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  "title": "Drawing for Beginners: Easy First Lessons | Pencilbloom",
  "description": "New to drawing? Start with these easy lessons picked for beginners. Each one breaks a simple drawing into small steps you can follow on paper.",
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# Drawing for beginners: start here

Never drawn before? Start here. Short lessons in the order that builds real skill: lines and shapes first, then your first flower, cat and face.

Updated October 27, 2026

- [All](https://pencilbloom.com/learn)
- [Tracing guides](https://pencilbloom.com/guides)

## Your first lessons, in order

1. ![Line drawing of a starfish next to a scallop seashell](https://pencilbloom.com/media/lesson/l0d369198d90ce6a55bd0cacacccf503d/4ea6655d7a547c48/art.svg)

   Easy 5 min · 5 steps

   Step 1

   ### [How to draw a starfish, step by step](https://pencilbloom.com/learn/how-to-draw-a-starfish)
2. ![Line drawing of a ringed planet with two small moons and stars](https://pencilbloom.com/media/lesson/lfdf2df59d1f748f670c29fb39ec05d25/26a1940335b9a22d/art.svg)

   Easy 8 min · 6 steps

   Step 2

   ### [How to draw a planet, step by step](https://pencilbloom.com/learn/how-to-draw-a-planet)
3. ![Line drawing of a smiling crescent moon with a ringed planet and stars](https://pencilbloom.com/media/lesson/lee4fde69a767b84e62ecfadea22dc2ad/1ee84a51714ef19c/art.svg)

   Easy 9 min · 6 steps

   Step 3

   ### [How to draw a moon, step by step](https://pencilbloom.com/learn/how-to-draw-a-moon)
4. ![Line drawing of a rose with a long stem and two leaves](https://pencilbloom.com/media/lesson/l77758a57d6ea1d671c1d41e91bcf0247/4bce46a663a9ec7c/art.svg)

   Easy 8 min · 7 steps

   Step 4

   ### [How to draw a rose, step by step](https://pencilbloom.com/learn/how-to-draw-a-rose)
5. ![Line drawing of a smiling round fish with seaweed, a starfish and bubbles](https://pencilbloom.com/media/lesson/lc50c45f05a13d8b9ec330cdb27a9c3a3/3d535c32a6971339/art.svg)

   Easy 10 min · 9 steps

   Step 5

   ### [How to draw a fish, step by step](https://pencilbloom.com/learn/how-to-draw-a-fish)
6. ![Line drawing of a smiling anime girl with a fringe and large eyes](https://pencilbloom.com/media/lesson/l0b51042752bf5a430d2c64d89bb191da/5a337264c40b922c/art.svg)

   Easy 15 min · 9 steps

   Step 6

   ### [How to draw an anime girl face, step by step](https://pencilbloom.com/learn/how-to-draw-an-anime-girl-face)
7. ![Line drawing of an open hand with palm lines and finger creases](https://pencilbloom.com/media/lesson/l54bd1d68e86808094047c15880ef1fd8/bf7ddb06dcee8185/art.svg)

   Medium 12 min · 11 steps

   Step 7

   ### [How to draw a hand, step by step](https://pencilbloom.com/learn/how-to-draw-a-hand)

## How these lessons work

Each lesson builds one drawing in small steps, with a picture for every step and the new lines of that step shown in red. You can follow every lesson here on the website for free, with no sign-up. Pick a lesson that looks fun, check what you’ll need, then choose how you want to draw it.

On paper: keep the lesson open on your screen and copy one step at a time onto your own sheet, or print the lesson and keep it next to you while you draw.

With the app: open the lesson in Pencilbloom, prop your phone over the paper and trace each step with a real pencil, while the camera shows that step’s lines right on your page.

A few tips if you are just starting out:

- Draw light pencil lines first. You can darken the ones you want to keep at the end and erase the rest.
- Keep the paper still. A small piece of tape at each corner stops it from sliding while you draw.
- Take your time. Finish one step before you move on to the next; there is no clock running.
- Repeat a lesson you enjoyed. Your second drawing will usually come out cleaner and more confident than the first.

When your drawing is finished, color it in if you like, then pick the next lesson from this page.

## Every lesson, traced on real paper.

Open any lesson in Pencilbloom and your phone shows each step right on your page.

## Keep exploring

- [Learn to draw](https://pencilbloom.com/learn)
- [Coloring pages](https://pencilbloom.com/coloring-pages)
- [Tracing guides](https://pencilbloom.com/guides)

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