Make a slender body below the bands.

Step 7: The base is formed for the queen.

Step 8: Draw the bishop’s head with a small, rounded oval.

Step 9: Add the slender body with a curved band beneath.

Step 10: Form a rounded base for the bishop.

Step 11: Beside the bishop, draw the knight’s head like a horse.

Step 12: Then add the long, slender neck below.

Step 13: Complete the base of the knight.

Step 14: Along the knight’s back neck, draw a curved mane.

Step 15: Include short lines inside the mane. Also add an eye and mouth to the knight.

Step 16: Now draw the rook’s top in the shape of the castle's battlements.

Step 17: Create a slender body underneath.

Step 18: Then the base of the rook is drawn.

Step 19: Finally, draw a pawn next to the rook. A circle-shaped head and a narrow section of body are added.

Step 20: The base for the pawn is completed.

Step 21: You have drawn the classic chess pieces.

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