How to Draw a Ferrari Laferrari

The Ferrari LaFerrari is one of the most famous early hybrid sports cars and the first of its kind to be mass-produced by the company. Here we want to show you how to draw a Ferrari LaFerrari in a realistic style and convey its volume on paper.

The sports car will be shown at a slight angle, and the entire process will be based largely on the principles of drawing a Ferrari from our main tutorial.

How to draw a Ferrari LaFerrari step by step

Step 1: Sketch the LaFerrari body

The main thing in the process of drawing any car is not the wheels or headlights, but the proportions. If you make mistakes in the proportions, the drawing will look unbalanced and unnatural. Therefore, first sketch out the outlines of the Ferrari LaFerrari body with smooth lines. Make the front of the hypercar very low and let the upper contour rise gradually toward the roof and descend toward the rear of the LaFerrari.

Step 2: Add the LaFerrari wheels and headlight

Our LaFerrari drawing does not look much like a car yet, and now we will fix that. Here we need to outline the most basic details, without which it is impossible to imagine a car. So, using very light lines, sketch out the wheels, narrow headlight, and outlines of the windows. Make sure that the wheel ovals lie in the same plane as the side of the sports car.

Step 3: Sketch the intakes and wheel arches

As you can see, our drawing is slowly starting to look like a Ferrari hypercar. Continuing to add details, sketch out the outlines of the bumper, air intakes, door, and rear-view mirrors. With several lines, add thickness to the LaFerrari wheels and draw the wheel arches.

Step 4: Draw the LaFerrari front end

In the previous three steps, we sketched the main outlines of our Ferrari LaFerrari, and now we will draw the details. According to the tradition of our car tutorials, we will start at the front and draw the details of the hood, bumper, and headlights. Draw the long lines on the LaFerrari hood and refine the large openings in the lower bumper. Add the mesh pattern inside the visible front air intakes, as in our example.

Step 5: Draw the low roof and windows

A low roof is one of the characteristic features of hypercars. This low and smooth roofline improves the car’s aerodynamics. Draw the LaFerrari roof as it smoothly transitions into the rear, then draw the windows and rear-view mirrors. Also draw the small round fuel filler cap on the upper part of the rear fender behind the side window.

Step 6: Draw the side intake and body lines

Draw the lines of the LaFerrari door and all the design details on the side of the car. Pay particular attention to the large curved recess behind the door. Its upper and lower contours sweep toward the deep side air intake in front of the rear wheel and form one of the most characteristic shapes on the side of the LaFerrari. Also erase all unnecessary guidelines from the Ferrari body.

Step 7: Draw the five-spoke rims

Using clear, dark lines, carefully trace the wheel contours and make them as smooth as possible. Next, draw the rims, which can look like those in our drawing or have a different design. In our Ferrari example, first mark the center of each rim and then draw five broad spokes extending from the hub toward its outer edge.

Step 8: Shade the LaFerrari body

To give our LaFerrari drawing more volume, we will add shadows. Use hatching to draw shadows in the least illuminated areas, for example under the wheel arches or beneath the rear-view mirror. Darken the deep side air intake and add light hatching along the lower side of the Ferrari body. Also do not forget to draw the long cast shadow under our hypercar.

Here you saw how you can create a three-dimensional drawing of a Ferrari LaFerrari quite simply and easily and convey its characteristic flowing forms on paper.

It is these smooth, intersecting contours that distinguish Ferrari from other sports cars. For example, you can see this in our Lamborghini Huracán drawing tutorial, where there are more clear, straight lines and angles.

You can see something in between when drawing a Porsche 911, which also has many smooth lines but at the same time maintains a more restrained appearance.