how to draw skulls

Learn how to draw skulls in 6 easy steps!

All you need is a pencil and paper. You can also use a pen, marker, crayons, or any other drawing materials you may have.

In this drawing lesson, you'll learn how to draw the basic features of 9 different funky skulls. If you choose, you can then color and decorate your skull drawings for Dia de los Muertos! For examples, see my skull drawings on the right.

Take a look at the 9 simple skull drawings below. These were all done in pencil. These skulls are the basic outline for the fancy, intensely-decorated skulls that I create for Dia de los Muertos. In later lessons you'll learn how to decorate them with patterns and funky colors to create a skull drawing that is fun, lively, and uniquely you! First, let's draw some skulls!

Click on each skull to be taken to simple step-by-step instructions for drawing each one.

Draw the upper half of a half-circle.	Continue drawing the lines, as if you were about to draw a circle. Leave an opening at the bottom.	Connect the 2 ends by drawing a wide u-shaped line.
Draw 2 nostrils in the middle, lower half of the skull.	Draw 2 wide circles for the eyes.	Add a line for the mouth and several smaller lines for teeth.

 

Cool, you've just drawn a skull! There are 8 more skull styles to choose from, so once you've mastered this one, go back to the beginning of How to Draw Skulls and try your hand at a few more funky skulls.

The basic features of the skull on the right were drawn using the method demonstrated above. This is an example of how you can color in your skull and decorate it with different designs!

If you like drawing skulls, and you want to get more advanced, check out these Day of the Dead skulls. They are colorful, detailed and fun!

 

Now you can enjoy Thaneeya's popular Day of the Dead art in a new 2014 wall calendar that will be released on July 16, 2013. To ensure you get a copy you can pre-order it on Amazon now!

 

If you'd like to learn how to make real sugar skulls, check out my site dedicated to the Day of the Dead.