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How to Draw a Cargo Bike
Draw a cargo bike in 19 steps, about 14 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: wheels and road.
Step 1: Wheels and road
Draw a big wheel low right and a much smaller wheel low left. Rule the road under both.
Tip The small front wheel lets the box sit low.
Step 2: Cargo box
Between the wheels, draw a big box. Start high on its front. Rule a rim line over to the back.
Tip The box is the whole point: make it big and boxy.
Step 3: Front fork
From the small hub, draw a fat fork up beside the box, joined to it by a short bar.
Step 4: Chain wheel
Right of the box, low down, draw a small chain wheel with a short crank and a pedal.
Step 5: Long beam
Rule a fat beam under the box, from behind the small wheel to the chain wheel.
Tip The box sits right on top of the beam.
Step 6: Frame sticks
Rule a fat front post, then fat frame sticks from the chain wheel up and back to the big hub.
Step 7: Saddle
On top of the back frame post, draw a small flat saddle.
Step 8: Handlebar
From the front post, draw a short stem up and a handlebar pointing forward.
Step 9: Rider's head
Above the saddle, draw a round head with short hair, 2 big eyes with dots and shines, and a smile.
Step 10: Rider's body
Under the head, draw a bean body that sits on the saddle.
Step 11: Arm and fist
From the shoulder, draw a bent arm that gets thinner, to a fist round the handlebar end.
Step 12: Leg and shoe
From the hips, draw a thigh to a round knee, then a shin down to a shoe on the pedal.
Tip Make the thigh fatter than the shin.
Step 13: Two kids' heads
Draw 2 heads with caps over the rim. From the rim, draw a shirt under each, back to the rim.
Tip Keep the heads well above the rim.
Step 14: Kids' faces
In each head, draw 2 big round eyes with a dot and a shine, and a small smile below.
Step 15: Peach faces
Colour the 3 faces and the fist peach, leaving the eyes white. Give everyone 2 pink cheeks.
Step 16: Yellow and tan
Colour the first kid's shirt and the second kid's cap yellow. Colour the rider's trousers tan.
Step 17: Green and red
Colour the rider's shirt and sleeve green. Colour the first kid's cap and the second kid's shirt red.
Step 18: Wood box, blue frame
Colour the box wood brown. Colour every frame stick, the fork, its short bar and the long beam blue.
Step 19: Grey hubs, dark tyres
Colour the hubs, chain wheel and pedal grey, the tyres dark grey, and the saddle, bar, shoe and hair black.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a cargo bike, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
