How to Draw a Cat Skeleton

1. Begin the cat skeleton outline by drawing the skull. Use a long curved line to trace an incomplete oval shape. At the bottom, use “V” shaped lines to create triangular fangs, then connect them with a curved line, enclosing the outline.

Draw two inverted teardrop shapes for the orbits or eye holes, and a small heart shape for the nasal cavity, where the nose would have been.

2. Draw two rounded triangles on top of the skull to indicate the ears. These help us recognize the drawing as a cat, although a cat’s ears contain no such bones. Then, draw a flattened oval beneath the fangs to indicate the lower jaw.

3. Draw a wavy, rectangular shape below the head to indicate the vertebra or neck bone. Below this, outline the irregular shape as pictured. This indicates the clavicle and scapula, bones of the chest and shoulder.

4. Draw a typical bone shape in one of the indentions of the shoulder bones. Below it, draw another. This forms the cat’s front leg.

5. Draw a bone shape in the second indention, with another below it. This forms the remaining foreleg.

6. Draw a series of irregular round shapes between the upper arms. Then, draw an oval at the bottom of each leg with several teardrop shapes extending from it. These are the cat’s paws and claws.

7. Draw the rib cage using a series of long “U” shaped lines. Then, draw two more irregular shapes, indicating the spine.

8. Draw an irregular oval between the front legs and a large irregular round shape below the spine. These suggest the bones of the pelvis.

9. Complete your cat skeleton outline by drawing a series of irregular rounded rectangles extending from the hip. The shapes should become gradually smaller, terminating with a teardrop shape. These indicate the bones of the cat’s tail.

Color your cartoon cat skeleton. We’ve shaded ours as a black silhouette. Bones, though, are often white, and fossilized bones are brown.