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How to Draw a Skeleton for Kids

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If you want to learn how to draw a skeleton, I can show you how to do it step by step. Together we'll draw the spine, the ribcage, the pelvis, the arms and legs—every bone simplified and explained!

1. How to Draw a Ribcage

Step 1

Draw a vertical line and divide it into five parts—these will be the lumbar vertebrae. Remember to keep these first lines light, so that you can cover them later with the final lines.

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Step 2

Draw 12 more sections, making them smaller as you finish.

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Step 3

Outline the discs between the vertebrae.

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Step 4

Give a shape to each vertebra.

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Step 5

The ribcage will start three vertebrae from the bottom. Here, draw two squares, with a side five vertebrae long.

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Step 6

From this place, draw a curve going right over the whole spine. This will be the basic outline of the ribcage.

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Step 7

"Cut" the sides of the ribcage to round its shape.

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Step 8

Draw the back part of the ribs now: 11 long and one short. Add pseudo-ribs to the rest of the vertebrae, too.

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Step 9

We're going to the front of the ribcage now. Draw the sternum.

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Step 10

Divide the sternum into quarters, then the bottom quarter into thirds.

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Step 11

Add the front side of the ribs now. Seven of them should be connected directly to the sternum...

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... and the other three to the seventh one. The last two ribs are "free" and not connected to anything.

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Step 12

You can outline the ribs now, giving them some thickness.

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Step 13

The ribs are attached to the sternum with a cartilaginous part. Separate it from the rest with a curve.

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Step 14

To add the neck and head, draw two lines on top using this measurement:

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Step 15

Draw the circular cranium.

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Step 16

Draw the skull using our separate tutorial:

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Step 17

Draw the neck, using the same technique as with the other vertebrae.

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2. How to Draw Pelvis

Step 1

Mark the distance between the ribcage and the pelvis. It should be about two vertebrae long.

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Step 2

Draw two squares similar to the ones before.

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Step 3

Cut their sides.

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Step 4

Attach a "bow" to the last vertebra.

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Step 5

Attach two big circles to the sides of this bow.

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Step 6

Draw a big oval below.

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Step 7

Draw a little circle below the oval.

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Step 8

Draw a curve inside the tapered sides, connecting at the small circle.

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Step 9

Turn the small circle into a narrow oval.

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Step 10

Draw half of a heart below.

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Step 11

Add two circles on the side of the narrow oval.

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Step 12

Add "openings" in the shapes below.

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Step 13

Add more circles that will help us create a detailed shape of the pelvis.

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Step 14

Outline the pelvis using these guide lines.

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Step 15

Let's add the sacrum, too. It's made of five fused vertebrae, but one of them has already been used in the "bow", so add only four sections.

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Step 16

Draw the sides of the sacrum and connect them to the rest of the pelvis (the big circles).

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Step 17

Add the tiny "tail" vertebrae.

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Step 18

Although the sacrum vertebrae are fused, there are still some spaces visible between them. Draw them as simple circles.

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3. How to Draw Arms

Step 1

Draw a trapezoid around the ribcage to set the width of the shoulders.

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Step 2

Draw the curves of the clavicles, attached to the top of the sternum.

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Step 3

Add two ovals at the ends of the clavicles.

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Step 4

Outline the clavicles to give them thickness.

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Step 5

Add a circle under the end of each clavicle. This will be the socket of the shoulder blade.

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Step 6

Draw a tilted oval on its side.

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Step 7

The clavicle is attached to the shoulder blade in a special way. Draw its back part and a protrusion in the front.

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Step 8

Draw the shoulder blades now.

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Step 9

Draw the ball of the humerus attached to the socket.

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Step 10

Sketch the position of the arms. The upper arm should be longer than the forearm. The elbow in the neutral position lands exactly in the waist area.

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Step 11

Draw the oval wrist. The right hand will be directed palm towards us, and the left one will be rotated, showing the side.

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Step 12

Add the three fingers first, as they have similar lengths, with the middle one being the longest.

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Step 13

Add the other fingers now.

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Step 14

Draw the arm bones using a few simple guide lines:

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Step 15

There's cartilage between the arm and forearm, with a special shape that allows for rotation of the forearm bones:

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Step 16

Draw the radius and ulna. Pay attention to their rotation in the left hand.

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Step 17

Cross the fingers with a "web", marking the placement of the joints.

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Step 18

Add the oval joints.

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Step 19

Outline the finger bones.

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Step 20

Add some small bones in the wrists.

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4. How to Draw Legs

Step 1

Draw the heads of the femur attached to the sockets in the pelvis.

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Step 2

Draw the length of the femur. These bones should be slightly tilted towards the middle line. Make them about as long as the ribcage plus the waist.

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Step 3

Add some space before you draw the tibia.

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Step 4

Draw the tibia.

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Step 5

Add some ovals to create the shape of the femur.

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Step 6

Outline the femur.

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Step 7

Add the patella.

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Step 8

Add the guide shapes of the tibia.

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Step 9

Outline the tibia.

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Step 10

There's one more bone here, the fibula. Draw it in a similar way:

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Step 11

Add some detail to the knee.

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Step 12

Draw the bones of the ankle.

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Step 13

Draw the toes with their full length.

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Step 14

Mark the joints.

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Step 15

Add ovals to the joints.

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Step 16

Outline the toe bones.

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Step 17

Add the heel at the back.

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5. How to Finish a Drawing of a Skeleton

Step 1

Now it's time to finish the drawing! Take a darker tool, or erase most of the guide lines, and add all the crucial outlines.

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Step 2

You can add some detail here and there that wasn't included in the guide lines:

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So Spooky!

Now you know how to draw skeleton from scratch! Do you want to draw other fun things? Check out our other tutorials:

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