22 Easy Aesthetic Drawing Ideas (Perfect for Beginners)

Stuck for what to draw? These 22 easy, aesthetic drawing ideas are simple enough for total beginners — no fancy art skills required. Grab a pen and get inspired!

These are all easy drawings that complete beginners can do. There are various ideas ranging from everyday, real life objects, to fantasy illustrations with interesting elements.

Best Aesthetic Drawing Ideas

I suggest making a pencil sketch first, and then going over it with a pen. It doesn’t have to be a work of art on your first try. Just keep trying your best and you’ll get better with practice.

Let’s take a look at these beautiful ideas!

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Sorting hat line drawing

If you’re a Harry Potter fan, you’ll love drawing this sorting hat with flowers. The artist used a Sakura Micron pen.

Lemon Drawing

This lemon drawing is very easy to do. You can do this with just a yellow and green marker or some gouache. Just leave some whitespace to suggest highlights.

Birthday Cake Doodles

You can easily create these birthday cake drawings with just a pen or pencil. You can even create a cute birthday card from your doodles.

Cherries in a Punnet

I love the flat look of this illustration of cherries in different shades. The end result is very charming. Be sure to check out the artist’s website here.

Simple Floral Doodles

Here is a calming sketchbook project where you can fill in a rectangle with repeating floral doodles. The colour palette makes this look very aesthetic. The artist used markers from Tombow. Check out the video below to see a tutorial.

Ice Cream Doodles

I love the loose and whimsical look of this ice-cream illustration. Don’t close the lines completely, leave it a little imperfect – that’s what makes it so appealing.

Mountain ink drawing

Here’s a simple ink illustration that anyone can do.

Brunch Objects

These trendy brunch objects are easy and fun to draw. This artist has drawn a coffee cup, Italian coffee pot, strawberries, vase of flowers, croissant, stack of pancakes, sandwich, egg and bacon. The more imperfect you draw these, the more character they’ll have!

Poppy Flower drawing

Here is a step-by-step guide showing you how to draw a pretty poppy flower.

Zendoodle

A fun abstract geometric drawing. you can do in a short time.

Fig Drawing

A cute illustration of figs you can draw with ink.

Moth drawing

A beautiful moth drawn digitally on Procreate. You can also draw this with pencils.

Butterfly drawing

How pretty is this floral butterfly? The colours are fantastic too.

Tomatoes

I like how loose these tomatoes are drawn. You can use markers and basically just scribble these. Let some of the white of the page show through to suggest highlights.

Ink bottle and quill illustration

I love the simplicity of this illustration. The addition of the stars makes it feel more magical.

Minimalist Aesthetic Flower Drawings

These flowers are beautiful and easy to draw. They will make a great addition to a bullet journal.

Botanical line art

These minimalistic drawings are easy to do and will make great logos!

Line work

If you’re looking for easy things to draw, then you can’t go wrong with doors.

Cassette tape illustration

This cassette tape illustration was inspired by Stranger Things! I love the hand-drawn lines and colours. Did you also get this song stuck in your head while watching the series?

Easy flowers in oil pastels

If you have oil pastels you can draw these flowers quickly in just a few steps.

Cat drawing in oil pastels

How cute is this ginger and white cat illustration? It’s so easy to do. You just need a bronze colour pastel and a pencil for the whiskers, eyes and nose.

Simple drawing of mushroom with a hat

Here’s an adorable mushroom wizard that you can draw with just a few simple shapes and lines.

Wave illustration

This drawing of a wave can be drawn in just a few easy steps. This was done digitally in Procreate, but you can also colour it with markers or colored pencils.

Coloured moth illustrations

If you’re looking for aesthetic things to draw then what about these beautiful moths? They consist of simple shapes that won’t take too long to draw. You can use the finished piece as room decor.

Cute cat drawing

Here is an easy and quick drawing idea of a cat holding up its paw.

Aesthetic clouds

There are many different ways to draw a cloud. I especially like the curly style because it makes the cloud look so fluffy!

Aesthetic doodles

If you’re looking for simple, black and white doodles to try, then you can’t go wrong with these easy leaves.

Related post: easy step-by-step plant drawings to try in your bullet journal

Marine life drawings

If you love the ocean then you’ll love drawing these adorable sea animals. This artist has drawn a shark, sea turtle, octopus, whale, eel, lobster, dolphin and many more in a simple art style.

Peach doodle

You can easily draw this peach with oil pastels or crayons.

Iced Coffee

Iced coffee fan? Try these line art illustrations. It mostly consists of basic shapes.

You don’t have to be an advanced artist to draw something beautiful. I hope these easy drawing ideas have inspired you to grab your pen and start drawing!

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