Drawing prompts & ideas

Quick wins. One clear subject you can nail in under a minute.

• a cat wearing a hatanimals
• a rocket shipobjects
• a slice of pizzafood
• a smiling sunnature
• a fish in a bowlanimals
• a bunch of balloonsobjects
• a snowman with a carrot nosescenes
• an umbrella in the rainobjects
• an ice cream conefood
• a flower in a potnature
• a rubber duckobjects
• an apple with a wormfood
• a cupcake with a cherry on topfood
• a butterfly on a flowernature
• a sailboat on the waterscenes
• a teapot pouring teaobjects
• a ladybug on a leafanimals
• a kite flying in the skyobjects
• a cheeseburger and friesfood
• a penguin wearing a scarfanimals
• a donut with sprinklesfood
• a frog on a lily padanimals
• a cozy house with a chimneyplaces
• a cactus in a clay potnature
• a friendly cartoon ghostfantasy
• a glowing light bulbobjects
• a spotted toadstool mushroomnature
• a bee buzzing by a floweranimals
• a hedgehog holding an appleanimals
• a turtle wearing sunglassesanimals
• a crab on the beachanimals
• a snail on a mushroomanimals
• a slice of watermelonfood
• a hot dog with mustardfood
• a swirly lollipopfood
• a paper airplane in flightobjects
• a snow globe with a tiny treeobjects
• a crescent moon and starsnature
• a rainbow after the rainnature
• an acorn on an oak leafnature
• a pinecone on a pine branchnature
• a spiral seashell in the sandnature
• a red maple leaf fallingnature
• a taco with all the toppingsfood
• a soft pretzel with saltfood
• an old film cameraobjects
• a ringing alarm clockobjects
• a watering can with a spoutobjects
• a dewdrop on a blade of grassnature
• a curled fern frond unfurlingnature
• a lotus flower on a pondnature
• a dandelion losing its seedsnature
• icicles hanging from a branchnature
• a red barn beside a siloplaces
• a stone bridge over a streamplaces
• an igloo on the snowplaces
• a chocolate chip cookiefood
• a carton of french friesfood
• a banana split with cherriesfood
• a glowing paper lanternobjects
• a backpack full of booksobjects
• sand falling through an hourglassobjects

A scene with two things going on. Good for a real warm-up.

• a castle on a hillplaces
• a robot walking a dogscenes
• a lighthouse by the seaplaces
• a treehouse in a forestplaces
• a hot air balloon over mountainsscenes
• friends around a campfirescenes
• an owl reading a bookanimals
• a surfer riding a wavescenes
• a steam train crossing a bridgescenes
• an octopus playing drumsanimals
• a mermaid sitting on a rockfantasy
• a chef flipping a pancakescenes
• a tent under a starry skyscenes
• a fox curled up in the snowanimals
• a windmill in a tulip fieldplaces
• a scuba diver near a shipwreckscenes
• a dinosaur munching a tall treeanimals
• a skateboarder mid-jumpscenes
• a pirate ship sailing at sunsetscenes
• a gardener watering tall sunflowersscenes
• a log cabin in snowy woodsplaces
• a witch stirring a bubbling cauldronfantasy
• a frog strumming a guitaranimals
• a fruit stand at a farmers marketscenes
• a cat in a spacesuit floating in spacescenes
• a baker holding a tray of fresh breadscenes
• a DJ spinning records on stagescenes
• a beekeeper tending to hivesscenes
• a cat napping in a hammockanimals
• a fisherman in a small rowboatscenes
• a violinist on a rooftop at nightscenes
• a snowboarder carving down a slopescenes
• a cozy teahouse in autumnplaces
• a koala hugging a tall treeanimals
• a food cart on a busy street cornerplaces
• a dewy spiderweb at dawnnature
• a sushi roll on a platefood
• a steaming bowl of ramenfood
• a vintage typewriterobjects
• a tide pool full of starfishnature
• a sparkling amethyst geodenature
• a five-story pagodaplaces
• a roadside diner at nightplaces
• a glass greenhouse full of plantsplaces
• a bento box with rice and veggiesfood
• a birthday cake with lit candlesfood
• an old brass gramophoneobjects
• a brass compass pointing northobjects

Busy, imaginative prompts. Lead with the most recognizable shape and the judge will follow.

• a dragon breathing firefantasy
• a knight fighting a dragonfantasy
• a futuristic city skylinescenes
• a wizard casting a spellfantasy
• an underwater coral reef cityfantasy
• an astronaut planting a flag on the moonscenes
• a giant mech battling a monsterfantasy
• a carnival at night with a Ferris wheelscenes
• a phoenix rising from the flamesfantasy
• a volcano erupting over a villagescenes
• a space station orbiting Earthscenes
• a samurai duel under cherry blossomsfantasy
• a griffin guarding a treasure hoardfantasy
• a steampunk airship above the cloudsfantasy
• a kraken dragging a ship beneath the wavesfantasy
• a neon cyberpunk alley in the rainscenes
• a spiral galaxy with a passing cometscenes
• an explorer crossing a jungle rope bridgescenes
• an ice queen on a frozen thronefantasy
• a gothic cathedral at duskplaces
• two wizards in a magic duelfantasy
• elephants at a watering hole at sunsetscenes
• a stone titan crumbling apartfantasy
• an observatory under the northern lightsplaces
• a waterfall crashing into a canyonscenes
• a rider soaring on a dragonfantasy
• a giant clock tower full of gearsplaces
• a submarine exploring the deep seascenes
• a bustling desert marketplacescenes
• a walking tree guarding a forestfantasy
• a wolf howling under the aurorascenes
• a ship caught in a lightning stormscenes
• a mountain temple above the cloudsplaces
• a peacock fanning its tail feathersanimals
• a majestic stag in a misty forestanimals
• a chameleon on a twisting jungle vineanimals
• an eagle diving toward a mountain lakeanimals
• a geyser erupting in a barren fieldnature
• a cross-section of a busy beehivenature
• a wildfire sweeping through a forestnature
• a towering ice cream sundaefood
• a charcuterie board piled with cheesesfood
• a bubbling cheese fondue potfood
• a crystal chandelier with lit candlesobjects
• a pipe organ with towering pipesobjects
• a suit of armor on a display standobjects

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