How To Draw A Mummy – 2 Ways (With Pictures)

Mummies and ghosts are classic Halloween icons.

In this tutorial, easydrawforkids.com will walk you through the steps of how to draw a mummy.

The basic steps include sketching a form, adding mummy bandages, and drawing an expressive ghost face.

How To Draw A Mummy – A Step by Step Guide

Follow along below to learn how to draw a mummy with 2 ways!

1. Mummy Drawing

Step 1: Start by drawing a simple oval shape for the mummy’s head

Step 2: Drawing the Mummy’s Body

Draw a cylindrical shape for the mummy’s body, connecting it to the head you’ve already drawn.

Extend two curved lines from the body for the arms as shown the picture.

Step 3: Move on to the legs, draw two curved lines from body to form the mummy’s legs walking.

Step 4: Adding the Hat

Sketch the basic shape of the hat above the head and a curved lines for the brim.

Adjust the position of the hat to ensure it looks natural on the mummy’s head.

Step 5: Adding Wrapping to the Body

Now it’s time to wrap up mummy body, draw curved lines wrapping to the body.

Vary the line weights and add details like frayed edges.

Step 6: Draw two oval shapes for the eyes and small curved lin for smiling mouth.

Step 7: Experiment with different styles, colors to make it truly your own.

2. Mummy Ghost Drawing

Step 1: Sketch the Basic Ghost Shape

Start by draw a large curved line for the head and body, and add a wispy tail that curves up behind it for the basic ghost shape

Step 2: On either side of the body, draw curved lines outward for the mummy’s arms

Step 3: Draw the Magic Hat

Draw a rectangle at the top of the head for the main body of the hat.

Extend two curved lines upward and slightly outward to create the brim of the hat.

Connect the ends of the curved lines with a slightly curved line to complete the brim of the hat.

Step 4: Draw large, round eyes with two small dot for pupils

Step 5: Sketch the mummy wrapping

Now it’s time to morph your ghost into a mummy. Draw rectangles across the body to form mummy wrapping.

Make some sections have clean horizontal bandages and others appear more frayed and unraveled.

Step 6: Color the Mummy Ghost

For an extra spooky effect, add some color to your mummy ghost!

Make the bandages an aged tan or brown, add green, gray, or purple tones to the background.

Leave the mummy form white for a nice contrast.

Learning how to draw a mummy is easy with these simple steps.

Start with basic shapes, build up the mummy wrapping, add expressive eyes and mouth, and finish with shading and details.

Just following all steps on this guide, you will create a mummy in no time!