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Trucks come in all shapes and sizes -here are some of my favourite ones. Once you’ve mastered using simple shapes, have a go at sketching them instead. The first one to try is a snowplough / tipper truck.

You will need a piece of paper a rubber a black pen and a pencil.

First draw three circles to make wheels then join them together with a straight line. Now draw the curvy cab. Put a rectangle behind it at an angle. Add the shovel.

Add a rectangular window and draw four squares to look like panels as shown. Add some more lines to the back of the truck to show how it’s being tipped up. Now colour it in.

Now make a rough pencil sketch of your truck. Study the picture – can you see how some parts are made darker by using extra shading? Try it!

Build up the shading using layer after layer of soft pencil lines

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How_To_Draw_A_Steam_Train How to draw a steam train

Steam trains aren’t as hard to draw as you might think. Follow these steps and your train will soon be whistling away.

You will need a piece of paper a rubber a black pen and a pencil

Start with some wheels – draw two identical circles close together

To make the driver’s cab draw three sides of a tall rectangle on top of the wheel on the left.

Draw a long rectangle shape as shown to make the body – leave a curve in it where it meets the other wheel.

Steam trains need to be cleaned inside – so add a curve to make a dome-shaped door and use a tint rectangle for a handle.

Draw two little circles to the right of your big circles to make front wheels. 

Now add two arch-shaped windows to the cab.

Draw three rectangles along the top of your train. Put some small circles inside all the wheels then connect the front wheels to the tram using little rectangles and lines.

Draw some rods to link the wheels together. Then draw three thin stick shapes along the top of the train.

Add two semi-circles for steam domes and draw a big steam funnel. Study the picture on the left to see what else you could add – I’ve shaded the extra details green.

Add a bell and anything else you can think off then your train will be ready to go running down the track.

How To Draw A Steam Train

Ideas for a Train Party

If your son or daughter is really into trains then for a birthday party you could have Trains as a theme for the party. You will be organising therefore a Train Fancy Dress party. Each child coming to the party will be expected to dress up in train fancy dress. There are many Train fancy dress costumes available for children from fancy dress retailers and costume shops. Thomas the Tank engine costumes are especially popular. There are also many Train driver costumes available which can be an alternative if your child does not want to dress as a train. The train driver fancy dress costume would be likely to be less bulky than a train costume therefore allowing your child more movement when playing games. If you do not wish to buy a full costume you could perhaps make your own outfit. For example a homemade train driver costume would consist of an engineers baseball type cap, a bright red handkerchief tied around the neck and a pair of dungarees, simple yet effective.

Bihani train toys are a must for young boys of all ages. Have a look at what they are offering.

You will need a piece of paper a rubber a black pen and a pencil.

Draw two circles for wheels. Copy the cab and body you can see in the picture above. To make the sky lift sit a triangle on top of the body then add two diagonal lines. Draw a square dangling from the top.

Add some more details  – don’t forget the windows. Now colour in your picture – red of course!

Now draw the outline of your fire engine again in pencil. Make the lines very light at first – if you aren’t happy with the shape you can rub out the lines without leaving too many marks. Now add some shading.

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A digger looks like it could grab anything with its pincers – just like a crab.

You will need a piece of paper a rubber a black pen and a pencil.

Make a tyre by drawing a shape that looks like a squashed ring.

Draw a box shape to make the dipper’s cabin.

Add two curved lines as shown to make a second tyre.

Draw the digger’s arm in three sections – start with the section that’s attached to the cabin. Make the next section smaller and the third one smaller still.

Now add the pincers – imagine you are drawing a crab’s claw or Captain Hook’s hook Lastly draw a square on the cabin to make a window.

Add a bit of colour and your finished digger is ready for action

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You will need a piece of paper a rubber a black pen and a pencil.

Now let’s draw a cement mixer truck. The trickiest part is the cement mixer itself on the back of the truck.

It looks a bit like a diamond or an ice-cream cone lying down.

Start with three circles joined together by a straight line. Draw a cab with a sloping bonnet. Then starting above the middle wheel draw an eight-sided shape as shown – the sides are all different lengths.

Use this picture to help you add some more details to our cement mixer then colour it in.

Now try a pencil sketch of a cement mixer.

Draw a rough outline of your cement mixer first. When you are shading take a break every now and then so you can study your picture to see which parts need more work.

Try drawing pencil lines in one direction first then in another direction for the next layer

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Once you have mastered drawing a small truck  turning this into a bigger truck is easy. You need to stretch the truck’s body and make the cabin short and stubby.

You will need a piece of paper a rubber a black pen and a pencil.

Draw a longer line than the one you started for the small truck and put a longer rectangle on top of it.

Give the body of your truck some extra wheels then follow the steps below to draw the cabin.

You could colour in your truck like this.

How about turning your simple truck design into a shiny tanker?

Add the wheels then colour in /our tanker so it’s ready to speed off the page.

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