Gun Drawing | How to Draw a Gun in 12 Easy Steps

Table of Contents

Gun Drawing Step 1 — Draw a Long Thin Rectangle for the Gun’s Body

Gun Drawing Step 2 — Draw a Long Thin Rectangle for the Gun’s Body

Gun Drawing Step 3 — Draw the Trigger Guard and Trigger of the Gun

Gun Drawing Step 4 — Draw the Hammer at the Back of the Gun

Gun Drawing Step 5 — Draw in the Sights of the Gun

Gun Drawing Step 6 — Divide the Main Body in Two

Gun Drawing Step 7 — Rub Out the Guidelines and Round the Edges of the Gun

Gun Drawing Step 8 — Draw the Grip onto the Handle of the Gun

Gun Drawing Step 9 — Add in the Safety Catch’s Switcher Above the Grip

Gun Drawing Step 10 — Draw The Barrel of a Gun

Gun Drawing Step 11 — Draw in the Slide Stop and the Disassembly Lever

Gun Drawing Step 12 — Draw the Magazine Release Behind the Trigger

Welcome to our gun drawing tutorial where we will teach you how to draw a gun in 12 easy steps. Drawing guns is important in many art contexts such as manga, anime, graphic design or really cartoons of any kind. Whether you are drawing a cowboy or a futuristic robot, hero or villain, drawing a gun skillfully will really make your whole drawing so much more impactful. This is a fairly simple gun drawing but as ever getting it right will depend on attention to detail and perseverance.

All you will need for this is a pencil and paper.

Gun Drawing Tutorial Step 1 — Draw a Long Thin Rectangle for the Gun’s Body

Start off by drawing a long thin rectangle in the middle of your blank page. This is the main body of your gun. See the picture or video to help guide you.

Gun Drawing Tutorial Step 2 — Draw a Long Thin Rectangle for the Gun’s Handle

We are going to have our gun aiming to the right, but of course you could do it the other way round just as easily. Now you can draw a second rectangle for the butt or handle of the gun…