Drawing a simple car is very easy but drawing a realistic one can be very difficult. Artists and designers use their imagination to draw something that is unique and different from others. These days you get various books and article on the internet that can give you some easy tips through which you can draw any object that you desire, even if you are not very talented in the field of drawing.
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Drawing a simple car is very easy but drawing a realistic one can be very difficult. Artists and designers use their imagination to draw something that is unique and different from others. These days you get various books and article on the internet that can give you some easy tips through which you can draw any object that you desire, even if you are not very talented in the field of drawing.

Now I won't give away all the secrets I learned in the how to draw a car step by step guide, but here are some that you might find useful.

1. The journey is the destination - Too man people get all stressed about drawing cars that they do some really crappy drawings and give up. Take your time and relax, just enjoy the process and focus on improving... that's all! Before you know it, you will have some killer hand eye co-ordination and will be drawing cars like a pro.

2. Divide your drawing into parts - A very good way through which you can draw complicated things easily is by dividing them into different parts. The same thing you can do while drawing cars also, you can even use different colors for different parts of the car. The top portion can be drawn in red while the bottom can be completed in black ink.

3. Sketch first - Light pencil lines off the car you want to draw are perfect to get started, this will allow you to add new lines and rub wrong lines out as you progress with your image. Once you are perfectly happy with the way things look, then you may simply start cleaning it all up and making stronger lines and shading areas that need it.

4. Don't give up on yourself - The biggest mistake however is when people give up too quickly. If you take a look at one of your drawings while your doing it and decide it looks terrible and scrap it, your never going to learn how to correct your mistakes. Take your time and fix things up and train your brain to draw the right line every time. It takes time, but eventually you will get faster and faster until you know how to draw a car on paper in a very short time.

5. Use a picture as a guide - Drawing a car free hand is very hard work. I am not suggesting you start tracing images, but simply use an image out of a magazine or on a poster for inspiration and a visual aid. Doing this will give you a reference point and allow you to get the final image as realistic as possible.

Doing all these steps without someone to show exactly how it's done is hard, but going to art lessons can be expensive and time consuming. However, there is a guide that can speed this up for you.

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