Draw a Car Step by Step

BY: Claude

Learning how to draw cars can be fun and challenging at the same time for all classes of artists. The first step to draw cars requires you to have some basic understanding of geometric figures and some crayons. Also make sure that you use a pencil and keep an eraser handy to erase unnecessary lines and marks while drawing.
Here in this article, I’ll give you a detailed step-by-step procedure that will help you a great deal in the process of drawing a car. I’ll try to make this as simple as possible for you to follow.
First, get your pencil, paper and an eraser ready.
Now let’s begin,

Ø Reference: first you need a reference model or a picture. This reference can be a detailed image of a car or a toy. It is easier to sketch from a reference rather than from your imagination or your memory.

Ø Basic shapes: the next step would be to draw the basic shapes of the model of car you intend to draw. In case of older cars, there will more boxes with sharp edges while newer cars are more likely to be streamlined.

Ø Guidelines: Draw thin lines over the boxes. These lines would help you shape your drawing into whichever model of car you want to draw.

Ø Draw outlines: drawing the outlines for different features of the car is going to be your next step. These features include wheels, doors, door handles, windshields etc. As more features need to be drawn on your initial outline figure, altering the basic lines may be required. However, the shape almost remains the same.

Ø Add details: add more details as you proceed with your drawing like bumpers, headlights, hubcaps etc. and also keep altering and erasing the original lines as required.

Ø Make your sketch prominent: once you have followed all the steps, you will see that your car has already taken the shape of your desired model. The next step is to make the overall appearance of your drawing prominent by darkening the lines.

Ø Shading: we are almost towards the end of our drawing. Now that you have your car almost ready, it calls for shading it with appropriate colors.

Ø Finishing touches: once you are done coloring, you are pretty much done with your drawing. To have the final picture, check if it needs some finishing touches. Give your drawing all the finishing touches it requires to get the end picture.

Tips & warnings:
  Always remember to draw with a pencil.
  Use a good pencil. It is one of the most important factors for good drawings.
  Use a good quality paper, preferably drawing sheets.
  Make your initial outline a very light one, so that it doesn’t leave any mark if erased.
  As mentioned earlier, always keep an eraser ready with you.
  Drawing many, quick lines are much better than spending a lot of time in getting one line perfect.
  Be careful with the choice of color while shading as wrong colors may spoil the look of your drawing.

Therefore, to conclude, following the above-mentioned steps and keeping the ‘tips and warnings’ in mind will help you transform your wonderful idea into an equally wonderful image.

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