Looking for great things to draw? I got you covered with 219 ideas of things to draw in 2019. Diversify your portfolio and sketches, and get outside of your comfort zone! I tag you all in this drawing challenge / idea list!
Create something because of this list? Share it with me! Tag #ArtRes2018 or link to this article!
This list will contain both specific and broad things to draw. Some of these are silly, others are longer, and I even included challenges that require you to look things up. Some terms will be vague and require your interpretation. Hopefully, with these drawing prompts, you will have some good ideas when you are facing artist’s block.
Good luck and let’s get excited!
I also have other tools to help you generate drawing ideas: * [Visual Reference Board Generator)(https://artres.xyz/references) * [Idea Generator](https://artres.xyz/ideas)
- draw something that inspires you every single day
- draw something that gets you heated or angry!
- hop over to change.org and see if you can make a difference. Draw something that relates to a campaign on there.
- draw a sick pair of shoes you’d wear if you could get Nike to make them for you
- draw a pumpkin
- redraw something you did last year and make it better! Do a sidebyside comparison and share it! The draw this again meme is one of my favorite challenges
- draw a plump pumpkin lol
- draw a bat, and watch this freaking adorable video on rescued baby bat burritos
- draw a bat playing baseball, at bat
- draw the craziest building you can imagine
- draw a cool environment you would want to live in
- draw a cool environment you would not want to live in
- draw the cutest thing you can
- draw 18 circles, find something within those circles, and draw that.
- draw a triangle, and then design a character
- draw a dinosaur! Need ideas? Bronchiosaurus, T-Rex, pterosaur, velociraptor, triceratops
- draw 18 eyes, vary style and appearance
- draw an elephant, research an article about tusks and elephants, and then submit to Project 1324
- draw a panda and then tag the World Wildlife Fund
- draw you favorite things on this earth
- paint or photograph fireworks
- draw or paint fire, try to learn how to draw flames
- draw fall leaves along with your favorite things in the fall
- draw a ghost, as friendly or evil as you want
- draw your favorite emoji in your own unique style
- draw lions in the wild
- draw quick! sketch 18 things, with 18 seconds per sketch. Anything that comes to mind. Doing this exercise over and over again over time will definitely help you improve your drawing speed.
- draw spider webs and then put a word in there of something that should stick in 2017.
- draw a t shirt design of something you would wear
- draw with friends online and see what you guys can come up with together.
- draw an x ray of something weird
- draw something 3d
- draw what comes to mind for the word rush
- draw what comes to mind for the word art block
- draw what you think art deco means
- try to draw something with glass in front of it. This is a challenge in light and shadow and translucency.
- draw what comes to mind for the phrase art of war
- draw something that you would want in an art poster
- draw fanart for something you love! Here are some examples of great fan art.
- draw what inspires you
- draw what makes you sad
- draw the ugliest thing you possibly can
- draw something hilarious and make a meme out of it
- draw your favorite meme character / person
- draw something that comes out of a random word generator. word generator.
- draw something that comes out of a random sentence generator
- draw “The river stole the gods.” came from above lol
- draw something pointy or edgy
- draw something graceful, in motion.
- draw hands in different positions
- draw some people in some random, dynamic poses
- draw 18 recentangles and generate some beautiful color palettes
- draw an OC (original character)
- draw a friend’s OC
- draw a cute snail
- draw something that ties in with every emotion
- draw something beautiful that happens in the morning
- draw something that brings about mental health awareness
- draw something political in nature
- draw the logo of your favorite sports team
- draw the flag of your country
- now, look up the flag of another country and draw that as well.
- for that country, look up the time zone. Draw something that relates to what you would be doing at that time of day
- draw a random design, whatever you feel best defines random
- draw something cold
- draw something delicious!
- draw something tiny
- draw something huge
- draw 4 shapes and see if you can make a character out of it
- draw 18 feet
- draw a fork, a spoon, and a knife
- take out your phone camera, take a picture, and draw something interesting you noticed.
- draw something that reminds you of speed
- start finishing a drawing that you started but did not get to finish yet
- draw something that has a lot of different patterns on it
- draw linework so that it can be used as a coloring book page. Hand it out to a few different people you know, or post it online so others can color it!
- draw a spool of thread that is unwinding
- draw something that you find beautiful in nature
- if you love science, draw your favorite element and juxapose it next to its periodic table of elements symbol.
- draw something that is fuzzy
- draw food with interesting textures, like popcorn or some lovely ice-cream
- draw an album cover for your favorite band or song.
