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How to Draw a Metro Train

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw a metro train in 14 easy steps, about 11 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 platform edge.

Step 1: The platform edge
Below the middle, rule a long line. Start near the left side and stop near the right side.
Tip Use a ruler if you like. The train stops beside this edge.
Step 2: The long car
Start on the line. Go up, across a flat roof, down a sloping front, and stop on the line.
Tip Round the 2 top corners.
Step 3: The roof strip
Start at the back, just under the roof. Rule a line across and stop at the sloping front.
Step 4: Two wide doors
Draw 2 tall doors standing on the platform line. Rule a line down the middle of each.
Step 5: The skirt line
Low on the train rule a line. Start at the back, skip over each door, and stop at the front.
Step 6: Two side windows
Draw a wide window behind the first door, and another between the 2 doors.
Tip Keep the window tops level.
Step 7: The driver's window
In front of the second door draw a window with a slanted front, like the nose.
Step 8: Door windows
Draw 2 tall narrow windows in each door, one on each side of the middle line.
Step 9: Headlight and buffer
Near the front draw a round headlight. Start low on the nose, draw a small buffer down to the platform.
Step 10: The safety line
Just under the platform edge, rule a second long line. Start at the left and stop at the right.
Step 11: Yellow light and line
Colour the headlight yellow. Colour the long strip on the platform yellow.
Step 12: Blue windows
Colour all 7 windows light blue.
Step 13: Grey doors and platform
Colour the 2 doors light grey around their windows. Colour the platform floor grey too.
Step 14: A red train
Colour the roof strip, the skirt and the buffer dark grey. Colour the rest of the train red.