How to Draw a Labyrinth

A labyrinth is a maze with multiple dead-ends and only one path from the entrance to the exit. When you draw a labyrinth, you must be careful to keep the correct path from being too obvious. The best way to do so is to plan your labyrinth before you begin to draw.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Eraser
• Pencil
• Paper
• Graph paper

Try Drawing a Kernel Labyrinth

1. Draw an "S" in the center of your paper.
2. Begin at the top right side of the "S" and draw a rounded square around it. The line should begin above the "S" and end before it hits the starting point.
3. Place your pencil on the end of the first line you drew and continue the passage in a roughly spiral manner. You will basically be circling around the rounded square you drew.
4. Stop drawing before you fully encircle the first rounded square. This will be an opening for another offshoot pathway. Leave a short space, and then continue your line.
5. Return to the break in the line, and begin another passage going in the opposite direction. To switch directions, simply start the line on the left end (if your first spirals were going clockwise) of the line break and draw your passage going off to the left.
6. Continue drawing passages and leaving holes for breaks until you have completed your kernel maze.

Draw a Classic Labyrinth

7. Draw a cross at the center of your paper. Both of the arms should be of equal length.
8. Draw one curved line a short distance from each corner. The lines should be bowed in toward the center of the cross.
9. Place a dot above the center curve of each bowed line. These dots will help you match up arms of the maze.
10. Create a curved line (like a finger shape) from the lower arm of the cross to one end of the lower left bowed line.
11. Draw a line that loops from just below the other end of the lower, left bowed line all the way around to the end of the lower right bowed line.
12. Place your pencil on the dot above the center of the lower right bowed line. Sketch a line from there to the available end of the lower left bowed line.
13. Continue to connect each available dot to the end of the next available bowed line, moving in a counter-clockwise direction.

Tips & Warnings

• Try using graph paper to draw your mazes and keep your passage widths even.

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