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How to Draw a Gondola Lift
Draw a gondola lift in 10 easy steps, about 8 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 cabin.
Step 1: The cabin
In the middle of your paper draw a box a little wider than tall, with soft round corners.
Tip Leave lots of room above for the arm and cable.
Step 2: Brim roof
Start at the box's top right corner. Draw a flat rainbow roof with round ends to the top left corner.
Tip The roof sticks out at both ends like a hat brim.
Step 3: Two big eyes
On the front of the cabin draw 2 big round eyes a finger apart. Add a black dot and shine.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Start under the left eye, draw a U smile, stop under the right eye. Add 2 oval cheeks.
Step 5: Two windows
Beside the face draw a tall thin window at each edge of the box, with round corners.
Tip Leave a gap between each window and the face.
Step 6: Arm, wheel and cable
Draw a thick arm up from the roof to a round wheel. Rule a cable across, through the wheel's middle.
Tip The wheel rolls along the cable up the mountain.
Step 7: Snowy mountains
Along the bottom draw a zigzag of mountain peaks from edge to edge. Add snow caps on the 2 tallest.
Tip Leave a gap between the cabin and the peaks.
Step 8: Sky windows, stone mountains
Colour the 2 windows sky blue. Colour the mountains stone grey, leaving the snow caps white.
Step 9: Yellow roof, pink cheeks
Colour the roof yellow and the 2 cheeks pink.
Step 10: Grey arm, red cabin
Colour the arm and wheel grey. Colour the box red around the windows, eyes and cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a gondola lift, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
