Drawing Ideas for Boys

With a little help from Quickdraw's step by step drawing guides you can start practicing your art skills by drawing superheroes and villains from Marvel and DC. Check back in regularly to see updates on the Quickdraw website with tutorials for drawing Lego Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk and many more of your favourite TV and movie characters.

Anything is possible when you have a keen eye and a willingness to practice drawing. Quickdraw will teach you how to sketch and colour in the biggest, and most famous men and women from the world of sport. From the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, to Harry Kane, to Usain Bolt.

There is plenty of that to go around - just make sure your parents approve of you drawing things that you and your friends find funny, but your teacher may not! For example, how about learning to draw the poop emoji? It's easy with Quickdraw's step by step guide.

Of course, some of the best things to draw for boys are the noisiest and fastest vehicles on the road (and in the sky). Quickdraw's guides will help you sketch your very own cars of all kinds, trains, race cars, power boats, aeroplanes, and even tractors... it doesn't get much louder than that!

Here are a few short tips to help your son improve their drawing skills and create fantastic piece art: 1) Always be open to watching your son draw or seeing their finished artwork to offer support and encouragement 2) Be conscious of how you talk to your child about the art he or she makes 3) Come together to conjure up new and exciting ways to draw or objects to copy and trace over 4) Keep art activities developmentally and age appropriate and don’t throw your son in at the deep end with super hard challenges 5) Research local art classes for your son to attend and learn first-hand from qualified art teachers.

Drawing ideas are not gender specific, however, there are themes and trends that may appeal more broadly to boys than girls depending on their interests. A good example of this may be the types of cartoon characters they enjoy watching on television, or the toys they play with at home. A military tank or radio control car will be higher up on a list of things boys like to draw than it will for girls, generally speaking. And creative drawing ideas can be inspired by real life: a self-portrait of their pet (or a puppy dog or cat they love); their favourite food; their sporting interests and hobbies. 

That’s a tricky one isn’t it. How about doing the following… offer interesting things to draw on, like coloured papers and textured sketchpads; get a clipboard and take drawing outside; draw with water and a paintbrush on the concrete; draw with chalk on the trampoline; draw on a really long piece of paper, or a really small piece, or round pieces; or even draw on a balloon.

According to research, boys engage with art if you introduce them to subjects they are fond of, like sports or books and then teach them that they can draw what they see. Design, sculpture, sporting artists, graffiti and risk-taking can all engage boys.