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How to Draw a Skeleton Cat
Draw a skeleton cat in 14 easy steps, about 11 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: cat skull.
Step 1: Cat skull
On the left, draw a round head with 2 pointy ears and a little snout bump low on the left.
Tip The cat looks a little to the left, so its snout pokes out that way.
Step 2: Two big eyes
Draw 2 tall oval eyes, the left one thinner. Put a black dot and a white shine in each.
Tip Big eyes make a skeleton cute, not spooky.
Step 3: Nose and teeth
On the snout, draw a tiny upside-down heart nose. Under it draw a smile shape with 3 tooth lines.
Step 4: Shoulder and hip
Draw 2 oval bones at the same height: one just behind the head, one far to the right.
Tip Leave a wide gap between them for the arched back.
Step 5: Arched spine
Start behind the head. Draw a thick band through the first oval, up in an arch, down to the second.
Tip The top of the arch is as high as the ears.
Step 6: Rib cage
Under the arch, hang 3 ribs from the spine. Each one is the same long C, curling towards the head.
Tip Leave a gap between the ribs.
Step 7: Front legs
Under the shoulder oval draw 2 legs: a bone with a round knob, a thinner bone, then a paw.
Tip The knob is the elbow. The leg bends there.
Step 8: Back legs
From the hip oval, draw 2 more legs the same way: top bone, round knee knob, thin bone, paw.
Tip All 4 paws stop at the same height and point to the left.
Step 9: Bony tail
From the hip oval, draw a long tail that curves up high and gets thinner to its tip.
Step 10: Bone joints
Draw 4 short lines across the spine and 3 across the tail to show the little bones.
Tip Each line goes from one edge of the bone to the other.
Step 11: The ground
Start left of the paws. Draw a straight line under all 4 paws and stop on the right.
Step 12: Sand skull and spine
Colour the skull, spine, ovals, ribs and tail a sandy colour. Go around the eyes, nose and teeth.
Step 13: Sand legs
Colour all the leg bones and paws the same sandy colour.
Step 14: Green eyes
Colour the eyes green around the black dots, and the nose grey. Leave the teeth white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a skeleton cat, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
