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How to Draw Cargo Pants
Draw cargo pants in 11 easy steps, about 8 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 waistband.
Step 1: The waistband
Near the top draw a long flat box, wider than your hand, for the waistband.
Tip Leave lots of room underneath for the long legs.
Step 2: 2 loose legs
From the box's left corner draw down, across, up to a V, down, across and up to the right corner.
Tip Cargo trousers are baggy, so keep the legs wide.
Step 3: Fly and button
Draw a line from the waistband's middle down to the V. Add a J beside it and a button above.
Step 4: Belt loops
On the waistband draw 4 small upright boxes, 2 on each side of the button.
Tip A belt slides through these loops.
Step 5: Hip pockets
On each hip start under the first belt loop. Scoop a curve down to the side of the leg.
Step 6: Big thigh pockets
Halfway down each leg draw a big box pocket with round bottom corners. Let it poke out past the side.
Tip These big pockets are what make them cargo trousers.
Step 7: Pocket flaps
Across the top of each pocket draw a flap, a little wider, with a point under its middle.
Tip The flap covers the top of the pocket like a lid.
Step 8: Buttons and pleats
Draw a small button on each flap. Draw a line from each flap's point down to the pocket's bottom.
Step 9: Ankle hems
A finger above the bottom of each leg draw a line from the outer edge across to the inner edge.
Tip Keep both hem lines level with each other.
Step 10: Yellow and sand
Go over your lines. Colour the 3 buttons yellow and the trousers sand. Leave the flaps and hems white.
Step 11: Brown trim
Colour the waistband, belt loops, pocket flaps and ankle hems brown, around the buttons. All done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: cargo pants, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
