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How to Draw a Stagecoach

12 steps · Medium · about 9 min

Draw a stagecoach 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: coach cab.

Step 1: Coach cab
In the middle, draw a tall wide box with a flat top and a curved bowl bottom.
Tip The bottom is a gentle bowl, not a flat line.
Step 2: Roof rail
On top of the cab, draw a thin flat rail that sticks out a little past each end.
Tip The rail is thin, like a ruler lying flat.
Step 3: Two wheels
Under the cab, draw a big back wheel and a smaller front wheel. Add a small hub circle in each.
Tip Both wheels touch the same ground, so the small one sits lower.
Step 4: The spokes
In each wheel, draw 3 straight spokes through the hub, like a star with 6 arms.
Step 5: Door and windows
In the middle of the cab, draw a tall door with a round top. Add a small window each side.
Step 6: The shaft
Start behind the small wheel, just under its top, and draw a long thin bar out past the front.
Tip One level bar: it becomes the shaft the horses pull.
Step 7: Luggage trunk
On the back half of the rail, draw a rounded box trunk. Add 1 strap line down its middle.
Step 8: Driver's bench
On the front half of the rail, draw a low L-shaped bench with its back at the left end.
Tip The seat and its back are one shape, like a chair seen from the side.
Step 9: The ground
Start a little left of the big wheel. Draw a straight line touching both wheels and stop under the shaft.
Step 10: Yellow wheels
Go over your lines. Colour both wheels yellow around the hubs, and the roof rail and shaft yellow too.
Step 11: Sky windows, red cab
Colour the 2 windows sky blue. Colour the cab and door red, around the windows and wheels.
Step 12: Brown trunk, grey hubs
Colour the trunk and bench brown, leaving the strap line showing. Colour the hubs grey.