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100 One-Word Drawing Prompts

There is something so fun about coming up with lists. I love thinking up drawing prompts and envisioning people sitting down to draw them, because I know for every prompt there will be a zillion different ways to interpret what I’ve prompted. Not to mention the myriad of art supplies that will give each drawing prompt a new look and feel and style.

I wrote this list of one-word drawing prompts to be used as an easy way to get yourself drawing every day, whether in your sketchbook, on a giant new piece of drawing paper for each idea, or even scribbling a quick doodle on a napkin while you are at a restaurant.

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Feel free to use these with other media, too. If you are looking for painting prompts, more photography prompts, ooh, or even sculpture ideas! Or grab a group of people and have a little drawing party.

  1. dog
  2. leg
  3. earth
  4. umbrella
  5. smile
  6. crow
  7. cup
  8. fingers
  9. egg
  10. hair
  11. meal
  12. shoe
  13. leaf
  14. jewelry
  15. blanket
  16. bag
  17. snack
  18. car
  19. candle
  20. tiny
  21. pillow
  22. toilet
  23. pen
  24. building
  25. seashell
  26. bat
  27. favorite
  28. scissors
  29. game
  30. vegetable
  31. you
  32. book
  33. corner
  34. rock
  35. run
  36. phone
  37. fish
  38. paper
  39. tree
  40. fabric
  41. box
  42. dream
  43. petal
  44. spray bottle
  45. road
  46. lips
  47. shoelaces
  48. bug
  49. pattern
  50. cloud
  51. can
  52. skull
  53. mandala
  54. sock
  55. eye
  56. acorn
  57. glasses
  58. music
  59. chair
  60. herbs
  61. planet
  62. guitar
  63. floating
  64. knife
  65. toothpaste
  66. UFO
  67. goose
  68. banana
  69. coffee
  70. floor
  71. mountains
  72. sleeping
  73. holiday
  74. cartoon
  75. bowl
  76. abstract
  77. mushroom
  78. underwear
  79. pocket
  80. flippers
  81. circus
  82. taco
  83. feather
  84. group
  85. landscape
  86. ear
  87. reflection
  88. boat
  89. melon
  90. smell
  91. fairy
  92. graffiti
  93. mask
  94. pasta
  95. list
  96. hat
  97. house
  98. fly
  99. vines
  100. underwater

Use this list as a jumping-off point. If you look at one list word and immediately hate it, think of how else you can interpret it or change your perception of it:

  • Maybe draw what you think of as its opposite
  • Just make yourself draw it anyway
  • Draw it in a different style than you are used to
  • Draw it in 5 quick doodles to get it over with
  • Do a word association and draw what else it makes you think of that you might like drawing better

Remember to revisit this list from time to time and see how you have progressed at drawing, what other drawing ideas it might prompt, or just use it as a daily warm-up to get you ready to make more art!

Want More Drawing Prompts?

If you love a good drawing prompt, or just appreciate an easy list to refer to when you want to not have to think about what to draw in your sketchbook, I’ve got you covered!

Thanks for sharing! 😍

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