How to Draw a Delivery Truck
With this step by step tutorial you will learn how to draw a delivery truck, a specially equipped truck that is designed for the transportation and delivery of goods.
This type of transport is used to deliver various small cargoes. For example, a truck can deliver food and other goods within the same city. The delivery truck has a driver’s cab and an all-metal cargo compartment.
In this fun tutorial, the team of our site will show you how to draw a delivery truck. The picture shows a truck that a novice artist can easily draw. If you have already visited our tutorials on how to draw trucks before, then you can easily follow this guide.
How to draw a delivery truck: step-by-step tutorial
Step 1 – Sketch the cab with a horizontal cargo base
Place a clean horizontal baseline to set the overall length of the truck. From this line, outline the cab using simple straight segments, keeping the front slightly angled and the roof flat. The cab should be compact and simple. Maintain crisp geometry.
Step 2 – Draw the cargo box behind delivery truck cab
Add the cargo compartment as a large, even rectangle directly connected to the rear edge of the cab. Make sure the top and bottom lines stay parallel and the rear edge is perfectly vertical. This box represents a standard closed delivery body.
Step 3 – Form the circular tires and rims
Place one wheel under the cab and another beneath the rear portion of the cargo box. Each wheel should consist of three centered circles: the tire, the rim, and the hub. Ensure both wheels match in size and alignment so the truck sits evenly on the ground line.
Step 4 – Illustrate the delivery truck bumpers and lights
Add the simple rectangular components that form the front bumper, rear bumper, and both front and rear lights. These shapes should stay sharp and simple. Keep the lights above the bumper level in the front and rear.
Step 5 – Draw the window on delivery truck cab
Place the side window by outlining a clean quadrilateral with a slightly angled front edge. Keep the lower edge of the window above the midpoint of the cab.
Step 6 – Draw the delivery truck door and mirror
Add the door by following the window’s shape and placing its vertical edges. Sketch the bottom curved line above the wheel. Then include a small side mirror on a thin support and finish with a simple door handle.
Step 7 – Erase the guides, refine the truck contours
Cleanly remove all construction lines that break through the cab, cargo box, and wheel shapes. Strengthen the final outline using smooth, dark strokes to unify the drawing. Check the alignment of the wheels, the straightness of the box, and the consistency of all angles.
This delivery truck was very simple, and we think it was very simple. If everything worked out well the first time and you are completely satisfied with the result of the work, then you can proceed with the following lessons, which are presented on this site.
In this lesson, we covered only one version of a delivery truck, focusing on the general principles needed to draw this type of vehicle.
It’s important to remember that a delivery truck is essentially any truck used for transporting goods, so in a broader sense almost any truck can be considered a delivery truck.
In our case, however, we drew the classic closed-body delivery vehicle, which has several defining features.
Most delivery trucks are mid-sized vehicles with an enclosed cargo area designed to hold a large number of small packages.
And this is where the variety begins. Delivery trucks are produced by many different companies – from Ford to Suzuki and many others that manufacture this body type.
Despite this diversity, they still share common structural traits because they are built for the same purpose.
Using this lesson, you can draw almost any other brand or variation of a delivery truck. For additional practice, you can try illustrating the same vehicle from another angle, adding more details, delivery-related lettering, or more complex shading and midtones.
Another effective way to make your drawing more unique is to add color. We intentionally left this step to you.
Delivery trucks can be colored in almost any shade, but they most commonly appear in white with colored logos, stripes, or panels indicating the delivery company or the type of cargo being transported.
For more detailed color practice with this body type, visit our truck coloring pages collection, where, along with the printables themselves, we’ve included our own notes on how to color trucks, which palettes work best, and how to make the final result more dimensional and realistic.
