How to Draw a Garbage Truck

Step 1: Cab and frame

Start at the front. Draw up over the cab, then a flat frame back to the end. Add a bumper.

Tip The cab is one rounded hill; the frame behind is a thin flat shelf.

Step 2: Belly, arches and tyres

From the back, draw 2 rainbow arches and a flat belly, stopping at the nose. Add tyres, hubs and dots.

Tip The tyre hangs under the arch with a little air between.

Step 3: Big headlight eye

On the hood, draw a big round headlight eye, nearly as big as a tyre. Add a pupil and shines.

Step 4: Round-backed hopper

Behind the cab, draw a tall hopper, flat on top, with a big round back like a turtle shell.

Tip The hopper is the biggest box: taller than the cab, round at the back.

Step 5: Smile and cheek

Start under the eye. Draw a small U smile, stopping before the nose. Add a cheek behind the eye.

Step 6: Window and handle

From above the hood, draw a big window, back to the start. Add a pillar, shine and door handle.

Step 7: Seam and rib

From the end of the flat top, draw a line down to the frame. Add a rib across the front.

Tip The round back behind the seam is the tailgate that lifts up.

Step 8: Road and wheelie bin

From the bumper, draw a road past the back. Stand a bin on it, with a lid and 2 wheels.

Step 9: Lifting arm

Draw a tailgate bolt, a bar up to a round elbow, then down to a strap around the bin.

Step 10: Yellow light, pink cheek

Colour the headlight yellow around the pupil and shines, and the cheek pink.

Step 11: Sky window, grey parts

Colour the window sky blue, leaving the shine white. Colour the tailgate, bumper, handle, hubs, arm and bin grey.

Step 12: Green truck

Go over your lines. Colour the cab, frame and hopper green, around the eye, cheek, window, handle and tailgate.

Step 13: Black tyres

Colour the tyres black, around the grey hubs. Colour the bin wheels black too.