How to Draw a Highway

Step 1: The road

Draw a big shape with a wide flat bottom and a narrow flat top, like a road going far away.

Tip The sides lean in towards each other. Use a ruler if you like.

Step 2: The horizon

Start near the left edge. Draw a flat line and stop at the road's top corner. Repeat on the right.

Tip This is where the land meets the sky.

Step 3: The middle strip

Up the middle of the road draw a long thin strip, wide at the bottom and tiny at the top.

Tip Cars on each side of the strip drive in opposite directions.

Step 4: Left lane dashes

Halfway across the left side of the road draw 3 dashes. Make each one smaller as they go further away.

Tip Smaller dashes make the road look very long.

Step 5: Right lane dashes

Draw 3 matching dashes on the right side of the road, big at the bottom, small at the top.

Tip Line each one up with the dash across the road.

Step 6: Two hills

Start on the left horizon. Draw a round hill and stop on the horizon. Add a lower one further right.

Step 7: The road sign

On the right draw a big box above the grass, standing on 2 thin posts.

Tip Rub out the hill and the horizon line inside the sign.

Step 8: The arrow

In the middle of the sign draw a fat arrow pointing straight up.

Step 9: The sun

In the top left, above the big hill, draw a round sun with 8 short rays.

Step 10: Yellow sun, blue sky

Colour the sun yellow. Colour the sky light blue, around the sun, the hills and the sign.

Step 11: Green grass

Colour the grass and the middle strip light green. Colour the 2 hills dark green.

Step 12: Blue sign

Colour the sign blue, around the arrow. Leave the arrow white. Colour the 2 posts grey.

Step 13: Grey road

Colour the road dark grey, around the dashes. Leave them white. Your highway is done!