Do you like to sketch? You can sketch almost anything. But maybe you feel like you need to build your skills to sketch things accurately. These easy sketch ideas drawing tutorials can show you how.
What do you like to sketch? Below, you can learn how to draw lots of different kinds of animals and everyday objects. Explore the world by drawing a globe, a city, and lots of food!
You can also draw the things you see around you. Do you have a skateboard? a goldfish bowl? A soccer ball? You can learn to sketch them all.
You can even let your imagination run wild by drawing imaginary things like aliens and their spaceships or fictional cartoon characters. They can be athletes, cowboys, astronauts, or anything you want them to be.
Do you have a sketchbook? If not, you can use a notebook or make one by binding sheets of paper together with ribbon, staples, or tape. Then, all you need is a pencil and maybe an eraser and you can get to sketching.
Completing these sketches will help your skills grow. Once you've practiced for a while, you can try your hand at drawing other objects from the world around you.
51 Easy Sketch Drawing Ideas
Easy Globe
When you draw a globe, you can hold the whole world in your hand. You can see the continents of North and South America and parts of Europe and Africa.
Cartoon Chicken
This chicken could be a farm-themed background element or a full-on character in your next story. What could you change to make several different chicken characters?
Food
This drawing is a full meal! Draw a fast food combo of a hamburger, a box of French fries, and a soda with a straw.
Cat in a Box
You've heard of a Jack in the box, but what about a cat in the box? This cute kitten is playing inside a cardboard box.
Easy Cartoon Zebra
Before you draw the stripes, this zebra looks like an ordinary horse. But the patterns on its fur make it a unique wild animal. Can you draw a whole herd?
Cartoon Flamingo
Flamingos have long, skinny legs, long, snakelike necks, and big, curved, banana-shaped beaks. They live in flocks - how many flamingoes can you draw?
Easy Fish
Fish have a double-pointed body with fins extending from the back, belly, sides, and tail. Curved lines texture the scales, gills, and fins.
Building
Buildings are everywhere. Is this one an office, a factory, an apartment complex, or something else? With so many windows and balconies, it could be almost anything.
Easy Cartoon Guitar
Jam out with this musical instrument. But it is missing its strings - do you know how many it needs? Can you draw in the strings and name them?
Medicine Bottle
Medicine bottles can hold vitamins, painkillers, or prescription medications. The plus or cross on the bottle indicates it is medical in nature.
Flag
These flags represent India, Japan, France, and the Olympics. Can you use the blank flags as a template to draw the flags of other countries or states?
Cartoon Football
American footballs aren't like other sports balls. They aren't round; they're pointed. They also have stripes, seams, and stitches.
Cartoon Cookie
This moon-shaped cookie has a bite taken out of it. What flavor of cookie is your favorite? This one could be chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, or filled with candy.
Black Hole
Black holes are surrounded by accretion disks of matter that fall into them at the event horizon. There are lots of stars in the background, but you can't see them if the black hole devours their light.
Cartoon Brain
Brains are full of wrinkles and lobes. You can see them in this drawing, as well as the cerebellum at the back and the brain stem at the bottom.
Cartoon Snowflake
Snowflakes are crystals grown from water. Their arms have intricate patterns. This one also has big eyes and a smiling mouth, making it a character.
Manta Ray
Manta rays are fish, but they swim using batlike "wings." They also have long tails and a "mustache" of cephalic fins on each side of their mouths.
Cartoon School Bus
Ready for back-to-school? Get in the spirit of the back-to-school season by drawing an iconic school bus. Maybe you can even go on a field trip!
Cartoon Flame
When you look at a fire, it contains layers of different colors. The colors indicate different levels of heat. You can see them in this flame sketch.
Cartoon Bed
Feeling sleepy? Instead of counting sheep, draw this four-poster bed, with its quilt turned down and its pillow fluffed.
Cartoon Nose
Drawing people can be challenging. You can practice drawing portions of the human face, such as this nose, before attempting the whole thing.
Cartoon Skateboard
Shred the half pipe with this awesome skateboard. Draw the flame decorations on its deck, or customize it by drawing other patterns or stickers.
Cartoon Hand
Hands are another challenging part of drawing people. You don't have to draw your characters with their hands in their pockets when you practice this detailed yet simple sketch.
