Quick, simple, and easy! Cherries are another fun subject that comes to mind when I just want to draw something very simple and quick to wind down from work.
23 Easy Drawing Ideas For Beginner Artists (With Images)
If you’re just starting to learn how to draw, you might feel like it’s hard to know where to start. Not only that, but everything seems way too advanced for you!
The secret is to start simple.
Simple and easy drawing ideas, to get you used to picking up a pencil and to make you feel more confident in your lines.
And that’s what this article is all about!
A big list, full of easy drawing ideas for beginners that any artist can successfully draw!
You can even create a to-do list of things to draw based on this blog post.
Just write down your favorite drawing prompts and get started.
This simple list of things to draw will surely improve your drawing skills in no time! So let’s see what those easy drawing ideas are.
Table Of Contents
- 1 A Happy Face
- 2 A Plant
- 3 A Friendly Ghost
- 4 The Moon
- 5 A Pair Of Cherries
- 6 A Cute Bird
- 7 A Tree
- 8 Stars
- 9 A Heart
- 10 A Dog
- 11 A Cup Of Coffee
- 12 A Pair Of Boots
- 13 A Cat Face
- 14 Smiling Lips
- 15 A Bunny
- 16 A Basketball
- 17 A Flower
- 18 A Pair Of Glasses
- 19 A Cute Skull
- 20 The Sun
- 21 A Bee
- 22 A Penguin
- 23 A Mushroom
- 24 Related Questions
- 24.1 What is a good drawing idea for beginners to start with?
- 24.2 Can you suggest any easy things to draw for young children?
- 24.3 What other drawing skills can young kids or beginner artists practice?
- 24.4 Are there any easy drawing ideas that incorporate letters or numbers?
A Happy Face
Drawing a happy face is a great starter. Mainly because you can keep it so simple!
Pick up a piece of paper.
Now draw a circle. Inside that circle add two dots for the eyes and a curved line for the mouth. There, you’re done!
Drawing a happy face this simple is great for warm-up. For when you want to draw something, but don’t know what.
When that happens just start drawing small, simple drawings like these and something will come up!
After that, you can start adding more complexity to your happy faces. Try different styles and looks, more complex or less. There’s a lot to choose from, so experiment!
A Plant
I don’t often draw flowers and plants in general. However, sometimes it’s something I really enjoy drawing to wind down. Just drawing a simple cactus or succulent.
These can have very simple shapes like circles and ellipses, so it’s quite easy to draw them in a very cute and simplified way!
Alternatively, you can also just draw a simple stalk with some leaves! Look up simple plants and draw what you find the most beautiful.
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Have fun Live with The Art Sherpa during this BEGINNER HOW TO PAINT art lesson in acrylic art tutorial. This is an easy, fun, social art lesson for canvas. We talk about art and other fun subjects. With help and guidance, anyone can paint. You can paint!
Want to see something? Just comment! Tell me what you’d like to paint, or what you want to know about art. This is YOUR art journey. Open your heart and access your art.
Acrylics are a fun and enjoyable painting medium. I prefer ‘Creative Mark’ brushes, and I use Liquitex heavy body acrylic paint, Matisse Derivan, and golden colors.
I love teaching people to paint in a supportive environment. Everyone deserves to have art in their lives and feel the joy that art can bring! Follow along and share your art journey with me! I look forward to hearing from you.
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Please, create no prints or mechanical reproductions of your paintings of my original design.
Drawing can be daunting. But these easy drawings for beginners will help to boost your confidence.
Drawing can be one of the most satisfying things on the planet. When a piece turns out better than you’d hope, you’re over the moon.
But when you try and fail, that’s always a tough pill to swallow.
You may fall victim to negative thought loops, become discouraged, and stop drawing for a while.
This is a trap that many beginner artists fall into.
However, in order to build confidence (like building a credit score or muscle!) we can start off simple and easy.
If you know you can jump over a box that’s shorter than your knee-height, you feel pretty confident, right?
well, that’s what these drawings are designed to help you do, build confidence and skill!
Once you’re comfortable drawing these step-by-step, you’ll be able to graduate to more fun and challenging endeavors, like taking on the beginner drawing course.
Ready for some drawing-action?
Let’s get started.
Oh, but before we do, keep in mind that even if you’re struggling with the easy stuff, it doesn’t mean you’re not cut out for drawing. It just means that you’re challenging yourself, and you’re right where you need to be.
It’s not about talent. It’s about persistent and consistent effort to improve and tackle new challenges. Exploring new techniques and ideas. Having fun.
