Draw the flag of Mexico from memory
No reference image — just the name and a blank canvas. Reveal when you are done and see how close you were.
Draw the flag of
Mexico
What you are drawing
The flag of Mexico is three equal vertical bands — green, white and red from the hoist, with eagle, serpent and cactus. It flies at a ratio of 4:7. On the PlayVexle difficulty scale it rates ★★★★★ — one of the harder flags to recall accurately, mostly because of the detail in the middle.
How to score well on this one
- Colour is 70% of the score, so get the 3 bands down as flat blocks before anything else. Which colour touches the flagpole is the single thing most people get wrong.
- The eagle and serpent and cactus counts for the final 10%. Roughly the right size in roughly the right place scores nearly as well as a perfect one — do not start there.
- Draw it at 4:7. The canvas is already the right shape, so fill it edge to edge rather than leaving a border.
Stuck? Open a memory hint
Italy plus an eagle eating a snake on a cactus — and a deeper green.
Show me the flag of Mexico
Opening this before you draw is allowed. It just will not help your score.
Flags people confuse with Mexico
If something felt off while you were drawing, you may have been remembering Italy or Ireland. Each pair is taken apart side by side on the similar flags pages.
Want the construction order, the exact colour codes and what the design means? That is on the Mexico flag guide.