- draw 18 boxes and vary the style
- draw a few fun hairstyles
- draw clouds
- draw something weird on ebay that you have never seen before
- draw something hopeful
- draw a car, which can be hard, but challenges are great!
- draw a bike from memory
- now find a picture of a bike and draw it from reference. Compare to above!
- draw something shiny
- draw something to do with audio
- draw something inspired by the last song you listened to
- draw a character from a favorite movie
- look up a quote somewhere. illustrate it!
- draw some lightbulbs - they are pretty aesthetic
- draw something that you can teach someone else
- create a tutorial of the thing above, with a few examples. lots of drawing practice for you! :D
- draw a castle
- draw a butterfly in a jar
- draw a mountain
- draw a birds eye view of your favorite place
- draw the moon
- draw a planet that is not earth lol
- draw a pretty interior
- draw something retro
- draw a hand with a pretty henna design
- draw what reminds you of love
- draw a person experiencing nature
- draw a high action sports scene
- draw or paint an ocean
- draw something you value highly
- draw a cute fox
- draw a strawberry. Lots of good texture practice
- draw a jellyfish
- draw a cool texture
- draw something new
- draw something old
- draw something abstract af
- draw a pineapple
- draw a toad
- draw a picture of your favorite beverage
- draw a picture of a random world monument
- draw a cute penguin
- draw a desert
- draw a jungle
- draw a staircase
- draw one of your recent dreams
- draw something that describes team work
- draw something that reminds you of your family
- draw and design a character that doesn’t look like you
- draw a self portrait
- draw something sparse
- draw a busy scene
- draw something that calms you
- draw a hedgehog
- draw a nose
- draw lips
- draw an ear
- draw a random bone from the body and learn its name
- draw a random muscle
- draw a fancy outfit you would wear
- draw something that reminds you of luck
- draw a tasty breakfast
- look up a local food pantry and see if you can donate some money.
- draw something for spring
- draw something for summer
- draw something for fall again
- draw something for winter
- draw a cube, in the most realistic and 3d way you can
- draw what you are most thankful for
- visualize your goals and draw a symbol that represents them
- draw a logo of a company you imagine
- draw a book character
- pick up a newspaper. Draw something based off the headline
- illustrate why water is important
- draw something with a lot of curves
- look up a tutorial and draw something you find hard to draw
- draw your tools that you use to draw lol
- go outside and sketch wathever you see
- draw your mood
- draw the weather
- draw your favorite person
- draw a hero
- draw a villian
- draw your favorite hoe
- draw a fluffy sheep
- draw slime or viscious liquid
- draw something that reminds you of the past
- draw something that you wish to achieve in the future
- draw something that represents the present
- draw something that is in the floor
- draw a plane
- draw something with only straight lines
- draw a blind countour study, which is where you practice your ability to really see
- draw an outline
- draw a silhouette
- draw your favorite quote in fancy letters
- draw a shaded sphere
- try out a new medium, draw with something you haven’t drawn with before
- draw the process of something changing
- for example, draw a caterpillar that turns into a pupa and then a butterfly
- draw smoke or something wispy
- draw a water droplet in as much realistic detail as possible
- draw something very stylized
- draw a frozen lake
- draw something with weird, wild proportions
- draw a punny creature (like a catfish that is actually a cat. done before, but you try it!)
- draw a house you would love to live in
- draw something that is not well known
- draw a pop culture figure that you admire
- draw a bananna
- draw something that you think will inspire someone else
- draw something or someone that highly influenced you
- draw an apple, sliced, which is a bit more unique than your typical picture
- draw a pair of shoelaces, hanging from somewhere.
- crumple up a sheet of paper and draw it
- draw your own constellation and name it
- draw your own
- draw a rose
- draw a turtle
- draw a dog
- draw a cat
- draw a tea cup
- draw a free tree next to a draw a not free tree
- draw a flower that has wild flower petal designs
- draw batman!
- draw the joker!
- draw a bird
- draw and color something red
- draw and color something orange
- draw and color something yellow
- draw and color something green
- draw and color something blue
- draw and color something indigo
- draw and color something violet
- cut out random things from a magazine, assemble them into a collage, now draw the combined thing and make it a bit more seamless and see if you get something awesome
- draw 219 of one random object! Hard, but effective!
- draw something energizing.
Whew! That was a lot of random drawing ideas. I hope some of those drawing prompts were interesting to you. Let me know if you do draw a few of those! I encourage you to share this with your friends, and challenge them to do this. I will feature artists that participate in this challenge. Just email me with the # and a link to your image, and maybe also a social media link you would like me to share.
Have a great day!