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How to Draw a Bone
Draw a bone in 10 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the shaft.
Step 1: The shaft
Start a hand in from the left edge. Draw a line across to the right. Add another a finger lower.
Tip Long and straight, right across the middle.
Step 2: Left knobs
Start at the top left end. Swing up in a bump, dip in, round another bump, stop at the bottom.
Tip 2 bumps and a notch, like the end of a dog's bone.
Step 3: Right knobs
Do the same at the right end: from the top line, a bump, another bump, stop at the bottom.
Step 4: Shines
On the top knob at each end draw one short curved shine line near the top.
Step 5: A flat shadow
Under the bone draw a long flat oval, from past the left knob to past the right knob.
Tip The knobs hide the top of the oval.
Step 6: The floor
Draw a floor line from the left edge to the shadow, then from the shadow on to the right edge.
Step 7: Sparkles
Draw 4 sparkle stars in the corners, each like a plus sign with curvy dips.
Step 8: Colour the bone
Colour the whole bone sand, the knobs and the shaft.
Step 9: Yellow stars
Colour the sparkle stars yellow.
Step 10: Grey shadow
Colour the shadow under the bone grey. Go over your lines and your bone is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bone, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
