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Drawing

Drawing is a direct CreativeWork subtype for works made primarily with pencil, pen, crayon, or charcoal. It adds no properties of its own. Like Painting, it is NOT under VisualArtwork; dual-type ["Drawing", "VisualArtwork"] when you need artMedium, artform, or physical dimensions.

Full example of schema.org/Drawing json-ld markup

The markup is verified as valid with Rich Results Test from Google.

schema.org/Drawing
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": ["Drawing", "VisualArtwork"],
  "name": "Tag Cloud Heroes #4 cover - preparatory study",
  "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lena Vasquez" },
  "dateCreated": "2025-01-10",
  "artMedium": "Graphite on vellum",
  "artworkSurface": "Heavy vellum, 240 gsm",
  "width": { "@type": "QuantitativeValue", "value": 28, "unitCode": "CMT" },
  "height": { "@type": "QuantitativeValue", "value": 43, "unitCode": "CMT" }
}
</script>

Minimal valid version

The smallest markup that still produces a valid Drawing entity. Use it as the floor. Reach for the advanced example above when you want search engines and AI agents to understand more about your content.

schema.org/Drawing (minimal)
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Drawing",
  "name": "Tag Cloud Heroes #4 cover study",
  "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lena Vasquez" }
}
</script>

Google rich results this unlocks

Drawing is a structural type. It does not produce a rich result on its own.

Its value comes from combining it with a primary type whose markup earns a rich result (Article, Product, Event, and so on). Drawing becomes the trunk that the primary type branches off viamainEntityorbreadcrumb. Include it on every page as the backbone of your markup.

Common Drawing mistakes

Mistakes that pass validation but silently fail to earn rich results or mislead consumers walking the graph. Avoid these and your markup will be ahead of most sites in the wild.

  1. 01

    Using Drawing for digital illustration

    Wrong
    Drawing for a fully digital illustration
    Right
    ImageObject (or VisualArtwork with artMedium: 'Digital illustration') for digital-only works

    Schema.org defines Drawing specifically as 'pencil, pen, or crayon'. Digital illustrations that never had a physical form fit ImageObject or VisualArtwork better.

Schema properties in this example

DrawingVisualArtworkCreativeWorknamecreatorPersondateCreatedartMediumartworkSurfacewidthheightQuantitativeValuevalueunitCode

About the example data

A preparatory pencil drawing for the Tag Cloud Heroes comic cover, by Lena Vasquez, 2025.

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