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How to Draw a Generator
Draw a generator 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: the big box.
Step 1: The big box
Draw a big box with round corners, wider than tall. Leave room below for wheels.
Tip Make the top corners rounder than the bottom ones.
Step 2: The fuel tank
Start on the left edge, a third of the way down. Draw a line across. Stop on the right edge.
Step 3: The cap
Start on the top edge, left of the middle. Draw a little flat bump and stop back on the edge.
Step 4: The frame
Under the line draw a big U, a finger inside the box edge. Start and stop on the line.
Tip Round the 2 bottom corners of the U.
Step 5: Lightning bolt
In the middle of the tank draw a zigzag lightning bolt, down to a point and back up.
Step 6: Control panel
Inside the U, on the right, draw a box for the control panel.
Step 7: Socket and switch
In the panel draw a circle with 2 short lines for a socket. Beside it draw a tall switch.
Step 8: Air vents
Inside the U, on the left, draw 3 long thin slots, one under the other.
Tip Give each slot round ends, like a sausage.
Step 9: Two wheels
At each bottom corner draw a round wheel, half below the box, with a small circle in the middle.
Tip Rub out the box line inside each wheel.
Step 10: The ground
Draw a ground line under the wheels, from side to side.
Step 11: Yellow bolt
Colour the lightning bolt, the socket and the switch yellow.
Step 12: Red tank, grey engine
Colour the tank red around the bolt. Colour the middle and wheel centres grey, around the socket and switch.
Step 13: Dark frame and tyres
Colour the frame and the cap dark grey and the tyres black. Your generator is ready!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a generator, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
