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How to Draw a Telehandler
Draw a telehandler 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 cab.
Step 1: The cab
In the middle of your paper draw a box a little wider than tall, with soft top corners.
Tip Leave room below for wheels and in front for the crate.
Step 2: Flat roof
Draw a thin flat roof on the box, a bit wider than it. Start and stop at the top corners.
Tip It sticks out only a little at each end.
Step 3: The round face
On the right end of the box draw a BIG circle nearly as tall as the box for the face.
Step 4: Big eyes and smile
Draw 2 big round eyes. Start under the left eye and draw a U smile to the right.
Step 5: The big window
Behind the face draw one big window with round corners, nearly as tall as the face.
Step 6: Engine box and boom
Behind the cab draw an engine box with a tall post. From it draw a thick boom over the cab.
Tip The boom leans over the cab without touching it, like a telescope.
Step 7: Fork and crate
At the boom tip draw a short plate with a flat fork sticking forward. Stand a square crate on it.
Step 8: Chassis and wheels
Start at the engine box's bottom left. Draw a strip under everything, ending under the cab. Add 2 fat wheels.
Tip The tops of the big wheels hide behind the strip.
Step 9: The ground
Draw one long ground line under the wheels from edge to edge.
Step 10: Window and cheeks
Colour the window sky blue. Add 2 pink cheeks, keeping the face white.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Green cab, wood crate
Colour the cab, roof, engine box and boom green, around the window and face. Colour the crate wood brown.
Step 12: Grey wheels and fork
Colour the chassis, wheels, plate and fork dark grey, leaving the hubs white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a telehandler, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
