23 Easy Cat Drawing Ideas

I often find myself drawing a lot of cats.

That is why I decided to create a collection of cute, easy cat drawing ideas for beginner artists to try out next in their sketchbook.

Cats are such a cute and interesting subject to draw so I hope you have as much fun as I did when drawing these cat characters.

Tips for Drawing: Create a pencil sketch of your drawing. Go over the sketch with a pen (I use Pigma Micron Pens from Amazon). Once the ink dries, erase the pencil sketch to reveal your finished ink drawing!

1. Cat Poses

Try practicing drawing cats in various poses. Below are some simple drawing ideas to get you started.

2. Cat Facial Expressions

Cats are such expressive animals so here is an easy drawing to try out to try to capture the different moods of cats.

3. Mrrp Cat

I love it when cats make the mrrp sound so I created a little doodle of it.

4. Realistic Cat

Practicing drawing a realistic cat doesn’t have to be too difficult.

For beginner artists, even just drawing the basic outline of a cat can help you get better at drawing.

Practicing art is all about the baby steps! We all get better a little at a time.

5. Holding a Cat

Here’s a simple and cute drawing of a cat being held up.

6. If It Fits, I Sits

Cats find solace sitting in the strangest places. Below is a drawing I made of a cat sitting in a cardboard box.

7. Sleeping Cat

Cats just love to sleep. Below is just a simple drawing of a napping kitty.

8. Prowling Cat

Here is a quick little doodle of a cat on the prowl.

9. Magic Cat

I like drawing whimsical doodles, so here is a cat with a top hat, bowtie, stars, and space.

10. A Cat and a Yarn Ball

I love drawing cats lounging about, rolling around on the floor. Here is a little cat with a yarn ball to play with.

11. Chibi Cat

If you are looking for a cute, chibi cat drawing to draw, try this simple one!

12. Sitting Cat

A very simple cat doodle that was part of my blog post 35 Animal Drawing Ideas.

13. Amongst the Flowers

Here’s an easy drawing of a happy outdoor cat amongst the flowers.

14. Talk to the Tail

Here is a cute little drawing of an annoyed cat to draw.

15. Mochi Cat

Here is a super easy cat drawing to try out.

Simply start by drawing a mochi shape and adding the cat ears, eyes, mouth, whiskers and tail!

16. Royalty Cat

Sometimes, it feels like cats are royalty or something, so here is a cute little drawing to reflect that.

17. Whatcha Doin’?

Here is a cat drawing I made from my other blog post on easy circle drawings to try out.

18. Cat Paw

Cat paws are so adorable so I thought I’d include a simple drawing of one in this blog post as well.

19. Smiling Cat

Here is an adorable drawing of a smiling cat with a butterfly to try drawing as well.

20. A Cat and Their Book

I don’t know if cats like books or not, but here’s just a cute drawing of a cat and their book anyways.

21. Leaping Cat

Here is an easy fun drawing of a leaping cat to try.

22. Floofy Cat

I don’t know if this cat is floofy or just a blob.

23. Cats are Cool

Here is our final little cat drawing: Cats are cool and they probably already know it.

Thank you so much for stopping by this blog post!

I hope you found some easy, cute cat drawing ideas to try out next in your sketchbook! I also hope you have as much fun as I did when creating these drawings!

And until next time my lovely artists! Have a wonderful day or night <3

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