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How to Draw a Cargo Plane
Draw a cargo plane 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: banana body.
Step 1: Banana body
Start on the nose. Draw a flat top back to a round tail, then a fat belly to the nose.
Step 2: Big eyes and smile
Near the nose, draw 2 big round eyes with dots and shines. Add a wide smile under them.
Step 3: Big wing
Under the back eye, draw a wing sweeping back to a round tip. Rub out the tummy line inside.
Tip Wide where it joins the body, narrow at the tip.
Step 4: Engine on the wing
Halfway along the wing, draw a pill engine over its bottom edge. Add a hub and 2 blades in front.
Step 5: Nose cone and propeller
On the nose tip, draw a half-dome from the top to the bottom. Add a hub and 2 paddle blades.
Step 6: Cockpit window
Behind the back eye, draw a half-dome window sitting on the top line like a hat. Add a shine curve.
Step 7: Fin and tail wing
Start on top near the tail. Draw a tall fin up and down to the tail. Add a tail wing.
Step 8: Stripe and cargo door
Start at the tail. Draw a long stripe under the smile, stopping at the nose. Add a cargo door.
Tip Make the door big: that is where the boxes go in.
Step 9: Fat wheels
Under the belly behind the nose, draw 2 fat round tyres side by side. Add a small hub in each.
Tip Cargo planes have fat tyres for bumpy runways.
Step 10: Cream tummy, sky window
Colour the tummy under the stripe cream and the cockpit window sky blue.
Step 11: Grey and tan parts
Colour the engine, propellers, nose cone and tyres grey, and the cargo door tan.
Step 12: Green plane
Colour the top, wing and fins green, around the door, window and engine. Leave the eyes white. All done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a cargo plane, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
