Easy drawings
Fifteen easy things to draw, all rated easy, all on one page. Pick a picture and the tutorial breaks it into eight to ten steps, with the new lines of each step drawn in red. Free to use, free to print.
What are the easiest things to draw?
Start with a flower, a cat or a rabbit: each one is eight steps, built from a few light guide shapes, with no perspective and no shading. A tree, a bird or a truck comes next, at nine steps. Every drawing on this page is rated easy and needs one pencil.
Easy animals to draw
Seven animals. Five of them are eight steps: the cat, the rabbit, the elephant, the horse and the lion. The bird is nine and the dog is ten, so leave those until the guide shapes feel natural.
How to draw a shark
How to draw a cat
How to draw a horse
How to draw a lion
How to draw a rabbit
How to draw an elephant
How to draw a bird
How to draw a fish
How to draw a dog
Easy fantasy drawings
A unicorn in eight steps, a dinosaur in nine, a dragon in ten. The unicorn starts from the same head and body guide shapes as the horse, so it is the gentlest way in.
Easy nature drawings
The flower is the shortest tutorial on the site: eight steps, one guide circle, then the petals, the stem and two leaves. The tree is nine steps and the butterfly is ten.
Easy vehicles to draw
Two vehicles, both built from rectangles and circles instead of curves. The truck is nine steps and the car is ten, and in both the wheels only go on once the body already exists.
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How do you pick your first drawing?
Count the steps and take the shortest one you actually like. Eight steps means eight things to add, and seven of the fifteen tutorials here are eight-step drawings. Then look at the finished picture on the card: if you can still see the circles and ovals inside it, you can draw it. The flower, the cat and the rabbit are the safest way to start.
What makes a drawing easy?
Three things, and every drawing on this page has all three. Few shapes: the subject is built in eight to ten steps, and the first step is only the light guide shapes. Closed forms: circles, ovals and rectangles that join up, so a wobbly line still reads as an ear or a wheel. No perspective and no shading: nothing is turned at an angle or lit from one side, so the only thing to get right is the outline.
What can you draw when nothing comes to mind?
Scroll the four groups above and stop at the first picture you would want to have drawn. That is the whole method, and it beats staring at an empty page. If nothing jumps out, draw the animal that is in the house: the cat, the dog and the rabbit are all here, and you can hold the drawing up against the real thing.
Are easy drawings only for children?
They are written for ages 4 to 10 and every one is rated easy, but an adult beginner will not find a wasted step in them. The order is the order any illustrator uses: block in the big shapes, add one part at a time, then rub the scaffolding out. Ten minutes and one pencil, whoever is holding it.
Want the method, not the gallery?
If you already know what you want to draw, go straight to the subject. Every picture on this page is a full step by step lesson with a speed-draw video and a free printable sheet. Browse all how to draw tutorials.