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How to Draw a Big Wheel Trike

12 steps · Medium · about 9 min

Draw a big wheel trike in 12 easy steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.

Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: one huge front wheel.

Step 1: One HUGE front wheel
Low on the left draw one HUGE wheel with a rim and hub. Add 3 spokes and a road line.
Tip The big wheel is the whole idea: make it nearly half the paper tall.
Step 2: Fork and handlebar
From the hub draw 2 fork lines up past the wheel. Add a flat handlebar with fat grips on top.
Step 3: Low seat frame
Behind the wheel draw a low frame like a slide. Add a tiny wheel with a hub at its end.
Tip The frame sits almost on the ground; its front hides behind the wheel.
Step 4: Seat and pedal
On the frame draw a seat with a low round back. From the hub draw a crank to a pedal.
Tip The seat back leans back; the crank points forward and a little up.
Step 5: Rider's head and helmet
Above the seat draw a round head with a dome helmet over the top, its rim across the brow.
Step 6: The face
Under the helmet rim draw 2 round eyes with dots and shines, and a small smile below.
Step 7: Body and arm
Draw a bean body under the head. Add a bent arm from its shoulder to a fist on the bar.
Tip Bend the arm softly at the elbow; the bar passes behind the fist.
Step 8: Leg and streamers
Draw a bent leg from the hips to a shoe on the pedal. Hang 2 streamers off the grip.
Tip Bend the leg at the knee, and rest the shoe on top of the pedal.
Step 9: Peach and pink
Go over your lines. Colour the face and fist peach, and add pink cheeks.
Step 10: Yellow and red
Colour the big tyre yellow, and the fork, handlebar, frame, shirt and sleeve red.
Step 11: Blue and green
Colour the helmet, grips, pedal and streamers blue, and the trousers green.
Step 12: Grey and black
Colour the hubs and crank grey, then the tiny tyre around its hub, seat and shoe black. Ready to race!