The world of painting is filled with wonders. It almost feels like a different zone altogether, that people get drawn towards while they feel low, or mellowed down. Did you feel the same? Rather, what was your best moment while you entered the world of painting? Now, even if you are not much accustomed to the world of imagination, paintings, and similar tricks, we have something for you. Here, we have a list of easy things to paint for beginners. You were also searching similar, right?
Paintings are one of the greatest ways to enhance creativity while discovering inner talent, and also helps in beating the blues. So, what are you thinking about next? Well, of course for the ones already introduced to this magical world, nothing much to say. But for the novice, get glued to the list below, and start your little world of imagination.
All set for the task? Let’s start then.
Cute Things To Paint For Beginners
Landscapes
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Painting of the highlands forms a classic example that creating some easy things necessarily doesn’t mean that the image would be dull. Rather, it’s how you make it interesting with the strokes of brush, and dash of paints. Landscape painting involves a major part of the scenery. Thus, with the creation, you can also experience various mediums while developing your skills. The large areas in the canvas, filled with colors, and the simple shapes make this image perfect for beginners, and with guaranteed a beautiful result. So, try it now.
Lightning Struck at Midnight
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Here, we have brought a form of impressionistic art that’s hard to ignore. Besides, the painting also gives a great lesson on how the fluid lines can result in the dynamic movement of the painting. Here, you just need to pick the hues of blue, and get a proper texture while mixing the colors. Then, it’s a game of your strokes with the brush. Besides, once the color dries, start working on your lightning streak. Make sure that both of the subjects are blended to get the desired effect. This painting shows the technique to approach a complex subject directly.
Cactus Silhouette Sunsets
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This is one of the easy things to paint for beginners. However, just be sure of the cactus shapes, and the way the black merges with the evening color. The sunset gradient is lovely to look at, however, blending is a vital technique that needs to be learned, and done well. Besides, you also need to be cautious and tricky with the acrylic paints because they dry fast and a smooth gradient surface is difficult to achieve. Besides, this entire idea is a great substitute if you are planning for a different subject other than the animals.
Blue Butterfly
Kids are quite fascinated with the thought of a blue-colored butterfly. Firstly, for its shape, and secondly for its radiant blue hues that look immensely beautiful when donned well. For doing a butterfly, you need to seek the assistance of various types of brushes, while adapting a technique called ‘scalloping’ that would help to create the lovely patterns for the wings. Master the art of this technique, and the result is a whole canvas, reflected with the colors of the perfectly created butterflies. All ready to splash the colors?
Sunflower
Who would mind a bright, and beautiful yellow-hued sunflower, filled with radiance, placed at the center of the canvas? Of course, nobody. Besides, this painting also compels you to pay great attention to the finer details. You might find the shape a bit difficult to comprehend, but for that, you have the pair of compasses to draw around something, that would get the outer and inner circles. Once done with this, you can’t go wrong with the petals. Painting the seeds also needs a steady hand, but all that concentration and finesse is worth the realistic sunflower that you’ll come up with.
Cute Ladybirds
Besides being one of the names in the list of the easy things to paint for beginners, the cute pair of ladybirds also work great when donned as an ornament. They are easy to create, are eye-catching, and perfect for the ones starting with the acrylic painting. Now, if you can’t create googly eyes, use white acrylic paints for instance. It’s opaque and looks good when you apply it thickly. Also, if you have mastered the art of painting ladybirds, you have won yourself the ability to play around with the colors, while creating several kinds of crawlies.
Easter Bunnies
Yes, this time also we have another cutie adorning the list of names. Also, even we started with the word ‘Easter’, you can draw this one all year round. It’s a simple one, where the large ears, long white teeth, and the broad eyes of the bunny take the center stage. Of course, you can’t miss the background so you need to get the perfect blend of white with bluish-green. This one is the perfect name while looking for something that’s quite far from realism, blending into a cartoonish segment.
Abstract/Modern Art
The entire work is minus any complex drawing. Rather, it involves only attractive, eye-catching yet the combination of simplistic shapes, that involve large areas of color. This would help to create a bold yet vibrant piece, that would work best for beginners. The entire shape is of a cat, but minus the intricate fur. Thus, portraying a cat is easier than doing any other animal. Besides, it is also a great lesson while you are using the basic shapes to create the perfect impressions of detailed textures. So, that’s how you do a cat in an abstract painting form.
