Ranked by what it does to your child’s energy
10 Best How-to-Draw Videos for Beginners Who Rage-Quit
A beginner who rage-quits mid-tutorial usually isn't lacking talent, they're following a video that moves too fast or a presenter whose energy outpaces theirs. Every tutorial here is ranked by Piko's settle score alongside its actual instructional depth, so the videos at the top are the ones proven calm enough to sit through a wobble, not just the most popular.
The top six are genuine step-by-step tutorials, Art for Kids Hub, Cartooning Club and Koizu, presenters talking a child through the process rather than just showing a finished timelapse. The last four are honestly something different, slow colouring and speed-drawing videos with no narration at all, brilliant for winding down with a pencil in hand but not built to teach technique, so we've said so plainly in each one.
Number one holds its settle score steady from age 6 right through to age 9 without ever reading as babyish to the older group, rare for drawing content (most tutorials age out fast once a child hits double digits).
How To Draw Absol: Pokemon, Ep 3This is one of the strongest picks in Piko's Maker-style library: it scores 95 for settling a wound-up child at age 6 to 7 and still scores 95 at 8 to 9, without ever tipping into feeling babyish for the older group. Educational value sits at 95, and the pacing stays calm throughout, useful when 'I can't draw this' is a genuine risk.95/100 Wound-up → Settled
How to Draw Growlithe (Pokemon)A proper step-by-step Growlithe tutorial delivered in the same patient, unhurried style as Art for Kids Hub's best work, educational score 95, shots averaging a slow 12.5 seconds so nobody's rushed past a tricky bit. It peaks hardest with 8 and 9 year old Makers, the exact audience most likely to rage-quit a faster-paced tutorial.95/100 Wound-up → Settled
How to Draw SerenaGenuine skill-building rather than passive viewing, this one's instructional level is tagged high, unusual for this batch, with Maker scoring 95 and Independent close behind at 90. Comfort rating sits at a slightly lower 80 than Piko's calmest picks, the trade-off for content that's actually asking something of the viewer.95/100 Wound-up → Settled
How to Draw Mega Mewtwo Y (Pokemon)Unusually for Pokemon content, this one peaks for older children: Maker play hits a perfect 100 at age 8 to 9, and Independent climbs to 95 by 10 to 11. It's rated calming with a meltdown-recovery score of 75, and it isn't flagged as babyish for the over-8s at all, the group most likely to have given up on drawing tutorials already.95/100 Wound-up → Settled
How to Draw Mega DragoniteA genuinely calm drawing tutorial that scores 95 for bringing a wound-up child back to settled despite being highly instructional throughout. It peaks hardest with 8 and 9 year old Makers, where appeal hits a near-perfect 98, and it clears every SEN flag going.95/100 Wound-up → Settled
How to Draw a Manga Face: 3/4 view and HoodieKoizu's manga face tutorial is built for the oldest end of Piko's range, Maker appeal peaks at 95 by age 10 to 11, with Explorer and Independent close behind at 90, a proper option once a child's aged out of the Pokemon tutorials above. It's a calm watch as well as a useful one, settle score 95 and meltdown-recovery 75.95/100 Wound-up → Settled
Pikachu Caught Ash's LegThis one's less a lesson and more therapy with a pencil: a slow Pokemon drawing timelapse with an ASMR-style soundtrack, no presenter, and a meltdown-recovery score of 85, tied for the highest on this list. It's a weaker fit if your child wants to actually learn a technique, but a strong one if they just need to watch something calm with a pencil in hand.95/100 Wound-up → Settled
Spiderman to Rambo Transformation (Speed Drawing)Stroke by stroke, this speed-drawing timelapse turns Spider-Man into Rambo, with nothing but a gentle backing track for company and a presenter annoyance score of 0, because there's no presenter at all. It's good for a child who likes watching a transformation unfold rather than following spoken instructions.95/100 Wound-up → Settled
School Bus on Big Tires/Satisfying Coloring/School Bus Coloring Pages/Stress Relife and Calm MusicAt 21 minutes this is the longest drawing-adjacent video on the list, and the slowest, shots averaging 15 seconds, the calmest pacing of anything here. There's no talking, just pencils gliding across a school bus colouring page to calm music, best for a child who wants company rather than coaching.95/100 Wound-up → Settled
How to Draw Applejack (My Little Pony)A 24-minute follow-along of Applejack from My Little Pony, drawn parent-and-kid style at a settle score of 95. The non-Pokemon pick of the bunch, and the pace stays kind to rubber-and-restart artists.95/100 Wound-up → Settled
Parents also ask
What's the difference between a how-to-draw tutorial and a colouring video on this list?
The top six videos are genuine step-by-step tutorials, a presenter talks a child through building a drawing from scratch, useful if you want an actual skill built. The last four are timelapse colouring or speed-drawing videos with no narration, calming to watch but not built to teach technique, we've labelled each one honestly so you know what you're pressing play on.
My child gets frustrated and gives up on drawing videos, which of these is most patient?
The two Art for Kids Hub tutorials rank highest for exactly this reason: both are rated genuinely calm despite being highly instructional, with shots that don't rush past the fiddly bits. Their settle scores hold at 95 across two separate age bands, 6 to 7 and 8 to 9, a decent sign the pacing doesn't leave a slower beginner behind.
Are these tutorials only for kids who already like Pokemon?
Mostly, yes, six of the ten are Pokemon-themed, but Koizu's manga face tutorial and the school bus, Spider-Man and car timelapses from Coloring Pages Tv give you an out if Pokemon isn't the hook. The manga tutorial specifically is built for older children, 10 to 11, who've likely moved past Pokemon drawing already.