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A blue car seen from the side, driving to the right, with two dark wheels, two light blue windows, door handles, a yellow headlight and a red taillight.
The finished drawing.

How to draw

How to Draw a Car

  • Easy (level 2 of 5)
  • 12 min
  • 8 steps
  • Ages 5–9 (a guide, not a rule)
Start Drawing Draw on Screen Print

Draw on paper: Paper, Pencil. Optional: Eraser, A ruler for the road line, Crayons or markers in your favorite car color.

Draw it on the screen

Start a car with its wheels. When the wheels are in place, the body is easy: a long box with rounded corners that curves up and over each wheel, leaving a little space around it. Then add the roof, the windows, the doors and the lights. This car drives to the right.

Rather color it? Print the car coloring page.

Step by step

  • New lines: purple, thick and glowing
  • Lines you already drew: gray
  1. Step 1 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 1 of 8 Draw two circles for the wheels. Leave a wide space between them.
  2. Step 2 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 2 of 8 Draw a small circle in the middle of each wheel.
  3. Step 3 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 3 of 8 Draw the body: a long box with rounded corners that curves up and over each wheel.
  4. Step 4 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 4 of 8 Draw the roof on top, with sloping sides at the front and back.
  5. Step 5 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 5 of 8 Draw two windows inside the roof shape.
  6. Step 6 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 6 of 8 Draw a line down the middle for the doors, and a short handle on each door.
  7. Step 7 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 7 of 8 Draw a round headlight at the front and a small taillight at the back.
  8. Step 8 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 8 of 8 Draw a long, straight road line under the wheels.
A blue car seen from the side, driving to the right, with two dark wheels, two light blue windows, door handles, a yellow headlight and a red taillight.

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Your drawing does not have to look like this one. Every artist draws a little differently.

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Tips for this drawing

Helpful hints

  • Draw both wheels the same size. Tracing around a coin or a bottle cap works too.
  • Leave a small gap between each wheel and the curve of the body above it.
  • Make it your own: add a stripe along the side, a number on the door or a third window.

Common mistakes

  • The body line runs straight across the wheels. When the body line reaches a wheel, curve it up and over the wheel, then carry on.
  • The wheels are tiny and the car looks like it is floating. Make each wheel about as tall as the body of the car, and let them stick out below it.

Make it simpler

Draw two wheels, a long box over them and a smaller box on top with one window.

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