How to Draw a Lamborghini Countach

Learn how to draw a Lamborghini Countach, one of the most legendary supercars of all time and an icon of 1980s automotive design.

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 supercar has a lot of versions, for example coupe or convertible, and all these versions can be drawn 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. Mark a long baseline, 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 of the Lamborghini Countach on the sloped hood surface. Add the wheel arches with broad arcs, but keep their tops flattened. 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 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 – 80s, so the lines of the front should be very angular and aerodynamic.

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

To highlight the wedge shape, trace 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 the classic supercar. To finish the side, trace the door outline, then illustrate 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 out large wheels and old school rims of the 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. 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.

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80s supercars design features

The body of this Lambo was developed in the 1970s and 1980s, a period when wedge-shaped forms and sharp edges played a key role in sports car design.

Unlike modern cars with smoother contours, the Countach features an abundance of straight lines, sharp creases, and flat surfaces, all of which should be drawn with straight or nearly straight lines.

If the sketch were to lean toward rounded corners, the overall impression would lose the clean, futuristic style characteristic of the era.

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

Conveying this low silhouette with a low roof and prominent wheel arches helps maintain the integrity of the shape.

Finally, don’t forget the mechanical details typical of sports cars of the late 1970s and 1980s. Pop-up headlights, deep air intakes, a flat spoiler, and the wheels characteristic of the era are not just accessories, but an integral part of the design.

By sketching these features while maintaining the angular style of the Lamborghini Countach, you’ll create a drawing that matches its era and is highly recognizable.

So, this Lamborghini Countach drawing lesson was quite challenging, but the result was worth it, because at the end of the lesson, we had a detailed drawing of a Lamborghini.

If you want to sketch more modern version and learn more about the design language of this Italian brand, visit our main Lamborghini drawing tutorial.

When it comes to cool cars like Lamborghinis, many dream of one day becoming the proud owners of this truly cool vehicle.

When you consider taxes, insurance, repairs, and other issues, everything immediately becomes a little easier.

But with a drawn car, things are different: we have a car in front of us, but without the headaches.