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How to Draw a Hovercraft
Draw a hovercraft in 12 easy steps, about 9 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 skirt.
Step 1: The skirt
Below the middle, draw a long puffy cushion lying flat, like a fat pillow. Add a seam line along it.
Tip The hovercraft floats on this fat air-filled skirt, so make it puffy.
Step 2: The deck
On top of the skirt, draw a thin flat box from end to end, a little narrower than the skirt.
Step 3: The cabin
On the right half of the deck, draw a cabin: straight up, across, then slope down the front.
Step 4: Windows, door and light
In the cabin, draw a tall door, a square window, a slanted window and a small front light.
Step 5: The fan cage
On the left half of the deck, draw a big circle standing up, with a smaller circle inside it.
Step 6: Fan blades
Inside the cage, draw 3 fat leaf blades spreading out from the hub like a pinwheel.
Step 7: Strut and fins
Under the cage, draw a short block joining it to the deck. Draw a thin fin peeking out each side.
Tip Keep each fin thin, and lower than the top of the cage.
Step 8: The waves
Under the skirt, draw 2 rows of wave bumps right across the paper.
Step 9: Sun and cloud
Near the top left, draw a small sun with 8 short rays, and a puffy cloud near the top right.
Step 10: Sky windows, yellow sun
Colour the windows sky blue, and the sun and the front light yellow.
Step 11: Grey cage, blue sea
Colour the fan cage, blades, strut, fins and door grey. Colour the sea blue from the waves down.
Step 12: Red body, black skirt
Colour the cabin and deck red around the windows, door and light. Colour the skirt black.
Tip Your hovercraft is ready to whoosh over the water!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a hovercraft, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
