From easy warm-ups to the hardest lessons
Drawing ideas for 11 year olds
Drawing ideas for eleven-year-olds: a few easy warm-ups, then realistic animals, faces and hands, perspective-ish buildings and the most detailed lessons on the site.
Eleven-year-olds usually arrive in one of two moods: “I can’t draw” or “give me something hard”. Both are served here. The easy shelf is warm-ups that always work, a quick win before the real thing. The rest is the hard end of the catalogue: advanced animals, faces in profile, hands, riders on horses, and big scenes. Every one still shows the new lines in red per step, so hard means more steps, not less help.
Easy warm-ups (beginner friendly)
How to Draw a Fox
12 steps
How to Draw an Owl
12 steps
How to Draw a Shark Fin
9 steps
How to Draw a Skull
10 steps
How to Draw a Lightning Bolt
10 steps
How to Draw a Rocket
13 steps
How to Draw a Koi
13 steps
How to Draw an Origami Crane
10 steps
How to Draw an Anchor
11 steps
How to Draw a Compass Rose
11 steps
How to Draw a Crystal
10 steps
How to Draw a Music Note
12 steps
Realistic animals
How to Draw a Tiger
15 steps
How to Draw a Cheetah
13 steps
How to Draw a Snow Leopard
13 steps
How to Draw a Black Panther
11 steps
How to Draw a Leopard
13 steps
How to Draw a Bison
12 steps
How to Draw an Okapi
13 steps
How to Draw a Peacock
13 steps
How to Draw a Jaguar
13 steps
How to Draw a Bobcat
13 steps
How to Draw a Zebra
14 steps
How to Draw a Giraffe Eating
14 steps
People, faces and hands
How to Draw a Face Profile
10 steps
How to Draw an Eye
10 steps
How to Draw Lips
10 steps
How to Draw a Hand
10 steps
How to Draw Anime Eyes
10 steps
How to Draw Best Friends
14 steps
How to Draw a Couple
15 steps
How to Draw a Bride and Groom
19 steps
How to Draw a Ballerina
12 steps
Scenes and structures
How to Draw a Steam Train
13 steps
How to Draw a Train
17 steps
How to Draw a City Skyline
12 steps
How to Draw a Cathedral
13 steps
How to Draw the Colosseum
12 steps
How to Draw a Shipwreck
14 steps
How to Draw a School of Fish
13 steps
How to Draw a Space Station
13 steps
How to Draw an Observatory
12 steps
Tips for drawing with 11 year olds
- Warm up for two minutes on an easy one before a hard one; it loosens the wrist and the nerves.
- On the advanced lessons the guide lines matter most, spend the first four steps getting them right and the rest follows.
- Try drawing the same subject twice: once following every step, once from memory. The gap is where the learning is.
Questions parents and teachers ask
What are beginner easy drawings for 11 year olds?
The warm-up shelf: a fox, an owl, a shark fin, a skull, a lightning bolt, a rocket. Quick, always work, and not babyish.
What are hard drawings for kids?
The advanced lessons: a dragon breathing fire, a tiger, a knight on a horse, a bride and groom, a steam train, fifteen steps and up.