How to Draw a Paper Airplane

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Learn how to draw a great looking Paper Airplane with easy, step-by-step drawing instructions, and video tutorial.

By following the simple steps, you too can easily draw a perfect Paper Airplane.

Step-by-Step Instructions for Drawing a Paper Airplane

How to Draw a Great Looking Paper Airplane for Kids and Beginners - Step 1

How to Draw a Paper Airplane Step 01

1. Begin by drawing a straight line, slanted diagonally. This will help you to find the center of the paper airplane.

Easy Paper Airplane Drawing - Step 2

How to Draw a Paper Airplane Step 02

2. Draw another, less slanted, straight, diagonal line. This new line should meet the first at a gentle point. This outlines the far wing of the paper airplane.

Easy Paper Airplane Drawing - Step 3

How to Draw a Paper Airplane Step 03

3. Draw a third straight, diagonal line. This line should meet the previous lines at the same point. This triangle outlines the near wing of the paper airplane.

Easy Paper Airplane Drawing - Step 4

How to Draw a Paper Airplane Step 04

4. Connect the tip of the near wing to the central line using a straight line. This fully encloses the near wing.

Easy Paper Airplane Drawing - Step 5

How to Draw a Paper Airplane Step 05

5. Draw a short, straight line downward at a diagonal slant from the central line. This begins the side and rear of the paper airplane.

Easy Paper Airplane Drawing - Step 6

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6. Draw a straight line from the previous line to the near wing. This should form a small triangle, indicating the visible portion of the side of the paper airplane.

Easy Paper Airplane Drawing - Step 7

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7. Draw a straight line from the tip of the paper airplane to the center of that wing. The line should be parallel to the outside of the wing and narrowly spaced. This indicates a fold in the paper. From the end of this line, draw another straight line. Connect it to the tip of the wing using another straight line. This triangle represents the top of the far wing.

Add More Details to Your Paper Airplane Picture - Step 8

How to Draw a Paper Airplane Step 08

8. Connect the inner corner of the far wing to the rear of the paper airplane using a straight line. This completely encloses the form of the plane. Then, draw another straight line across the middle of the plane, between the two wings. This indicates a fold or overlap of the paper.

Complete the Outline of Your Paper Airplane Drawing - Step 9

How to Draw a Paper Airplane Step 09

9. Draw a straight, diagonal line across the near wing, indicating a fold in the paper.

Color Your Paper Airplane Drawing

How to Draw a Paper Airplane Step 10

Shade your paper airplane. You can use our illustrated example as a reference, sketching in shadows and shading them to give your drawing a three-dimensional appearance.

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Learn More About The Paper Airplane Drawing

Making paper air planes is a common childhood pastime. In the media, it is often depicted as an antidote to classroom boredom for children.

Building paper airplanes is a part of the larger art of origami, or paper-folding. Historians assert that origami originated in China or Japan about a thousand years ago.

Paper manufacture began about 500 B.C.E., and paper folding was a popular activity within a century.

Evidence indicates that the first paper gliders or airplanes were also designed and refined in this region. Did you know?

Designers of the first aircraft prototypes, including the artist Leonardo DaVinci, studied and tested designs on paper airplanes in order to learn the principles of flight.

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Paper airplanes can fly, but they are not very aerodynamic. The world record for a paper airplane's flight time is 27.9 seconds, and the record distance traveled is 226 feet and 10 inches (69.14 meters).

Did you know? In 2011, 200 paper airplanes were dropped from a weather balloon located 23 miles above the ground.

Originating over Germany, the planes were found as far away as North America and Australia. The planes were equipped with chips that recorded data. Japan's space agency would like to perform a similar experiment, dropping planes from outer space and monitoring their week-long journey back to the surface of the Earth.

Drawing a cartoon paper airplane is as easy as it can be. This simple, step-by-step cartoon object drawing tutorial will show you how.

You'll be using straight lines to sketch the geometric shapes. All you will need is a pencil, pen, marker, or crayon and a sheet of paper.

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