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How to Draw a Bicycle
Draw a bicycle 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: wheels, rims and hubs.
Step 1: Wheels, rims and hubs
Draw 2 big wheels near the bottom, a gap apart, on a road. Add a rim and hub in each.
Tip Trace round a cup so the wheels match.
Step 2: Fork and head tube
From the front hub, draw a fat stick up and back, stopping above the tyre. Add a pill on top.
Step 3: Chain wheel and pedal
Low between the wheels, draw a chain wheel, a crank and pedal, and a fat stick up to the pill.
Step 4: Top bar and post
From the pill, draw a fat stick straight back above the tyres. Add a tall stick up through its end.
Step 5: Back stays
From the tall stick, draw a fat stick down to the back hub. Add another from the chain wheel.
Step 6: Saddle
From the tall stick, draw a short post up. Add a chunky saddle: pointy front, fat back.
Step 7: Handlebar and bell
From the pill, draw a stick up, then a bar forward to a fat grip. Add a round bell.
Step 8: Basket
From the handlebar, hang 2 straps down to a pill rim. Add a bucket with 3 lines, above the tyre.
Step 9: Spokes
In each wheel, draw 3 straight lines through the hub from rim to rim, like cutting a pizza.
Step 10: Yellow bell, grey bits
Go over your lines. Colour the bell yellow, and the hubs, chain wheel and handlebar light grey.
Step 11: Tan basket, red frame
Colour the basket tan and every fat stick of the frame red.
Step 12: Brown saddle, dark tyres
Colour the saddle brown, and the tyres, grip, crank and pedal dark grey.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bicycle, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