Easy Cartoon Puppy
What is your favorite kind of dog? This cute puppy could grow up to be almost any breed. Customize its fur with spots or other patterns, and write its name on its collar tag.
Seaweed
Decorate your aquarium or set an undersea scene. Leafy seaweed grows from the rocks, where two types of seashells also dwell.
Cartoon Spaceship
Take to the stars in this classic science fiction rocket ship. It can pierce the atmosphere with its nose cone, stabilizer fins, and fiery rocket engine.
Easy Cartoon Alien
This classic extraterrestrial has a large round head, double-pointed eyes, and three fingers on each hand with round suction cups at the tips.
Mask
This tribal mask has the basic shape of a human face but with geometric elements. Stripes and bands of color make it look artistic.
Easy Cartoon Crab
Simple shapes make up the body, legs, and claws of this happy little crustacean. Can you imagine him singing a Disney song?
Cartoon Snail
Snails have sluglike bodies with no feet. They live inside spiral-shaped shells that they carry with them on their backs.
Easy Fish Bowl
Draw this round fish bowl with an aquatic pet inside. Decorate his environment with seashells and underwater plants.
Easy Cartoon Bat
This flying mammal has a cute face and wings made of membranes stretched between delicate fingers. He navigates with his large ears. His pointed teeth make him a vampire bat.
Soccer Player
Sketch up a game of the most popular sport in the world. Draw the player in mid-stride as well as the geometrically patterned ball.
Cartoon Earth
Have you been practicing drawing different parts of the body? "Hear" is another. The ear consists of layers of curved lines.
Drips
Drops of water? Drips of paint? Of ice cream? You can decide when you make a sketch of these connected teardrop shapes.
Cartoon Sunglasses
Do you wear your sunglasses at night? You should probably take them off while you draw them. These glasses have plastic frames with shiny lenses.
Easy Cartoon Ice Cream Cone
You don't have to stop with just one round scoop of ice cream on top of this triangular cone. You can draw three with a cherry on top!
Mercury
Mercury, like all planets, starts with just a circle. The surface of this planet is covered with rounded craters and blob-like patches.
Angelfish
The angelfish's long fins give it its name - someone thought they resembled wings. This tropical reef fish has bold stripes on its body and fins.
Cartoon Clock
Tick tock on the clock! This classic alarm clock has little feet and two bells on top. It also has a face on the clock face. In fact, the hands of the clock make up its nose and mustache!
Venus
Like the planet Mercury above, your drawing of Venus starts with a simple circle. The wavy lines resemble the thick clouds of Venus's dense atmosphere.
Weathervane
What is the weather like down on the farm? This weathervane will help you find out. It has a rooster decoration on top and the four directions of the compass - north, south, east, and west.
Bracelet
You can sketch friendship bracelets for your classmates or your summer concerts. This one has beads shaped like flowers and hearts and a lobster clasp.
Cartoon Knife
We'll cut to the chase - you'll run through the steps of this drawing like a hot knife through butter. Of other drawings you'll say, "That's not a knife..." Now this is a knife!
Cartoon Apple
An apple a day keeps the doctor away... even if you're drawing them! This shiny apple will make a great gift for your favorite teacher.
Easy Cartoon Boat
This little tug boat is busy working hard, but you don't have to work hard to draw it! Notice the simple shapes like the circles of the windows and life preserver or the rectangle of the door.
Asteroid
This asteroid has an irregular shape, but it all starts with drawing circles - one for the asteroid itself and many more for its numerous craters.
Easy Shark for Kids
Cue the music - a great white shark is on the prowl! This easy sketch captures the basic shape of his torpedo-like body and triangular fins. He also has a mouth full of sharp teeth!
Anemometer
Drawing an anemometer can be a fun and educational project, whether you're interested in weather instruments or just enjoy detailed illustrations. In this guide, we'll walk you through the simple steps to create an accurate and visually appealing anemometer drawing.
Satellite
Drawing a satellite can be a fun project, especially if you're interested in space and technology. This guide will show you simple steps to create a realistic satellite drawing.
Cartoon Cowboy Hat
Yee-haw! This cowboy hat drawing will make you feel like you're in the wild, wild west - or at one of the hottest music concerts of the year.
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