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How to Draw a Bullet Train
Draw a bullet train 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: the long car.
Step 1: The long car
Start low on the left. Draw up and across a long flat top, then stop. Draw the bottom line too.
Tip Top and bottom are the same length. Leave the front open for the nose.
Step 2: The long nose
From the top line, swoop down a long slope to a low round point. Curl back to the bottom.
Tip Make it long and low, like a duck's bill, with no kinks.
Step 3: Round face
Where the nose starts, draw a big circle about half as tall as the car. This is the face.
Step 4: Eyes and smile
In the circle, draw 2 big round eyes with black dots. Smile: start under one eye, stop under the other.
Tip Leave a white shine in each eye. Big eyes make it friendly.
Step 5: Four windows
Behind the face, draw 4 tall windows in a row, all the same size, a finger apart.
Tip Round the corners. Line up the tops and bottoms.
Step 6: Stripe and speed lines
Start at the back, under the windows. Rule a stripe forward, stopping before the face. Add 3 speed lines behind.
Tip The stripe is 2 lines close together. Speed lines float in the air behind.
Step 7: Headlamp
Draw a small round headlamp near the tip of the nose.
Step 8: Skirt and wheels
Start at the back corner. Draw a skirt under the train, ending under the nose. Add 4 wheels peeping out.
Tip 2 wheels each end, only the bottom halves show. Dot a hub in each.
Step 9: The rail
Rule 1 long rail under the train, just touching the bottom of every wheel.
Step 10: White train, yellow lamp
Colour the train and face white, going round the windows. Colour the lamp yellow, and 2 cheeks pink.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Blue windows and stripe
Colour the windows sky blue and the stripe dark blue.
Step 12: Grey skirt and wheels
Go over your lines. Colour the skirt and wheels dark grey, leaving the hubs white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bullet train, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
