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How to Draw a Penny-Farthing
Draw a penny-farthing 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: one huge wheel.
Step 1: One huge wheel
Low on the left, draw a huge wheel half the page tall, with a rim circle and a hub dot.
Tip Trace round a saucer. Leave room on the right for a tiny wheel.
Step 2: The road
Under the wheel draw a long flat road line from the left side to the right side.
Step 3: Spokes
In the wheel draw 3 straight lines through the hub, rim to rim, like cutting a pizza into 6.
Step 4: Crank and pedal
From the hub draw a fat stick straight out to the left. End it with a small flat pedal.
Step 5: The other pedal
From the hub draw a second fat stick straight out to the right, ending in another flat pedal.
Step 6: The fork
From the hub draw 2 fat sticks up past the tyre, then join their tops with a fat pill.
Tip The 2 sticks hold the wheel between them.
Step 7: Post and handlebar
From the middle of the pill draw a short thin post up, bending over to the left into a handlebar.
Step 8: The frame
From the back of the pill draw a long stick curving round the big wheel, stopping above the road.
Tip The frame curls round the big wheel like a question mark.
Step 9: Saddle
On the frame behind the handlebar draw a chunky saddle: a pointy front and a round hump at the back.
Tip The saddle sits way up high, like a slice of bread.
Step 10: Little wheel
Round the frame's end draw a tiny wheel on the road, with a rim circle and a hub dot.
Step 11: Little wheel spokes
In the little wheel draw 2 lines through the hub, crossing like a plus sign. Stop at the frame.
Step 12: Grey hubs, red frame
Go over your lines. Colour the 2 hubs light grey, then the fork, pill, post and long frame red.
Step 13: Brown saddle, dark tyres
Colour the saddle brown. Colour the tyres, cranks, pedals and handlebar dark grey, around the red frame.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a penny-farthing, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
