Have you ever seen a skeleton? Maybe you haven't seen one in real life, but you've probably seen drawings or plastic skeletons. You can learn how to draw them, too, with these step-by-step skeleton drawing tutorials.
11 Easy Skeletons Drawing Ideas
Skeleton Arm
This detailed drawing shows the shoulder blade, the division of the lower arm into two bones, and the many small bones of the hand and fingers.
Skeleton Hand
This skeleton hand is drawn in cartoon style. While the fingers have the right number of bones, the palm of the hand and the arm bones have been greatly simplified.
Fish Skeleton
Have you ever eaten a whole fish with the bones in it? If so, this is what you may have been left with. Perhaps this fish was finished off by the cat drawing below.
X-Ray
X-rays are special pictures that allow you to see the bones inside your body. In this one, you can see the bones clearly, while the tissue surrounding them is darker and lacks detail.
Cartoon Skeleton
This cartoon skeleton has been simplified and positioned with one hand waving and the other on its hip. It appears to smile, and there are circles of light in its eye sockets.
Easy Skeleton Face
A skeleton face is called a skull. This one is seen in portrait view, head-on. You can see the bones as well as the teeth, nose opening, and eye sockets.
Dancing Skeleton
This skeleton is positioned with its arms and one leg raised as if it is dancing. Music notes fill the air. This is what your bones look like when you dance!
Cat Skeleton
This simplified drawing shows that cats and humans have the same basic set of bones. You can see the skull with its eye sockets, the rib bones, and the vertebrae, for example.
Skeleton
This skeleton is positioned with its arms and legs straight, as you might see a teaching skeleton in a classroom. The minuscule parts like the hands and feet are simplified, but it is otherwise very accurate.
Rib Cage
This close-up look at the rib cage shows you just how many ribs there are, much more than many of the simplified drawings. You can also see the shapes of the vertebrae and the tissues that connect the ribs.
Easy Skeleton
This simple skeleton is very easy to draw. For example, instead of separating out the ribs and fingers, you will simply band them to detail within a larger shape.
More About Drawing Skeletons
Skeletons are the collections of bones that give structure to the bodies of humans and animals. You'll find both human and animal skeletons in the list below. Look for fish, cats, and others.
Some of the skeletons on this list are realistic, while others are simple and cartoonish. For example, compare the two drawings of the hand. One details most of the many tiny hand bones, while the other simplifies them to resemble one solid bone in the palm of the hand.
Some of the drawings include the entire skeleton, while others focus on specific parts. Many of the partial drawings enlarge the image so that you can see and learn to draw more detail.
Whether you're looking for scary decorations or inspiration for your next science project, you've come to the right place. As an added challenge, can you learn the names of all the bones in the pictures you draw?
You'll soon be singing "The head bone's connected to the neck bone, the neck bone's connected to the shoulder bone..."
