Do you believe in luck? If so then you’ll want to know how to draw a lucky horseshoe.
Rev up your computer, turn on Inkscape and join me for the fourth tutorial in the St.Patrick’s day drawing series.
No time to draw right now? Pin this horseshoe tutorial to your favorite drawing ideas board on Pinterest for later.
St. Patrick’s Day Drawing Ideas
In the first two lessons, I teach you how to draw a leprechaun gnome, and how to draw a pot of gold.
In the third lesson, learn how to draw a shamrock with rainbow glitter. Yes, plenty of glitter!
See the entire series here in the playlist below
For this tutorial, we’ll use the gold glitter sheet from the Lucky Charm Kit to make the horseshoe shiny and sparkly.
Lucky Charm Kit

How to Personalize Your Drawing
To personalize your horseshoe, you can write a name around it. Check out my post for three different methods to add text to your drawing.
For a step by step tutorial on how to do this in Inkscape, sign up for my So Simple SVG Quotes course.
How to Draw an Easy Golden Horseshoe
Let’s start by gathering your materials to draw the horseshoe.
Drawing Supplies
Digital Drawing Supplies
- Graphic tablet (I use this one from Amazon (optional))
- Computer
- Inkscape software program
Paper Drawing Supplies
Follow the steps in the video to make the horseshoe. We’ll use simple shapes like a circle and a rectangle to draw it.

If you liked this lesson, you’ll love my So Simple SVG Files course. I will walk you through the steps to make digital drawings using simple shapes in Inkscape.
You’ll also learn how to transfer your drawings to your craft projects and get better use from your cutting machine.
Make sure to save this to your favorite drawing board on Pinterest. Click the link below to save it for later.
Feel free to add a photo of your drawing or your finished craft to the pin so that I can see your horseshoe.


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