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How to Draw a Horse Carriage
Draw a horse carriage 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 cabin.
Step 1: The cabin
Across the middle of your paper draw a big box, wider than it is high, with rounded top corners.
Step 2: The roof
On top of the cabin draw a roof like a gentle hill, poking out a little past each top corner.
Step 3: Big and small wheels
Under the cabin draw 2 round wheels, big at the back, smaller at the front. Small circle in each middle.
Step 4: Door and windows
On the front half draw a door from the floor up and back down. Add 2 windows and a knob.
Step 5: The spokes
In each wheel draw 2 straight spokes making a cross, from rim to rim through the hub.
Step 6: Driver's bench
From the front wall draw a seat below the windows, a footboard at the floor and a slanting leg between.
Step 7: The step
Under the door draw a small flat step hanging from the floor, a little narrower than the door.
Step 8: The shaft
From the footboard draw 1 long pole out to the right for the horse, stopping before the edge.
Step 9: The lamp
From the front wall under the roof draw an arm, stopping a finger away. Hang a lantern with a cap.
Step 10: The ground
Start left of the big wheel and draw 1 long line to the right, touching the bottom of both wheels.
Step 11: Yellow wheels and lamp
Go over your lines. Colour the wheels and the lantern glass yellow, and the hubs grey.
Step 12: Blue windows, red cabin
Colour the windows sky blue, then the cabin red around them.
Step 13: Slate roof, brown shaft
Colour the roof, bench, step and lantern top and base slate grey. Colour the shaft brown.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a horse carriage, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
