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How to Draw a Wheel Loader
Draw a wheel loader in 11 easy steps, about 8 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
Above the middle, draw a tall box with soft corners for the cab. Add a thin roof poking out.
Tip The cab goes in the middle: engine behind, bucket in front.
Step 2: The round face
In the cab, draw a BIG circle, half as tall as the cab, on its right half.
Step 3: Big eyes and smile
In the circle, draw 2 big eyes with black dots and white shines, and a wide smile under them.
Step 4: Window, engine, pipe
Left of the face, draw a window. Behind the cab, add a low engine with 3 lines and a pipe.
Step 5: Base and big tyres
Under the cab and engine, draw a long base, then 2 BIG tyres over it with hubs. Add the ground.
Tip Big rubber tyres, not tracks: that makes it a wheel loader.
Step 6: Tyre treads
Around each tyre, draw 6 short lines pointing in from the edge, evenly spaced like a clock.
Step 7: The lift arm
From the cab, draw a fat arm curving down to the right. Add a short post under it.
Tip The arm comes down low, so the bucket sits near the ground.
Step 8: The bucket
At the end of the arm, near the ground, draw a wide scoop with a round back and flat bottom.
Step 9: Yellow loader, white face
Colour the cab, engine, base, arm and post yellow, going round the window. Leave the face white.
Step 10: Sky window, rosy cheeks
Colour the window sky blue and give the face 2 rosy pink cheeks.
Step 11: Grey bucket, slate tyres
Colour the bucket, roof and pipe grey, and the tyres dark slate, leaving the hubs white. Ready to scoop!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a wheel loader, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
