How come I can't add an object to my list in c#?

The following results in a NullReferenceException. It tells me that the "drawObjs.Add(drawObj);" - Object reference not set to an instance of an object. I don't understand why this is not set to an instance?

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List<drawObject> drawObjs;

The method which add's to the list:

public void createDrawObj()
        {

            drawObject drawObj = new drawObject(100,100,100,100,10);

            drawObjs.Add(drawObj);

        } 

And the class itself:

class drawObject
    {

        float _posX;
        float _posY;
        float _sizeX;
        float _sizeY;
        float _cr;

        public drawObject(float posX, float posY, float sizeX, float sizeY, float cr)
        {

            _posX = posX;
            _posY = posY;
            _sizeX = sizeX;
            _sizeY = sizeY;

        }

        public GraphicsPath objPath() 
        {

            GraphicsPath Path = new GraphicsPath();

            Path.AddLine(_posX + _cr, _posY, _posX + _sizeX - (_cr * 2), _posY);
            Path.AddArc(_posX + _sizeX - (_cr * 2), _posY, _cr * 2, _cr * 2, 270, 90);
            Path.AddLine(_posX + _sizeX, _posY + _cr, _posX + _sizeX, _posY + _sizeY - (_cr * 2));
            Path.AddArc(_posX + _sizeX - (_cr * 2), _posY + _sizeY - (_cr * 2), _cr * 2, _cr * 2, 0, 90);
            Path.AddLine(_posX + _sizeX - (_cr * 2), _posY + _sizeY, _posX + _cr, _posY + _sizeY);
            Path.AddArc(_posX, _posY + _sizeY - (_cr * 2), _cr * 2, _cr * 2, 90, 90);
            Path.AddLine(_posX, _posY + _sizeY - (_cr * 2), _posX, _posY + _cr);
            Path.AddArc(_posX, _posY, _cr * 2, _cr * 2, 180, 90);

            Path.CloseFigure();

            return Path;

        }

        public LinearGradientBrush objBrush(int objColor)
        {

            LinearGradientBrush lgb;
            if (objColor == 1)
            {
                lgb = new LinearGradientBrush(new PointF(_posX + (_sizeX / 2), _posY), new PointF(_posX + (_sizeX / 2), _posY + _sizeY), Color.RosyBrown, Color.Red);
            }
            else
            {
                lgb = new LinearGradientBrush(new PointF(_posX + (_sizeX / 2), _posY), new PointF(_posX + (_sizeX / 2), _posY + _sizeY), Color.GreenYellow, Color.Green);
            }
            return lgb;

        }

    }

You need to instantiate drawObjs - without it, it is a null reference:

List<drawObject> drawObjs = new List<drawObject>();

Instansiate your list:

List<drawObject> drawObjs = List<drawObject>();

If you used type inference you might be less likely to make this mistake.

var drawObjs = new List<drawObject>();