Things to draw
The hardest part of drawing is deciding what to draw. This is the whole list, grouped so you can skim it: animals, nature, food, fantasy, vehicles, everyday objects, faces and pure pattern.
Curated by 
Willa Fern
What should I draw?
Pick the first thing on this list that you can picture in your head, and draw that. Deciding is the part that stalls people, not the drawing, which is why the list is grouped by theme and why anything with a printable sheet says so.
Animals
- A sitting dog Download PDF
- A cat washing its paw Download PDF
- A fox with a huge tail Download PDF
- A bear made of circles Download PDF
- A rabbit with long ears Download PDF
- A penguin standing still Download PDF
- A panda sitting down Download PDF
- An elephant with a curled trunk Download PDF
- A lion with a full mane Download PDF
- A tiger with stripes Download PDF
- A horse standing side on Download PDF
- A wolf sitting up Download PDF
- A turtle with a patterned shell Download PDF
- A snake in one long curve Download PDF
- A spider hanging on a thread Download PDF
- A shark cutting through water Download PDF
- A fish with big scales Download PDF
- A bird on a branch Download PDF
- A butterfly with matching wings Download PDF
- A long neck dinosaur Download PDF
- An owl with round eyes
- A hedgehog curled into a ball
- A whale spouting water
- A frog mid jump
- A bee with striped body
- A snail with a spiral shell
Nature
- A tree with three cloud shapes Download PDF
- A flower seen face on Download PDF
- A sun with a crown of triangles Download PDF
- A mountain with a snow cap
- A cloud made of five bumps
- A leaf with all its veins
- A cactus in a small pot
- A mushroom with a spotted cap
- A single breaking wave
- A crescent moon with craters
- A five pointed star, no lifting
- A raindrop about to fall
Food
- A cake with candles Download PDF
- A strawberry wearing leaves Download PDF
- An ice cream about to drip
- A donut with sprinkles
- An apple with one bite gone
- A pizza slice seen from the side
- A banana half peeled
- A cupcake in a paper case
- A sandwich cut in half
- A lemon and one slice
Fantasy
- A friendly dragon Download PDF
- A unicorn with a big mane Download PDF
- A skeleton waving Download PDF
- A ghost floating through a wall
- A wizard with an enormous hat
- A castle on a hill
- A robot with a square head
- An alien with three eyes
- A mermaid on a rock
- A monster made of one shape
Vehicles
- A car from the side Download PDF
- A pickup truck Download PDF
- An airplane seen from below Download PDF
- A sailboat on flat water Download PDF
- A rocket just after lift off
- A bicycle leaning on a wall
- A train coming toward you
- A hot air balloon
Everyday objects
- A house with a triangle roof Download PDF
- A mug with steam coming off
- An open book
- An old key
- A desk lamp bent over
- One shoe, laces undone
- A clock showing any time
- An open umbrella
- A guitar leaning on a chair
- An old film camera
- The chair you are sitting on
- A pair of glasses folded
Faces and people
- Your own face, no mirror
- Your other hand
- One eye, close up
- Someone asleep in a chair
- A person walking away
Patterns
- A spiral that fills the page
- A maze with one way through
- A square filled with small patterns
- Your name in bubble letters Download PDF
- One shape repeated with no gaps
- Straight lines that look curved
- A rope tied in a knot
- A scribble turned into an animal
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