As you get cozy and flip through our holiday drawings, perhaps the snow is starting to fall outside, and you get to thinking: “I could really use some cute, easy winter drawing ideas right about now.” You’re in luck, because here they are!
Who is the person writing this article? I’m an artist and teacher named Ms. Marshall, and I hand-draw each and every illustration on this site, writing out each lesson with love — even if it’s about a sort of intense bat drawing! Ready for your cold-season art prompts? Here you go!
Winter Drawing Ideas
As the days get shorter and the temperature gets colder, you may start craving winter drawing ideas. Here are easy, cute art instructions for all ages.
Jolly Snowman
What is winter without a good blizzard and snowman building? Click through here for a tutorial on how to make a cute, easy snowman -- along with an instructional time-lapse video and tips on how to add excitement to the art with color choices and shading. (Oh, and there may be an option to leave out the carrot nose, or make our icy friend a snow-woman!)
Candy Canes
Warm up some hot cocoa and snap open the peppermint deliciousness of a candy cane for the holidays! Learn tricks in this tutorial for how to make it look three-dimensional.
Presents and Gifts
When the wind whips outside, giving gifts can provide a festive and joyful winter holiday spirit. Here are instructions for how to draw two different styles of cartoon presents, with alternate options for bows on top of the box.
Candle Drawing
This cute cartoon candle wants to help you keep warm this winter, with its flickering flame and friendly smile.
Reindeer Drawing
The big antlers and red nose of a winter reindeer make me smile! I love visualizing it galloping through the drifting snow.
Wreath Drawing
Weaving together green tree branches with red berries makes for such festive wreaths to hang on doors and display on mantels. Here's a simple cartoon method of drawing them.
The Winter Wind
What's making the snow bluster around in December? Why, the wind, of course! Using the methods of personification, here are three different ways to show gusts of cold air in an easy, fun cartoon style.
Festive Holly
The red of holly berries and the shiny dark green of the plant's leaves create such a visually pleasing contrast against the white snow for winter and holiday decorations.
Snow Clouds
While we're sketching the winter weather, here are instructions for three different ways to add in clouds to your scene's background.
A Holiday Tree
Stringing holiday lights on a richly green tree and seeing them reflect through the windows and onto the snow is such a jolly winter sight! See how to sketch a holiday tree here.
Candy Drawing
There's something about frosty temperatures that makes us reach for sweet treats during winter. Here's a delightful method to draw hard candy.
Winter Holidays
The winter season is full of festive holidays, from Christmas to New Year's Eve, to Valentine's Day. Check out my big compilation of holiday drawing ideas and lessons here.
Weather vs. Whether
Is it spelled "winter weather," or "whether?" As an English teacher (in addition to being an artist), here's my explanation of how to remember the correct spelling of these homophones.
Is Winter Capitalized?
I hope you enjoyed this roundup of cute, easy winter drawing ideas! Which was your favorite? I’m partial to the snowman drawing, myself.
Now, a pressing question: is winter capitalized, when you’re talking about the season? As we shockingly learned in my “Are Seasons Capitalized?” lesson, in fact it is not a proper noun, meaning it starts with a lower case letter when found in the middle of a sentence that is not a title. Ah!
Seasons Around the World
Another point of education, given that I am a teacher and can’t help myself: Keep in mind that wherever you are in the world, winter (that cozy time with colder weather and shorter daylight hours) actually comes at the opposite time of year for the other hemisphere, in the north-south direction!
For example, if you’re in Boston like me, which is the Northern Hemisphere of the globe, winter comes in December, January, February (encompassing Valentine’s Day), and part of March. However, if you’re in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the Southern Hemisphere, winter is in June, July, and August! And of course, for those who live close to the equator, winter may never get cold at all.
Winter Drawing Ideas, in Sum
What other winter drawing ideas would you like me to illustrate, teach, and add to this list? Did you catch that the second word of “winter weather” is not spelled “weither” as some people mistakenly write? Do share!
Want more art, but with more of a holiday theme? Check out my round-up of Christmas drawings, and a big free set of downloadable Christmas coloring pages to print out and create an easy, fun activity for kids… or adults!
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!
