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How to Draw a Wheelbarrow
Draw a wheelbarrow 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 tray.
Step 1: The tray
A little above the middle draw a wide box, wider at the top than the bottom, like a bucket.
Tip Leave room on the right for the wheel and on the left for the handle.
Step 2: 2 big eyes
On the tray draw 2 big egg eyes one eye apart. Colour a big black dot in each.
Step 3: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a U smile from eye to eye, and a small oval cheek at each end.
Step 4: The wheel
Under the right end of the tray draw a big wheel circle touching the tray. Add a small hub circle.
Step 5: The handle
Start on the tray's lower left side. Draw 2 close lines back and up, joined with a round end.
Step 6: Leg and ground
From the tray's left end draw a leg down, across and back up. Add a long ground line under it.
Step 7: The frame bar
Start at the bottom of the leg. Draw a bar of 2 lines across to the middle of the wheel.
Step 8: A heap of soil
Start on the left of the tray's top. Draw a soft hill of soil and stop on the right.
Step 9: A little plant
Start on top of the heap. Draw a short stem up to 2 little leaves.
Step 10: Pink cheeks, green leaves
Colour the cheeks pink and the 2 little leaves green.
Step 11: Wood handle and leg
Colour the handle, leg and frame bar wood brown, and the soil heap brown.
Step 12: Green tray, black wheel
Leave the eyes white. Colour the tray green around eyes and cheeks, hub grey, wheel black. Ready to roll!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a wheelbarrow, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
