How to Draw an Airplane

Step 1: The body

Start on top of the nose. Draw a flat top to a small tail, then a fat tummy back.

Tip A chubby banana flying to the right. End back at the nose.

Step 2: Eyes and smile

Near the nose draw 2 big eyes. Start under the back eye, draw a wide smile to the front eye.

Step 3: The big wing

Start on the tummy under the back eye. Swoop down to a wing tip, then back up behind the smile.

Tip Wide at the body, narrow at the tip. Stop on the tummy.

Step 4: Nose cone

Start on top of the nose. Draw a half dome round to the bottom. Add a circle on its tip.

Step 5: Propeller blades

From the little circle draw 2 paddle blades, one up and one down, each swelling to a round end.

Step 6: Cockpit and windows

Draw a half dome on the top line behind the eyes. Add 3 windows in a row toward the tail.

Step 7: Tail fin

Start on the top line near the tail. Sweep up to a tall top, then straight down to the tail.

Tip Make it taller than the cockpit. It leans back.

Step 8: Tail wing

Start on the tail under the fin. Draw a small wing poking back to a round tip, then back.

Step 9: The far wing

Start at the back of the cockpit. Draw a thin wing tip sloping back, then down to the top line.

Tip Keep it low and thin, much lower than the tail fin.

Step 10: The stripe

Start on the tail. Draw a long stripe along the body under the smile to the nose.

Step 11: Wheels

Under the smile draw 2 short legs hanging from the tummy. Add a round wheel with a dot on each.

Step 12: Yellow wings, blue windows

Colour the wings, fin and tail wing yellow, and the cockpit and 3 windows sky blue.

Step 13: Grey propeller, red top

Colour the propeller, legs and wheels grey, and the top red around the windows. Leave the tummy and eyes white.