How to Draw a Vintage Truck

Step 1: Hood, cab and bed

Start low left. Go up, along the hood, over the cab, along the bed, and stop low right.

Tip The cab is a tall box with a flat front, like a phone booth.

Step 2: Two humped fenders

Over each wheel spot draw a fat rainbow band standing out from the body, closed at both ends.

Step 3: Big headlight eye

On the side of the hood draw a big headlamp eye. Colour a pupil in it, leaving a white dot.

Step 4: Tyres and belly

Draw a fat tyre with a hub under each fender. From the front, a belly line back to the bed.

Step 5: Smile, cheek and cap

Draw a cheek under the eye. Start beside it, draw a U smile ending near the front. Add a cap.

Step 6: Two windows

Inside the cab draw 2 tall windows: a flat windscreen in front and a narrower side window behind.

Step 7: Wooden sides

Start by the cab. Draw a rail up, along, down to the bed. Add 3 posts and a middle rail.

Tip Like a little fence on the back, for hay and crates.

Step 8: Running board and handle

Between the fenders draw a flat plank under the body, for climbing in. Add a pill handle on the door.

Step 9: Road, pipe and shine

Start in front. Draw a road line under both tyres, stopping past the bed. Add a pipe and a shine.

Step 10: Yellow lamp, grey bits

Colour the headlamp yellow around the pupil. Colour the handle, pipe and hubs grey.

Step 11: Wood sides, sky windows

Colour the wooden sides, running board and cap wood brown. Colour both windows sky blue, leaving the shine white.

Step 12: Colour the truck red

Colour the cheek pink. Colour the hood, cab and bed red, around the windows, eye, cheek and handle.

Step 13: Black fenders and tyres

Colour the fenders and tyres black, going around the grey hubs. Add a black dot in each hub.