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How to draw Checkerboard

Learn to draw checkerboard in five picture steps. Begin with square border, then build up to two bottom rows. Draw in your browser, color the finished model, or practice with its tracing outline.

Finished example: Checkerboard
Finished example: Checkerboard

Five picture steps

New shapes are shown in coral.

  1. Step 1

    Begin with square border. Leave room around the shape for the next parts.

  2. Step 2

    Add first six squares. Compare its position with the first step.

  3. Step 3

    Draw second row. Keep the earlier shapes visible as you work.

  4. Step 4

    Build in two middle rows. Look at where these parts touch the earlier shapes.

  5. Step 5

    Finish with two bottom rows. Choose your own colors or follow the finished example.

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