Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Shakespeare's Macbeth
There are loads of iconic items we associate with Halloween drawings, and people who are looking for creepy things to draw or for inspiration to draw some cool spooky drawings, you've come to the right place. You might be making decorations or it is possible you just want to do some drawing activities with the kids.
Halloween drawing is a fun activity for all ages and helps to get into the spirit. Let’s look at what you can draw at the scariest time of the year.
Pumpkin
When we think of Halloween, we think of pumpkins, costumes, spiders, ghosts, witches, and bats. Just like when we think of Christmas and things to draw for the holidays you might think of gifts, Santa, or a Christmas tree.
Here’s how to draw a scary pumpkin:
- Start by drawing the stalk at the top of the pumpkin.
- Continue by drawing the pumpkin itself: three arcs underneath the stalk to form the top of the pumpkin. Do the same for the base of the pumpkin.
- Join the top to the bottom with curved lines.
- Now let’s draw the pumpkin’s mouth: towards the bottom of the pumpkin, draw two teeth. Start with a short line and draw a “V”. After a short horizontal line, draw a second “V”. Make the bottom of the mouth with a curved line interrupted by two upwards-pointing “V” shapes.
- For the eyes, align them with the teeth. Draw a short diagonal line for the top of the eyes. Do the same on the opposite side ensuring that the eyes go beyond the edge of the mouth. Finish the eyes with curved lines for the outer edges and a straight line for the bottom of the eyes.
Skull
In creepy drawings for Halloween, skulls are always popular as scary drawing ideas, and can be relatively simple.
- On an piece of paper, draw a grid. You’ll need four 3 inch columns and three 2.75 inch rows.
- Draw the skull by making an oval with a rectangle underneath.
- You can decorate the skull with things like a cross piercing one side.
- Draw two large eye sockets and a triangle for the nasal cavity. You can draw the mouth like you would a scar; a horizontal line with vertical lines for the teeth.
- You can color the skull and then, go back over the lines with a marker, and then erase the construction lines and grid once everything’s dry.
Scream Mask
Trick or treat?
Half-way between a ghost and a terrifying skull, the Scream mask is iconic.
- Start by drawing the nasal cavities on a landscape piece of paper as two teardrops. You don’t need to worry too much about them being uniform. You can add depth to the inside of the cavities.
- Next, you can draw the eyeholes either side of the nose. Again, you don’t need to worry too much about them being uniform. You just have to draw a couple of pear- or bean-shaped cavities.
- Under the nose, draw the mouth as an elongated and curved triangle.
- You can draw the edge of the head by following the cavities.
- Color the cavities in black and then go back over your construction lines. You can also add some shading.
Find out what you could draw for a birthday.
Witches
After a pumpkin, a skull, and the “Scream” mask, what about drawing a witch, cauldron, and broomstick?
There are some excellent tutorials online for learning how to draw different types of witches. Choose the one that you like the most, search for good drawing classes here if you want to learn professionally.
Don't forget that when you draw a witch, you might want to make sure that she's with her familiar, black cat. Of course, art is meant to be fun so if you want to make the cat or the witch cute, that's fine, too!
A bit like drawings you could do on Easter, there are certain icons everyone associates with the seasons. For Easter it is chicks, but for Halloween it could be witches!
Vampires
Dracula and other vampires can be excellent subjects to draw for Halloween.
- Start by drawing an oval head and a couple of pointy ears on either side of the head.
- To draw the cape, draw a line from beneath the middle of the face to underneath the ear and form a point back up to the ear. Do the same on the other side.
- Draw an arm coming out of the cape by drawing a rectangle. Add a hand with hooked fingers.
- Make sure that part of the cape is in front of him being held by his other hand. Start by drawing a curved line from the collar to the arm that holds the cape in front of the body and then downwards to the floor. Draw a second line for the edge of the cape on the other side to the floor. Then join the two edges of the cape with small curves to make them resemble the wings of a bat.
- Draw a curve for the vampire’s other hand at the closed part of the cape. Don’t forget to make a line for the back of the cape, too.
- Draw a wave shape for the vampire’s hairline. Draw two circles for his eyes with a couple of lines underneath for bags. Draw a couple of pointed chevrons for his eyebrows, a hooked nose, and a mouth with a couple of pointy fangs.
Monsters
You can draw bats, skeletons, spiders, werewolves, mummies, etc. You’re spoiled for choice when it comes to monsters for celebrating Halloween and there are costumes for adults and kids alike.
So which monster would you like?
There are plenty of great drawing tutorials on the internet for easy monster drawings and even tutorials on drawing scary eyes, teeth, etc. Of course, monsters come in all different shapes and sizes, but the video below shows some great ways to draw them and techniques for easy monster drawings.
Clowns
Despite appearing in circuses, clowns can be some of the scariest things around. A lot of people are scared of them and they even have their own horror subgenre!
It helps if you add jagged teeth, an evil smile, dark eyes, scars, etc. You can use pencils or felt-tips and bright colors always help. After all, a clown without a red nose is barely a clown at all. Clowns are just one option for learning that kids can master, but there are plenty more drawing lessons for kids here on Superprof.
Zombie
Zombies are usually trickier to draw than the other things in this article.
Of course, the undead is rather popular in horror films. Terrifying creatures looking for a bite of human brain or flesh are bound to give you the chills.
Drawing a zombie isn’t really for novices. You’ll need to plan out your drawing. You’ll need to be aware of the zombie’s form and think about coloring, too. Paint or inks are quite good for zombies.
If you’re new to drawing, you might want to download something to trace over and use some existing zombie halloween drawings.
Spider
What's scarier than a creepy spider? Those looking for scary things to draw for Halloween will probably consider a spider as one of the easier drawings (the legs can just be sticks).
Ironically, though a lot of people think of spiders as a scary thing to draw, they're actually usually pretty sweet looking (though you can find tutorials on how to draw a scary spider if you like).
Bat
Bats can be great scary drawing ideas but also simple things to draw for Halloween. The video below shows quite a cute drawing of a bat that is simple to master, but it can be even simpler than that. Think of the times you might have done some Halloween sketches of bat symbols (like the one in Batman). Just an outline is sometimes enough to give the spooky appearance of a bat.
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