ENDLESS LIST DRAWING PROMPTS FOR YOUR SKETCHBOOK

Enjoy this drawing list for your learners! Encourage them to use a sketchbook but any paper material will work. Use this list for art days, sub days, brain breaks, early finishers, homeschool and so much more. Need more art ideas: Try expanding on a drawing prompt idea. For example, with the beach prompt, have them add specific objects like a beach ball, or turn a prompt idea into a craft. The possibilities are endless as you are able to make this list as simple or as complex as you would like. This is an open-ended list that will engage your learners and help them to think outside the box. There is a page break after a list of 25 to keep things organized.

• beach
• favorite animal
• pencil (make your pencil into a cartoon)
• object in your classroom
• a toy that moves
• a teeny tiny tree (draw it as tiny as you can)
• favorite food to eat
• crayon (add your favorite color)
• something hot
• favorite cake
• a summer activity
• a silly smiley face
• something cold
• your fingers
• rocks
• what you ate for lunch
• something that scares you
• shoes
• self-portrait
• a plant
• autumn leaves
• favorite autumn colors
• a character made up of a gourd
• a smiling pumpkin
• hot chocolate

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• go outside and pick a flower, draw it
• favorite emoji
• favorite breakfast item
• your feet
• your eyes (use a mirror)
• go outside and draw an insect
• a paper airplane
• what you're eating during quarantine
• hot cakes
• compose a still life and draw it
• a beach toy
• your swimsuit
• your mom
• your dad
• an abstract version of the bright sun
• winter landscape
• hot chocolate
• tea cup
• snow (falling or on a something)
• snow boots
• pine cones
• a pine tree
• go outside; draw something you see
• an arctic fox
• another self-portrait of you wearing a beanie

• birds in a nest
• a single bird in the sky
• summer self-portrait
• garden
• slice of watermelon still life
• blue skies
• wavy ocean
• sea animal
• sea plants
• swim suit
• snow on a leaf
• snow glistening
• sun behind clouds
• a furry friend wearing a beanie
• a lazy day
• a restful day
• a bird making a nest
• favorite winter treat
• least favorite thing about winter
• favorite thing about the rain
• draw the number one
• something cold
• something windy
• favorite cartoon character
• polar bear wearing a beanie

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1. a walkie talkie walking
2. a cat looking at a gopher hole in the ground
3. something red
4. something white
5. tiny bird on the tip of a tree branch
6. winter self-portrait
7. cloudy skies
8. hearts and more hearts
9. confetti
10. new year's hat
11. blizzard weather
12. steam from a train
13. fill a page with a lot of triangles
14. reflection on sunglasses
15. a lazy summer day
16. beach feet
17. favorite animal wearing a sunhat
18. a mosquito wearing sunglasses
19. footprints on a sandy beach, will it be from an animal, insect, or person?
20.  still life of your toothbrush placed on a famous building
21. pancakes stacked to the ceiling
22. a house made of cotton candy
23. what you would see if you were a bird on top of a tree
24. design a t-shirt
25. a drawing of your favorite event

This list started in the summer of 2019 (I apologize if there are any repeats) and it will end whenever I decide to close it. In the meantime, visit this post for any drawing ideas. Get in on the drawing fun with your learners! Follow this list or check out the adult endless drawing list here. Have fun drawing!  *photograph ©pixabay

(LIST was most recently updated on June 2024)