As I set out to create this round-up of all the easy, cute food drawings, lessons, and tutorials from all the cute drawing ideas I’ve created over the years, a funny question emerged: Where do you draw the line of what’s food and what’s not??? I’ve been an artist and teacher for nearly two decades, so looking through the options, it became a challenge to decide what to include.
What is a “Food Drawing?”
It was far easier to do my round-up of cute animal drawings, because an animal is just an animal. Food, however, has a sort of wide definition, depending on your point of view. Sure — drawings of fruits, veggies, and candy should go on this list… but not all mushrooms are edible, so should they be included here?
Further, people eat octopus (mmm, calamari!) so should I include my octopus drawing tutorial in this food art round-up, even though the illustrations depict live, swimming cephalopods? I decided against it — though I did include decorated eggs, even though those are usually used for decor and not eaten.
Easy Food to Draw
As a reminder before we get into my round-up of easy food to draw: these ideas are just here to help jump-start your own creativity, and you can feel free to make any alterations on the style if you sketch some yourself. Ready to see my big list of kawaii cute food drawings, replete with drawing prompts and lessons on how to sketch them? Here you go!
Cute Food Drawings
Looking for cute food drawings, either as decorations, or to learn how to make the art? See a big list here, and click through for lessons.
Candy Drawing
There are all different types of candy, but here's an easy tutorial for how to draw hard candy. (See what I did there? Easy for hard?)
Pumpkin Drawing
Pumpkins are such a sign of the autumn harvest season. Here's a lesson and video for how to draw one.
Cherry Drawing
I love drawing cherries because of how three-dimensional and shiny you can make them look, and how that rich dark red contrasts with the green of the stem!
Mushroom Drawing
Though you have to be very careful which mushrooms are safe to eat, I am still putting this mushroom cartooning tutorial into this round-up because it's so cute.
Broccoli and Carrot
Click through here for a whole children's story to get kids to eat more fruits and vegetables! Representing the veggie force, here's a jolly broccoli and carrot.
Pear Drawing
Drawing a pear takes both attention to the classic "pear shape," as well as careful textured shading and color selection to give the feel of the fruit.
Bread Rolls
Because they're so round, plump, warm and toasty, bread rolls are inherently cute -- you just have to add some texture, a calming light brown color, and a smile.
Juicy Peaches
The key with a peach is to convey its softness through the rounded edges and soft peach color. Learn which color combination to mix to get the right shade here.
Decorated Eggs
Do people actually eat eggs after they decorate them? Well either way, they're still technically a food, so their drawing tutorial belongs on this list.
Yummy Dessert
This article is actually an English language usage lesson on how to not mix up dessert (delicious) and desert (sandy and hot) -- but it has a yummy drawing of ice cream!
Midnight Snacks
This drawing of a monster yearning to eat cake at night links through to an article about how to stop snacking at night.
Candy Cane Drawing
No matter what time of year it is, it's always a good time to draw a candy cane! See tricks for how here.
How to Quit Coffee
Finally, coffee may not exactly be a "food," but if you chug as much of it as I used to, it might as well be one. Here's my process for how I switched over to sipping green tea instead.
Food Coloring Pages
Want free printable sheets of the black and white versions of these line art cartoons to color in? Here are my food coloring pages for you to create a relaxing art activity.
Yummy and Adorable?
I hope this food drawing round-up made you say, “Aww, that’s so adorable!” and gave some ideas for your next art project. Which was your favorite from the list?
For me, I’m smitten with the mushroom drawing, though they all make me smile. At first I felt kind of odd about my compulsion for putting googly cartoon eyes on everything, but once I saw how fabulous they looked on broccoli and peaches, I couldn’t stop!
Cute Food Drawings, in Sum
Which cute food drawings should I illustrate and teach next? Which kawaii, easy food to draw do you think should or shouldn’t be included in this edible and adorable list of deliciousness? Do share!
Want more? Check out my round-up of easy drawing ideas…
Seeking printables? Enjoy my free food coloring pages to print out and color in, as a relaxing art activity for all ages.
The author and artist, Lillie Marshall, is a National Board Certified Teacher of English who has been a public school educator since 2003, and an experienced Reiki practitioner since 2018. All art on this site is original and hand-drawn by Lillie. She launched DrawingsOf.com Educational Cartoons in 2020, building upon the success of her other sites, AroundTheWorldL.com (established 2009), TeachingTraveling.com (founded 2010), and ReikiColors.com. Subscribe to Lillie’s monthly newsletter, and follow @WorldLillie on social media to stay connected!
