How to Draw a Lamborghini Countach

Do you love Lamborghini as well as the team of DrawCarz.com? If so, you will like this tutorial on how to draw a Lamborghini Countach!

Why precisely Lamborghini Countach? Because it is truly a legendary supercar, which is literally the face of an entire era of the automotive industry.

It is difficult to imagine the entourage of the 80s without strange hairstyles, unusual costumes, and even wilder and more unusual Lamborghini Countach.

This car has a lot of versions, for example coupe or convertible, and all these versions can be drawing using this tutorial.

How to draw a Lamborghini Countach: step-by-step tutorial

Step 1 – Outline the wedge-shaped body of the Lamborghini

We start by designing the general contours of our old school sports car. To keep proportions accurate, sketch a large polygon that will contain the body of the car. Draw a long baseline for the ground, then add the slanted lines of the hood and the top lines of the roof, using light and almost invisible lines. Try to convey the angular shape of your Lamborghini.

Step 2 – Mark the headlights, arches, mirror, spoiler

To sketch the front, draw narrow rectangles for the headlights on the sloped hood surface. Add the wheel arches with broad arcs, but keep their tops slightly flattened rather than round. On the side pillar, place a small angular mirror. At the back, sketch the spoiler using two parallel slanted lines. Keep these shapes simple.

Step 3 – Define the front of the Lamborghini Countach

In the front of the Lamborghini Countach draw the bumper and the contours of the headlamps. Outline a long, low rectangle for the bumper with a thin bottom lip. Divide it into sections for lights and intakes, leaving slim vertical ribs. On the side, sketch the door outline. Remember that the Countach body is made up of distinct planes, so you can use small shifts in thickness rather than curves.

Step 4 – Ink the Lamborghini’s lower bumper and lighting units

Starting from this stage we will make the lines dark and crisp. To lock in the lower front, darken the bottom edge of the bumper and sketch the small rectangular fog lamps and turn signals. Strengthen the outline of the lip. This is a sports car from 70s, so the lines of of front should be very angular and aerodynamic.

Step 5 – Detail the hood and pop-up headlight covers

To highlight the wedge shape, draw the long straight edges of the hood. Place the covers of the pop-up headlights as squares or rectangles on the hood surface. Add narrow gaps to show the panel lines. Where the hood changes planes, use crisp breaks rather than curves. Watch the perspective carefully: the far edge should look shorter and lighter.

Step 6 – Draw the windshield, roof, side window, mirror, spoiler

To build the cabin, sketch the windshield as a trapezoid, with the roofline drawn short and nearly horizontal. Divide the side window into two sections: the larger top part and the shorter bottom panel. Shape the mirror as a wedge attached by a slim stalk. Indicate the spoiler as a thin, flat plate on narrow supports. Again, use a lot of straight and angular lines.

Step 7 – Draw the Lamborghini Countach door

Pass to the lateral surface of our Lamborghini Countach. To finish the side, trace the door outline, then draw the signature side intake as a long rectangular opening in front of the rear wheel. Adjust the wheel arches, flattening the tops a bit to make them angular. Strengthen the rocker line along the bottom. Now carefully erase extra guides inside the arches, wheel centers, and across the hood and roof. Keep only the main contours and technical seams.

Step 8 – Draw the wheels and period-correct rims of your Lambo

Now draw large wheels and old school rims of our sports car. These rims were popular in the 70s – 80s of the XX century. Build the wheels as clean circles (or slight ellipses in perspective). Keep the tires moderately thick with smooth outer curves. For the rims, sketch the classic 1970s Countach style: a central hub, several large round or polygonal holes, and bold spokes between them.

Step 9 – Shade the major planes and indicate highlights

Now it’s time for the shadows. To show volume without color, distribute shadows across the main planes: under the bumper, inside the intakes, along the rocker, and inside the wheel arches. On the glass, add diagonal highlight bands, leaving clean white strips. Shade the tires using a uniform hatching. You can also draw a firm shadow under the car. Use hatching that follows each surface and keep it light so the wedge shape remains visible.

How to Draw a Lamborghini Countach: Video Tutorial

The body was designed in the 1970s and 1980s, a period when wedge shapes and sharp planes were central to sports car design.

Unlike modern cars with smoother contours, the Countach have a lot of straight lines, sudden breaks, and flat surfaces that must be drawn using straight or almost straight lines.

If the sketch drifts toward rounded edges, the overall impression will lose the strict and futuristic style that was characteristic of that era.

Another important aspect is proportion. The Countach sits extremely low and wide, with a cabin that seems almost compressed between the front and rear sections.

Illustrating this low stance by keeping the roof short and the wheel arches bold helps maintain the convey silhouette.

Finally, don’t forget about the mechanical details typical of late 70s–80s sports cars. The pop-up headlights, deep intakes, flat spoiler, and period-specific wheels are not just accessories but integral parts of the design.

By drawing these features and respecting the angular language of the Lamborghini Countach, the finished drawing will feel consistent with its era and and very recognizable.

So, the lesson on how to draw a Lamborghini Countach was quite complicated, but the result is worth it because at the end of the tutorial we got a pretty cool Lamborghini drawing.

When it comes to such cool cars as Lamborghini, we involuntarily start drooling and dreaming that someday we will become proud owners of this really cool car.

If you just remember about taxes, insurance, repairs, and other headaches, it immediately becomes a bit easier.

But it’s quite another matter with the drawn car because there is a car in front of us, but there is no headache.