This is the perfect monster tutorial for absolute beginners — building a simple, friendly monster from the most basic shapes you already know: circles, ovals, and triangles. If you can draw a circle, you can draw this monster! Part of the 6-minute 100 Days Sketching Challenge.

🖍️ What You Need

  • Pencil and eraser
  • Two or three coloured markers
  • Black pen for outlines
  • White paper

How to Draw an Easy Monster Step by Step

  1. Draw a big circle or oval — this is the whole monster's body and head in one. Start with a shape you are comfortable with.
  2. Add two simple eyes — two circles with dots inside. Place them anywhere on the body — high, low, or side by side.
  3. Draw a simple mouth — a curved line for a smile, or a wide U-shape for an open happy mouth. Add a few square teeth if you like.
  4. Add two arms — two simple lines or sausage shapes coming out of the sides, ending in round or three-fingered hands.
  5. Add two legs — two short stumps at the bottom with simple feet.
  6. Add two horns or antennae — two small triangles (horns) or two lines with balls on top (antennae) on the head.
  7. Add one fun detail — a spot, a stripe, or a belly button. Just one detail gives it character without making it complicated.
  8. Colour — pick one or two bright colours and fill it in.
💡 Parikshet's Tip: The secret to an EASY monster is using only shapes you already know — circles, ovals, triangles, and lines. You do not need to draw anything complicated. A circle body, two circle eyes, a curved mouth, and stick arms and legs already make a complete, charming monster.

🌟 Did You Know?

Almost everything you draw can be broken down into a few basic shapes: circles, squares, triangles, and ovals. Professional artists call these 'basic forms' and they build even very complex drawings from them. This is wonderful news for beginners — if you can draw these simple shapes, you can combine them to draw almost anything, starting with a friendly monster.

The Basic Shapes Behind Everything

  • Circles and ovals — heads, bodies, eyes
  • Triangles — horns, teeth, ears, noses
  • Rectangles — arms, legs, bodies
  • Lines — antennae, limbs, mouths

🎯 Try This: Build Monsters From Shapes

  1. Draw a monster whose body is a triangle.
  2. Draw another whose body is a square.
  3. Draw a third whose body is a tall oval.
  4. Notice how just changing the body shape gives each monster a totally different personality.