Colorful Lion
Don’t get perplexed by the title, because even I know that lions are not colorful. However, since we have promised easy things to paint for beginners, here we are. However, compared to the colorful cat that we have already drawn, this big beast might be a bit difficult. Here, the areas that are filled with colors are more intricate and the fur’s texture is also less defined. However, beginners can still try this. It’s a great way to learn how to use the hues in denoting lightness. Here, an illusion gets created from the light comes that comes from the bright colors in the left half of the image.
Young Native Warrior
As an apprentice, drawing portraits can be a greater challenge if you want to push your limits. However, this form of modern painting helps to look at the human face, in a more guided way. The finesse or detailing lies in doing the headdress or warbonnet in a good way. That’s perhaps the trickiest part of this painting, and the variants in the textures also prove that there are a lot of things to learn from this piece of art. So, feeling heroic already?
Squishy Jellyfish
Here, you have a choice. Either you can make a jellyfish in a cartoonish form or in a realistic way. However, for both the ways the tentacles are great fun to draw, keeping in mind the color co-ordinations. Just for a pro-tip, if you twist your brush while painting, you are bound to get the lovely marbled effect that’s hard to resist. Here, you also need a perfect blend with the aqua blue in the background. So, what’s the wait for? Start mixing your colors now.
Dragon and Castle Silhouette
How many of you had loved the fairy tales as kids? Trust me, I fantasize about them even now and this is the reason why this is my favorite from the list of easy things to paint for beginners. This is an image involving a list of painting techniques. For more, you also have the option to download the dragon templates for yielding better results from the sketching. The use of silhouettes refers to the paintings minus any fiddly textures. So, it is better to focus on the blend of the background, and the finer details like the castle, and the dragons’ horns.
Hungry Pug
Pugs are known for their cuteness. But trust me on this, that to describe a hungry pug, cute is an understatement. If you need to implant humor in your paintings, this is also a great start. These are the popular ones but be a bit careful while you are doing the intricate things like the fur, the pair of eyes, noses, and the overall personality. However, for this, you are saved from worrying about how to blend with a complex background, or about the proportion. While that saves your day, the cute pug cheers your mood.
Lakeside Boat
Would you like to row your boat gently down the stream? Well, if we have a dreamy mind, and imaginative eyes that’s possible with our paintings. If you are looking forward to creating your customized scenic beauty, first try to comprehend the way the sunlight affects its surroundings. Besides, this drawing depicts the correct amount of color variations in a single scene. The details make it a bit tricky, but it’s worth the time consumed for this stunning result. So, a row with the flow, and slow.
Shell-Picking By The Beach
Many of you might not consider this to be one of the easy things to paint for beginners. However, drawing a girl by the beach, trying to pick the shells, is a good way of exploring various textures. That includes from the woven basket to the girl’s hair, and of course the dynamic waves.
Automated Cars
As kids, we had a handful of them scattered in every corner of our place. Cars are one of the coolest things to draw and fits perfect for all skill levels. Besides, this is also the drawing where you get the concept of straight lines, curves, and circles, as clear as the crystals. Join the dots right, place the figures well, and draw the car with ease and perfection.
Small Ponies
Ponies are cute-looking animals that are again easy to draw. It’s almost like going back to the basics where you start with an oval, and a bigger sized circle for the head and the body. Of course, you also have straight lines as the legs. That’s the basic done, so now you can do the rest of the contouring and shading.
Simple Patterns
There’s nothing much to ponder over these as they are primarily easy things to paint for beginners. Even by sketching simple patterns, you can derive great fun. All you need, are the essentials like paints, pencils, markers, the perfect base, and the mood to draw.
Christmas Snowflakes
With the yuletide fever gushing in full galore, how can we not talk about the Christmas snowflakes? It’s almost as easy to be a part of the winter fun. Tale a center, and draw a temporary circle all around it to make the flakes appear big and nice. Once done with that, the rest falls into place.
Baby Fox
Just imagine that you are starting with a Christmas tree of small size. Well, that’s supposed to be the head of the creature. Then in the same way do the body, and draw two curves for the tail. Once done with it, place the eyes, nose, and ears accordingly. The paws are cute also, so don’t forget them.
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That’s how we end the list of easy things to paint for beginners. Painting, as we already discussed needs the essentials like widespread imaginations, a proper base, prime quality paint, and brushes. So, what’s the next step? Put on the thinking cap, start imaging a picture, and do the needful.
Besides, which one became your favorite among all? Would you try this for sure in the next instance? Good luck with your venture, and make sure that your imaginations run wild while you are in full motion doing the paint. For the last part, don’t forget to upload your bit while you are done.
