How to Draw a Christmas Train
A Christmas train can be an enjoyable drawing project for children and adults alike, especially during the holiday season. You can draw a Christmas train by starting with a basic train body shapes and then adding Christmas decorations to it, or you can even make a Christmas train out of present-shaped boxcars. Christmas trains can have many different variations, so the creation of your train is limited only by your imagination.
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Things You'll Need
- Drawing paper
- Pencil or charcoal for sketching
- Colored pencils, markers or crayons
Instructions
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Access the Internet search engine of your choice.
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Navigate to a website offering free train drawing tutorials, such as DragoArt, Free Drawing Lessons or How To Draw Funny Cartoons.
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Select one of the train drawing tutorials. Some sites require a download to get the train drawing instructions, while others do not.
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Sketch the basics shapes of the Christmas train according to the chosen tutorial, beginning with the rectangles for the boxcars and the engine and circles for the wheels.
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Sketch in the Christmas train details such as the windows -- squares -- and the chimney part of the locomotive top -- an inverted triangle.
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Sketch the Christmas train details of your choice. You can make the boxcars into wrapped presents, complete with bows, or you can add details such as wreaths, candy canes or even Santa Claus and his elves to the train to imbue it with Christmas spirit.
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Tips & Warnings
Use traditional Christmas colors such as red, green gold and silver to add to the Christmas look and feel of your train.
References
Resources
- Photo Credit train image by cherie from Fotolia.com
