How to Draw a Ford Model T

The team of DrawCarz welcomes you on the first guide of the site, where we will show you how to draw a Ford Model-T step by step.

And the very first car on our site is the legendary Ford Model T not by the accident, because it is the first car that was released in millions of copies.

This classic car was produced for quite a long time and has many varieties, which you can also reproduce by changing the necessary parts.

How to draw a Ford Model T: step-by-step tutorial

Step 1 – Outline the main shape of the Ford Model-T

This classic is very angular. It means that in this tutorial we will use a lot of straight or almost straight lines. The first step is fairly easy. All you have to do is make an angular shape for the vehicle. The body of this old car consists of a rectangular lower part and a square upper part. Try to repeat exactly as shown in our first illustration.

Step 2 – Sketch the wheels, windows, and headlights

On the shape from the previous step, sketch the tires, old-fashioned arches (which should be separate from the body of the Model T), and circle headlamps. At the top of our good old Ford Model T add the square windows. All these lines should be performed with very light lines, to make adjustments easier.

Step 3 – Detail the front part of your Model-T

At the “nose” area of your Ford Model T, carefully add the grille, as a large five-angle shape. After that, sketch the vertical bars of the grille using a series of straight lines. On the sides of the grille, detail the round headlamps. This shape is very common in for the first car in automotive design history.

Step 4 – Draw the classic hood and arches

Here, detail the projecting wheel arches. They should be very smooth and symmetrical, starting from the front and moving to the cabin area. Next, draw the straight hood of your Ford Model T. After that, on the lateral side of the hood (the fact is that the hood of this car opens from the side) sketch vertical lines of the air intake. This blocked shape is also very common for the cars from the early twentieth century.

Step 5 – Detail the upper cabin of the Ford Model-T

Now, trace the cabin of the old car. As you can see, this car still has a lot in common with a carriage. Draw out the outlines of the square windows and the roof. Because the technology of those years was very simple, windows could only be straight, so use mostly straight lines. Clean the draft with an eraser, removing unnecessary lines.

Step 6 – Detail the lower part of the cabin

It’s time to shape the lower part of the cabin, tracing this area using more dark and bold lines. To finish creating the car cabin (in the case of this super old school car, it is literally a cabin), add the door with straight or slightly curved lines and shapes. Don’t forget to sketch the car handle, that looks more like a simple rectangle on the door.

Step 7 – Draw out the thin wheels

Now, draw out the bottom edge of the Ford Model T and the rear wheel arch. To illustrate the wheels, outline their shape. To convey the perspective, make the rear wheel smaller than the front ones. Also, don’t forget, that in the oldest cars, the wheels were very thin, because of technologies and horse carriage heritage. From this point of view, the wheels look like ovals.

Step 8 – Add the classic thin spokes

Old cars, like this Ford Model T, had rims similar to those on old carriages. So illustrative them as straight lines radiating out from the center of the edges. You can make them more detailed, adding more spokes, or illustrate simplified old-fashioned rims.

Step 9 – Draw the shadows

Our drawing of a vintage Ford car is almost complete. It remains only to make this classic car look more three-dimensional. To do this, add hatching to the lower sides of the wheel arches and other places where light does not reach the surface of the car. To make the old Ford look even more realistic, add highlights to the surface of the windows with long and straight strokes.

Ford Model-T Video Tutorial

Ford Motel T drawing basics

Ford T was the first truly popular car on the planet. Once it was theirs very car that spurred America’s economy.

It was the Ford Model T that forced the authorities in 1909 to go on an unprecedented experiment: to build a concrete mile-long section on Woodward Avenue in Detroit.

This was the beginning of the mass construction of roads. It was the Model T that created thousands of jobs and raised the well-being of ordinary Americans to a new level.

So what does this mean for us, car designers?

As we always say, time and the surrounding reality dictate the rules for design, so this car is entirely a product of its time.

This is evident in the simple forms of the body, because these were the first steps in automobile construction, and the designers of this car were pioneers, and in the outlines of the wheels, which in fact are not far removed from carriage wheels, and in the simplicity of execution of such things as windows or handles.

All these details should be illustrated using simple lines, as if repeating the simplicity of the technologies of those years. Many straight and clear lines in combination with optional, but characteristic small details can create a truly authentic beautiful drawing of this legendary car.

So, this was the very first guide on the pages of our website, and in this tutorial, we showed you the process of drawing a Ford Model T.

The beginning is laid, and our team will now continue working with new sketching guides, showing you how to draw cars and create the most different types and styles vehicles.

Also, you can draw a Ford Shelby, no less legendary car and essentially a direct descendant of the Ford Model T.