A scary ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living. In this tutorial, we are learning to draw a ghost for kids.
Halloween is near and drawing a ghost would be fun. Follow our step-by-step guide to draw a spooky ghost. This will be a very fun and enjoyable tutorial.
Art Materials & Equipment
- Drawing Paper – High-quality sketch pads you can buy in bulk at a great price.
- Colors of Your Choices
- Prismacolor Pencil Color – 150 Color set best for artists.
- Prismacolor Pencil Color – 72 Color set best for small artists.
- Pencil Color – 120 Color set for kids.
- Crayons – 64 Crayons set for Kids.
- Watercolor Paint – 100 Colors set.
- Acrylic Paint – 10 Brushes and 24 Colors Set.
- Pencil – Premium quality drawing pencil.
- Eraser – Premium quality drawing eraser.
- Sharpener – Premium quality drawing sharpener.
- Marker – We use it a lot in our tutorial.
- Pen – We use it a lot in our tutorial.
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Video Tutorial
Steps To Draw A Ghost
We provide both a video tutorial and written instructions for drawing a scary Halloween ghost. You can preview today’s tutorial below and follow the steps to create your spooky ghost.
Step 1: Draw Rough Outlines
Begin by drawing a circle roughly for the face of the ghost, then add an oval-like shape to the left side of the circle to draw an elongated head. For the body, draw an oval-like shape, and for the ghost’s hands, sketch triangle-like shapes. Finally, add a small triangle-like shape for the tail of the ghost. Use a pencil to draw the rough lines as we will erase them on further steps.
Step 2: Draw Head Outline
Next, carefully trace the outline of the ghost’s head using the reference lines we created in Step 1 as a guide. Use a pen or marker to create a clean and precise outline.
Step 3: Draw Ghost Hands
Likewise, for the hand, sketch the outline following the reference lines established earlier as shown in the image above. Additionally, draw a zigzag pattern on the lower side of the ghost’s hands.
Step 4: Draw The Body & Tail Of Ghost
After that, draw the shape of the ghost’s body and tail by following the lines we drew earlier in the image. Create a curved tail at the back as in the drawing above.
Step 5: Erase All Rough Lines
Now, erase all the rough lines from Step 1. These rough lines are just for guidance.
Step 6: Draw Eye, Eyebrow & Mouth
To complete the cute ghost, draw its eyes, eyebrows, and mouth. Sketch big scary eyes with a silly smiley face as in the image above. Congratulations, we have drawn the adorable ghost in just six steps!
Coloring a Ghost
Once the scary ghost drawing is finished, it’s time to proceed with coloring. We’ve suggested some basic colors, but feel free to use any colors you prefer to fill.
We have filled black to eyes and left the remaining.
Colour Details:
- White
- Black
After coloring, we get a cute scary ghost. You can use a pencil color (We made it digital).
Our Masterpiece is Ready
We’ve successfully drawn adorable ghosts and beautifully colored them. We hope you found our tutorial easy to follow. Happy Halloween !! Share this tutorial with friends if you love this tutorail.
This is how you can easily draw a scary ghost. Please leave a comment below if you found our tutorial helpful, and feel free to suggest a name if you have any requests or encounter any difficulties while drawing it.
