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How to Draw a Double-Decker Bus

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a double-decker bus in 13 easy steps, about 10 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: tall loaf.

Step 1: Tall loaf
Start low on the left. Go up, along a long flat roof, down the back. Stop level with the start.
Tip A tall upside-down U, nearly as tall as it is long: 2 floors.
Step 2: Floor and wheel bumps
Start at the bottom of the front. Draw the floor back with 2 rainbow bumps, up to the back wall.
Step 3: Headlight eye
Low on the front, draw a big round headlight eye with a black dot and shines. Leave it white.
Step 4: Smile and bumper
Under the eye, draw a smile from near the front to past the eye. Add a front bumper below.
Step 5: Two fat tyres
Under each bump, draw a big circle for a tyre. Let its top follow the bump, with no gap.
Step 6: Big windscreen
Start a finger in from the front, above the headlight. Draw a window following the corner, back to the start.
Step 7: Two side windows
A finger behind the windscreen, draw a chunky rounded window as tall as it. Add a longer one behind.
Tip Two big windows, not lots of little ones.
Step 8: Upstairs windows
Above the windscreen, draw a second front window following the roof. Add 2 more upstairs windows above the downstairs ones.
Tip Keep a finger of body between the 2 rows: that is the floor.
Step 9: Deck line and trim
Start at the back under the upstairs windows. Rule a line across to the front. Same under the downstairs windows.
Step 10: Doors and tail light
Between the tyres, draw 2 door lines from the trim down to the floor. Add a handle and tail light.
Step 11: Hubcaps and road
Add a hubcap circle in each tyre. Then draw a long straight road line under both tyres, touching their bottoms.
Step 12: Sky windows, yellow light
Colour all the windows sky blue, leaving a little shine white. Colour the tail light yellow.
Step 13: Red bus, black tyres
Colour the bus red, around the windows and lights. Colour the tyres black. Leave the bumper, handle and hubcaps white.