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How to Draw a Bookmobile
Draw a bookmobile in 14 easy steps, about 11 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: hood and headlight.
Step 1: Hood and headlight
On the left draw a big backwards C hood with a flat back. Draw a round headlight on its front.
Step 2: Cab, roof and floor
From the hood draw the cab up, a long roof, down the back, and a 2-bump floor back to it.
Tip The 2 bumps are wheel arches: one behind the hood, one near the back.
Step 3: Big wheels and road
Under each bump draw a big tyre with a rim and hub inside. Draw a road line touching both tyres.
Tip The tyres hang inside the arches and sit on the road.
Step 4: Bumper and mirror
Under the headlight draw a rounded bumper. From the cab front draw a short arm out to an oval mirror.
Step 5: Windscreen and door
Inside the cab front draw a tall leaning window. After a finger gap draw a tall rounded door box.
Step 6: Big bookshelf
Behind the door draw a big rounded box. Add a shelf line from one side across to the other.
Tip A bookmobile's side opens up so you can see all the books.
Step 7: Door lines
Draw a line from the door's top down to its bottom. Add a bar across from front to back edge.
Step 8: Top shelf of books
On the top shelf draw 5 books standing in a row, different heights, one leaning on its neighbour.
Step 9: Bottom shelf and sign
Draw 5 more books along the bottom shelf. On the roof draw a sign box with a little open book.
Step 10: Sky windows, yellow headlight
Colour the windscreen and door window sky blue and the headlight yellow.
Step 11: Tan shelves
Colour inside the bookshelf tan around the books. Colour the roof sign tan around its little book.
Step 12: Red and blue books
Colour the tallest book on each shelf and the leaning books red, and the rest blue.
Step 13: Green bus
Colour the whole bus green around the windows, headlight, bookshelf and bumper.
Step 14: Black tyres, grey metal
Colour the tyres black around the rims. Colour the rims, bumper and mirror grey. Your bookmobile is ready!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bookmobile, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