Okay, preamble over. Let’s talk about easy drawings for beginners!
The easiest things to draw are things made from basic shapes.
Now, as a kid you might have early memories of playing with such shapes at home or school. Stacking them, turning them into people, airships, boats, buildings…all manner of imaginative things.
You probably put them in your mouth too. Don’t worry, we all did.
At any rate, much like how basic geometric shapes were the building blocks of our childhood play-time, basic shapes are the building blocks to drawings.
For example, you might sketch some pyramids like this:
Cute, huh? A square plane with all 4 corners connecting at a central peak.
Pyramids are great practice for drawing dimensionally, and drawing the unseen side, a key set of skills for any artist to develop.
Not to mention that many real-life things are made up of triangular and rectangular shapes in more complex forms.
You can also see the “square” faces of the buildings in the background. A lot of learning to draw is developing a visual vocabulary of shapes.
Try drawing pyramids for 15 minutes! Vary the angles to add an extra layer of challenge.
Looking for more easy things to draw for beginners? How about we smooth things out a bit with a Witch/Wizard hat!
These shapes are very similar to the pyramid, albeit more “smooth.”
We want to draw hard edged shapes and smooth shapes alike. Some objects in real life are polygonal to the point of being faceted (many human-made things) while other objects are as smooth as eggs.
It goes to show you that developing the skill of drawing hard edged and smooth-edged things will allow us to access higher realms of drawing power down the line.
But still, the basics will serve you well. Don’t skip out on trying these easy things to draw for beginners. You’ll thank yourself later when your shape vocabulary starts to form, and you’re able to express your drawing abilities with greater articulation.
Ready for more? Okay.
Speaking of smooth, when we round the corners of a square and give it some thickness, we can draw cell phones.
Not the small details added in these sketches. a couple thin lines to infer a screen reflection, and some quick buttons doodled onto the form as well.
Not so bad, is it? This is another key shape to memorize and draw for beginners. And more than likely, you have one of these laying around for you to draw from life – which is another integral artist skill!
Don’t worry about all of these notes just yet, as I’ll have a summary of all the important points at the end of this post. Just make sure you’re actually drawing and not just reading!
Let’s keep it moving, we’ve got one last shape to draw to help you grow as a beginner artist.
Pies are very round and organic shapes. They’re also delicious.
The key here is to simplify things, and not get overwhelmed by detail. As an artist, life and ideas will come to you in great detail, and it will ne up to you to sort out what’s necessary to draw and what isn’t.
Said another way, it’s about simplifying to succeed. Note the little marks that are dotted across the crust of the pie, and how the “swooping” motions of the crust wrap around the circular form.
Making marks and thinking in mark-making will also help you grow as an artist. Learning how to train your eyes to perceive them, your mind to conceive of them, and your hand to express them.
Not to mention that many shapes are organic and round looking – like pies. Think of architectural domes (pie top) or wheels on a car. Getting your hand to express rounded and oval-esque shapes can be a bit challenging, but don’t give up.
Summary:
Let’s take a moment to review all of the key points we’ve learned from sketching these shapes:
- It’s not about talent. It’s about persistent and consistent effort to improve and tackle new challenges. Exploring new techniques and ideas. Having fun.
- Pyramids are great practice for drawing dimensionally, and drawing the unseen side, a key set of skills for any artist to develop.
- Developing the skill of drawing hard edged and smooth-edged things will allow us to access higher realms of drawing power
- Draw from life – which is another integral artist skill!
- Simplify things. Don’t get caught up in details early on.
Now that you’ve learned to sketch some Easy Drawings for Beginners, try to come up with some of your own shapes!
Draw cups, water bottles, tables, and friends. Break them down in your mind into basic shapes, and start to stack them together on your picture plane.
You’ll know if you’re challenging yourself too much if you get completely overwhelmed, and you know that you’ve mastered the basics if you can do them in your sleep or without thinking or trying very hard.
If you’re ready to learn about even more basics that can help you grow as an artist (with assignments included) feel free to check out the beginner drawing course.
Practice easier shapes first, memorize them until you can spin them around in your mind and sketch them from many angles. Then move onto harder shapes and combinations of shapes. Try breaking down animals and humans into basic shapes and drawing them in that form.
All in all, you’re on your way to artistic achievement and ascent. Be patient and kind with yourself as you’re learning, and stay as diligent as you can on the daily.
Want a demo of how to sketch these shapes? Feel free to watch the video below while practicing.
