How to Draw a Ferrari

Now you’ll learn how to draw a Ferrari step by step, and in true DrawCarz tradition, we’ll illustrate the supercar’s side profile.

We will try to make this tutorial as simple as possible so that any of our readers can illustrate this luxury and fast supercar.

This guide will essentially be our basic Ferrari drawing tutorial, where we will talk about the most important details and design solutions inherent to this brand.

How to draw a Ferrari: step-by-step tutorial

Step 1 – Build the skeleton of the supercar body

To make it easier to sketch a Ferrari with a pencil, you must first outline the skeleton of the sports car. Such a framework allows you to maintain correct proportions. Later we will add the aerodynamic contours typical of Italian car design, but in the initial steps we should only outline the car’s flat and smooth body.

Step 2 – Sketch the main exterior features of the Ferrari

Now, let’s start drawing the Ferrari’s most important details. Starting from the bumper, sketch the headlamp, windows, mirror, and two round wheels. These elements define the silhouette, and already at this stage it is important to think about the overall proportions, as professional automotive artists do in their early concept sketches.

Step 3 – Trace the headlamp, hood lines, and front bumper details

Sketch the headlamp, hood (or bonnet, if you live in UK), and bumper lines. You can already use darker pencils or a marker. The hood should be divided with smooth and flowing lines. Add detail to the bumper with a wide central intake. Outline the sharp shape of the headlamp with integrated LED strips, a typical feature of modern Ferrari design.

Step 4 – Draw the flat roofline of the Ferrari

With light and confident movements, sketch the flowing roof of the Ferrari. It should look stretched and almost horizontal. Smoothly connect the roof with the rear section, forming the fastback profile seen on models like the 458 Italia and 488 GTB. At this stage also outline the windshield and side windows.

Step 5 – Draw the Ferrari rear section in detail

The roof smoothly flows into the rear. Trace the rear of the sports car, making it darker and smoother, erasing extra guidelines. Trace the neat tail lamp and the massive rear bumper. You can also add a wide diffuser to the bumper and mark the exhaust outlets.

Step 6 – Detail the door and side design lines

Add the prominent crease starting near the front fender and flowing toward the rear wheel arch. Ferrari uses this line to visually stretch the body. Behind the door, draw the large air intake opening that channels air to the engine bay, a defining feature of mid-engined Ferraris. Shape the door and align the side skirts with the lower contour.

Step 7 – Draw the wheels and Ferrari rims

Outline the tires with a thin low-profile, like those of Pirelli or Michelin high-performance sports tires. Keep the lines smooth and clean. Ferrari rims often have a star-shaped or split-spoke design with a central hub cap featuring the prancing horse emblem. Mark the wheel wells with slight curvature.

Step 8 – Add hatching to create volume

To give the Ferrari volume, add shading with hatching. Darken under the body, especially beneath the sills and inside the wheel arches. Add shadows to the hood creases and around the intakes. Show reflections on the glass surfaces to complete the drawing.

Ferrari Video Tutorial

Ferrari design features

In this tutorial we showed how to draw a Ferrari – a truly legendary car that captured the hearts of millions of people around the world.

This recognition comes not only from its performance but also from the elegance of its bodywork, which has become a benchmark in automotive design schools worldwide.

The design and power of this car impressed our artists and editors, even though we actually prefer Lamborghini cars more. By the way, don’t forget to visit our Lamborghini drawing tutorial.

As you can see, we love sports cars and supercars, and we plan to create a large number of similar tutorials.

Ferrari models differ greatly from other brands. They have distinctive features that define the brand’s identity and draw attention even from people who don’t usually notice cars.

These features include the unmistakable round taillights, the mid-engine side intakes, and the low, flowing hood line, elements that remain consistent even as the technology and regulations evolve.

Using the recommendations from this guide, you can draw other Ferrari variants, such as a Ferrari 488 Spider.

The same approach works equally well for other icons of the marque, like the Ferrari F8 Tributo or the 458 Italia, since their proportions and styling cues follow a shared design DNA.

To adapt your sketch to another Ferrari model, you can start by changing the proportions of the front and rear overhangs, since some models have a longer nose or a shorter tail.

The headlights can also be redrawn in a different shape – narrower and more aggressive for the 458 Italia, or with more vertical cutouts for the F8 Tributo.

By slightly altering the roofline, you can shift the drawing from a coupe to a convertible Spider version, while adjusting the side intakes and rim designs will further refine the resemblance to a specific model.

To learn more about sketching cars of this type, be sure to check out our sports car drawing tutorial, where we demonstrate universal principles that apply to any car in this body style.

Any car drawing looks better when colored with pencils. So you can add red or any other color to your supercar. To train your coloring skills, visit our coloring pages category.

You can also add a road and a background to make your Ferrari sketch look like a complete picture.