How to Draw Skeletons
- 1). Study the reference and create a quick sketch of the overall skeleton. Concern yourself with basic shapes, and do not focus on details yet. Represent the skeleton head with a circle, the arms and legs with cylinders, and the torso with rectangular blocks. Keep your pencil lines light since you may want to erase these structure lines later on.
- 2). Check to see if your proportions are correct. The forearm and hand should be two heads long, and the legs from the base of the pelvis should be four heads high. The torso should be about two heads wide. These proportions are all for the ideal figure, but your simple skeleton does not have to be ideal.
- 3). Study the reference and draw the bones of your skeleton in their respective places on the drawing. The shapes of bones vary wildly but can be easy to draw with practice. Look at what is there and try to copy it. Use the basic shapes you drew in step one as a guide to keep the bones in their proper places. Draw the arm bones (humerus, radius, ulna), leg bones (femur, fibula), rib cage, hand bones and skull.
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