Car Drawings

I decided to create some of the more popular car drawings to prove to myself that I could actually do this. Drawing cars is not a good subject for beginner artists but I'm willing to try if you are!

The old favorite Ford Model T was the most popular car for nearly twenty years, which is a pretty mean achievement.

I found a good picture to copy and I am fairly happy with my results, crooked lines and all.

Now I would say that's a cool car drawing!

This car was done with a finer pencil called a mechanical pencil, and I used a plain B lead.

If you experiment with the pencils you have available, you will eventually end up with your own favorite pencil.

It does take a little while but just be patient and you work out your favorite materials in your own good time.

Keep in mind that B pencils have a softer lead so they are the easiest grade to use when you are learning to draw.

For beginner artists, the only real necessity is an eraser - this is a great item to keep nearby!

Outlines To Copy

Here is an outline of an ordinary sedan to use as a practice guide.

Look at these car outlines closely and see that they look pretty easy to draw. Well, you won't know how easy they are unless you have a go!

Here is a simple outline of a racing car.

When you are ready, you can draw in some patterns on the side of the racing car.

I show you my early attempt at detailing further down the page.

These are my starter car drawings, I was completely ignorant about perspective and I just concentrated on copying the outlines to the best of my ability.

All you have to do is to discover how simple drawing is and you'll never look back. It's one step at a time and drawing will be your faithful friend forever.

History of Cars

When you learn to draw, you really start to see things for the first time - well, so it seems.

Along with seeing differently, you actually learn all sorts of interesting stuff that you never previously bothered to find out. That's the reason why I like to give a little bit of history as we go along.

We started off with a steam car, then an electric car and finally these were replaced by the gasoline car.

The modern motor car has come a long way from those early hand made models that only rich people could afford.

Thank goodness, I just couldn't imagine myself getting around on a horse!

Here is a drawing of a 1947 Lincoln Cabriolet.

This car, along with the VW, was the largest selling imported vehicle.

A VW is affectionately known as "the beetle" or a "veedub".
(There's a drawing of a vw in the right column with the Art Quote.)

Mass production has meant we can afford to run a car. Car production is organized on an assembly-line basis.

The fact that most of us have cars has brought about a whole new way of life with motorways and motels to make our trips easier.

Car racing is a thrilling sport that tests the speed and performance of cars plus the skill and daring of drivers.

A Formula One vehicle has one seat, rear engine, front and rear wings and no roof or fenders.

While you may not be particularly interested in that information right now, it does come in handy should you ever want to draw a racing car.

Don't Get Frustrated

Learning to draw can be exasperating at times but when you draw something really spectacular, you forget about all your failures.

And you will have failures, every artist does.

These drawings were a triumph to me because I didn't think I could draw a stick figure let alone something that resembled a car!

You are welcome to use the simple outlines on this page to help you create your own vehicle drawings.

It doesn't matter if you like to copy directly onto paper or whether you like to trace. Either way, you are learning and improving your drawing skills.

It's a good idea to look at your car drawing the next day to pick up any errors that you didn't see while you were involved in the drawing.

If car drawings are your passion, your artwork will improve dramatically by using this book on how to draw cars.

See some more drawings of cars via the links at the top right side of this page.