Top 10 Hardest Things to Draw

1. Car

   If it's the side view (the cartoon one), I can draw it, but if it's the realistic view, I always struggle. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to do it with some practice.

   I was trying to draw a Humvee as a background object in my final project. It's damn near impossible. I never thought cars would be so difficult!

   Cars from the side are always easy, but when it's from the top or front, DUDE!

2. Eiffel Tower

   

   The amount of detail is torture to me. It's also hard for me to go from a large base to a small top because it never looks quite right.

   Pretty easy for me. If it doesn't have too many curves like a face does, it's easy for me.

   I've tried lots of times, and it's like impossible to draw.

3. Puppy

   

   If it's a cartoon puppy, I can draw it. But if it has to be realistic, I just can't do it.

   I try and try, but I can only draw a cartoon one, not a realistic one.

   The facial features... Too difficult.

4. Anchor

5. Ocean

   Oceans are just hard for me. It doesn't matter if I'm trying to do it in a realistic way or if I'm trying a new loose style. I hope with practice I'll improve! I mean, I am still really young, so I've got a lot to learn!

   Drawing the ripples and waves is a real pain.

   It always looks just a tad bit off. I don't know how, but it just does.

6. Self-Portrait

   

   It is extremely hard to draw your own facial features because you can't just look at a picture of yourself and be able to draw your face in the blink of an eye.

   I can do charcoal portraits of others, but making a self-portrait is close to impossible for me unless I'm using a mirror.

   I can never seem to find it easy to draw anything in a realistic style, but in a cartoon style, I can draw it.

7. Dice

   I honestly thought it was just a cube with dots on it, but it could be hard. I don't know.

   I just can't draw dice. I've tried so hard - even with hundreds of reference pictures, I still can't do it.

8. Skull

   I cannot seem to get the teeth to look correct, but the rest I can manage.

   It is really hard because of the skull's shape.

   They are hard to do but fun to pass time.

9. Hands

   Hands, in my experience, aren't that difficult to draw. My tips are to draw guidelines and always make the general palm shape smaller than you think you'll need it. If you think you need, say, a slightly deflated trapezoid, try a very deflated one.

   It's common to put the hands behind the back - though all artists do it at some point - so I recommend working on hands as soon as you think your face and hair skills are alright.

   Yeah, hands are hard, mostly because of the angles of the fingers and stuff. Hand tutorials only show you certain poses, but there are like a million poses they can have. Get this: Horikoshi, the author of My Hero Academia, actually likes drawing hands. How?

10. House

    I can draw the cartoon way, but the realistic way I cannot manage.

The Newcomers
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    Animals

    
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    Fish

    
The Contenders

13. Instruments

14. Human Head

    Getting a face to express genuine emotion is the hardest thing.

15. Wolf

    

    The wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the gray or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. Over 30 subspecies of Canis lupus are currently recognized. Gray wolves represent the wild subspecies. As the largest extant member of the Canidae family, the wolf is distinguishable from... read more

    Drawing a wolf is really hard because you have to put a lot of details into it: hair, teeth, eyes, claws.

16. Anime Hair

    

    Especially glossy and well-shaded anime hair, like in many 90s and 2000s anime and visual novels. Cartoony, especially mid-2010s, anime hair looks stuck together like cheese, with more rounded edges, lots of flat color, and often ovals or vertical lines for highlights. I don't like how it looks. Too much flat color and not much shading in 2010s anime art styles. Because of all that, and because it looks less 3D, it seems much easier to draw.

    Anime hair - what a wonderful thing! But it is SO hard to draw. I mean, I can draw anime hair really nicely, but it takes me like 20 tries! Everybody in my class thinks I'm the best artist, and I agree. Not to be offensive to my class, of course - they are all amazing artists. But anime hair is a nope. Do you agree with me, or am I just crazy? "Just kidding!"

17. Horses

    

    Getting the texture, shading, and shape right takes months to years to accomplish. I started drawing horses when I was about two years old. Since then, I've been drawing for eleven years, and I still feel bad about my shading work when I look at a recent drawing. I look at old drawings and other people's art to motivate myself.

18. Bikes

    

19. Eyes

    

    I am pretty good at drawing, but whenever I try to do eyes, they either don't look real or just end up creepy. And don't get me started on trying to make the left and right eyes look the same.

20. Water

    

    All the details of the movement are difficult to do without a reference.

21. Anime Eyes

22. Cats

    

    The cat (Felis catus) is a domesticated small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the Felidae family and is commonly called the domestic cat to distinguish it from wild felines.

    Cats can be house pets, farm cats, or feral. They are often valued for companionship and for... read more

    Cats are harder than anything to draw! I tried to draw my cat while he was sitting down, but the reason cats are so hard to draw is that they are always on the move! The best time to draw them is when they are sleeping.

23. Chicken

    

    The chicken is a type of domesticated fowl and a subspecies of the red junglefowl. It is one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a global population of more than 19 billion as of 2011. Chickens are kept primarily for their meat and eggs and are found in nearly every part of the world... read more

    Getting the texture of the feathers, beak, and feet can be difficult at times. You have to practice - it's not something you accomplish overnight.

24. Chameleons

    

    Chameleons are very difficult to draw - even with a reference. Try drawing one from memory. The results are quite humorous.

    I remember that Tumblr post about that guy trying to draw a chameleon.

25. Human Legs

    They're always too small and weird-looking compared to everything else.

26. Ears

    Ear anatomy is surprisingly difficult.

    I don't even know what an ear is supposed to look like, much less how to draw it correctly.

27. Ponytail

    It's hard to draw a ponytail because if your character is looking at you in your drawing, it's difficult for me.