How to draw a haunted house - a free haunted house drawing guide
Draw a spooky haunted house step by step using simple shapes, perspective, shading, and details like broken windows, crooked roof, and trees to practice observation.
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Step-by-step guide to draw a haunted house
DRAW Your Own SPOOKY Haunted House 🏚️! Kids Art
Step 1
Lightly draw a horizontal line across the page to mark the horizon and put a small dot on it for the vanishing point.
Step 2
Near the vanishing point draw a light rectangle for the front wall of your haunted house.
Step 3
From the four corners of the rectangle draw light straight lines toward the vanishing point to create the side plane of the house and close it with a vertical line.
Step 4
Draw a peaked roof on the front wall using two slanted lines that meet at a point and make one side a bit longer or droop to look crooked.
Step 5
Extend the roof over the side plane by drawing matching slanted lines that meet the side wall to finish the crooked roof shape.
Step 6
Draw a tall door on the front face using a rectangle and add a simple doorknob circle.
Step 7
Draw broken windows by sketching window rectangles and then adding jagged cracks and a missing pane in each window.
Step 8
Add a tilted chimney by drawing a narrow leaning rectangle on the roof and sketch a few brick lines.
Step 9
Draw crooked trees on each side of the house by sketching twisted trunks and spindly branches reaching toward the sky.
Step 10
Draw a path leading to the door using two lines that get closer as they go toward the vanishing point to show perspective.
Step 11
Add texture like roof shingles and wood boards by drawing short repeated lines on the roof and walls.
Step 12
Shade the drawing by adding darker hatching under the roof overhang and on the side wall away from the light to make it look spooky.
Step 13
Trace over the final lines with a black marker or darker pencil to finish the drawing.
Step 14
Take a photo of your spooky haunted house and share your finished creation on DIY.org.
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can we use if we don't have a black marker or a camera to finish and share the haunted house?
If you don't have a black marker, trace the final lines with a dark pencil, pen, or crayon, and if you can't take a photo use a tablet, scanner, or ask an adult to photograph the finished drawing so you can upload it to DIY.org.
My side plane doesn't look right—how can I fix the perspective so the house looks like the instructions say?
Redraw the front wall rectangle lightly near the vanishing point, use a ruler to extend straight lines from each of the rectangle's four corners toward the vanishing point, and then close the side with a vertical line so the side plane aligns correctly.
How can I adapt this haunted house drawing for younger kids or older kids who want more challenge?
For younger kids skip the horizon and vanishing point and draw only the front rectangle, simple peaked roof, and big doorknob circle, while older kids should keep the full perspective, add roof shingles, brick lines on the leaning chimney, detailed broken window cracks, and darker hatching for shading.
What are some creative ways to enhance or personalize the haunted house after I finish the drawing?
After you trace the final lines with a marker, personalize it by coloring glowing windows with yellow or orange, gluing torn fabric behind missing panes, adding a watercolor spooky sky wash, or sprinkling sand glue on the path for texture before taking your photo to share.
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Facts about drawing and sketching for kids
🖌️ Chiaroscuro is an art technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create dramatic, spooky effects.
🌳 Drawing leafless trees and crooked roofs as silhouettes against a moon instantly makes a scene feel eerie.
🎃 Jack-o'-lanterns began as carved turnips in Ireland; when the tradition moved to America, pumpkins became the favorite.
📐 One-point perspective uses a single vanishing point on the horizon to make buildings and roads look 3D on a flat page.
🏚️ The Winchester Mystery House in California was under continuous construction for about 38 years, giving it a famously spooky layout.
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