What should I draw when I'm bored?

Pick something small, cute and finishable in 10 minutes: a sleepy cat, a bee, a frog in a flower hat. Or open DrawUp and take the daily drawing — a fresh guided prompt every day with zero decision fatigue.

What are easy things to draw for beginners?

Round animals (cats, bees, penguins), simple plants (tulips, mushrooms), and kawaii food faces. All of these are built from 2–3 basic shapes — and all have guided versions in DrawUp's tutorial library.

How do I make drawing a daily habit?

Shrink the session (10 minutes), remove decisions (use a daily prompt), and track streaks visibly. DrawUp bundles all three: daily drawings, guided steps and achievement badges from 1 to 20+ finished works.

50 Things to Draw When You're Bored

The hardest part of drawing isn't drawing — it's deciding what to draw. Steal these 50 ideas, or let a daily prompt decide for you.

Easy & cute (great for beginners)

1. A sleepy cat curled into a circle · 2. A bee with tiny glasses · 3. A frog in a flower hat · 4. A toast with a smiling face · 5. A mushroom house · 6. A hamster eating a seed · 7. A butterfly with patterned wings · 8. A cup of coffee with a face · 9. A tulip trio · 10. A toucan on a branch · 11. A snail with a castle shell · 12. A cloud raining stars · 13. A penguin in a scarf · 14. A strawberry with sunglasses · 15. A tiny ghost with a balloon.

Characters & people

16. An anime girl with wind-blown hair · 17. A boy looking over his shoulder · 18. A girl with cat-ear headband · 19. A curly-haired portrait in profile · 20. An astronaut floating with a balloon planet · 21. A wizard whose beard is a galaxy · 22. A chef cat flipping pancakes · 23. A knight afraid of a butterfly · 24. Your pet as a person · 25. Yourself as a cartoon.

Places & things

26. The Eiffel Tower at sunset · 27. A great ocean wave · 28. A tiny island with one palm tree · 29. A cozy window with rain outside · 30. A bookshelf where one book is a door · 31. A lighthouse on a cliff · 32. A hot air balloon over mountains · 33. A camper van at night · 34. A treehouse city · 35. A vending machine for potions.

Fun challenges

36. Draw the same cat in 3 styles · 37. One drawing using only circles · 38. Your favorite emoji, realistic · 39. An animal + object mashup (cat-cactus?) · 40. Something upside down · 41. Draw with your non-dominant hand · 42. A one-line drawing (pen never lifts) · 43. Your breakfast as a still life · 44. A monster from a random scribble · 45. The view from where you sit.

Relaxing, zero-pressure

46. Repeating wave patterns · 47. A mandala from simple petals · 48. Fill a page with tiny stars and moons · 49. Color an existing line art instead of drawing · 50. Redraw the first thing you ever remember drawing.

Grid of hundreds of drawing ideas and tutorials in the DrawUp app — Idea #51–550: DrawUp's tutorial grid is a bottomless bowl of drawing prompts.

Or: let the app decide

DrawUp solves "what should I draw?" twice over. The daily drawing gives you one fresh, guided prompt every day — open the app, follow the steps, done in 10 minutes. And the tutorial library holds 500+ ideas sorted by theme and difficulty, every one broken into guided steps so an idea never dies on the blank page. Finished drawings feed your achievement streak, which is remarkably effective at turning boredom-drawing into a daily habit.

💡 Tip: boredom drawing works best with a time cap. Give yourself one 10-minute guided tutorial — finishing something small beats abandoning something ambitious.