How to Draw a Scream Mask: Easy 10-Step Tutorial

Ready to create your own spooky masterpiece? This tutorial is perfect for young artists and beginners looking to practice facial proportions and symmetry. All you need is a pencil, an eraser, and a piece of paper to bring this iconic character to life.

10 Steps

🎯 Final Result

A high-quality, finished illustration of the Scream mask, showcasing clean lines and bold colors.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Sketching the Base Circle

A light pencil sketch of a circle used as a guide for the mask face.

Start by drawing a light circle to act as the face's foundation. Teacher's Tip: Keep your pencil pressure very light so you can easily erase these guidelines later.

Step 2: Adding Facial Guidelines

A circle with vertical and horizontal crosshair guidelines drawn inside.

Draw two slightly curved lines crossing at a perpendicular angle inside the circle. These crosshairs help you place the eyes and nose accurately. Tip: Use a ruler if you struggle with straight lines, but keep them light!

Step 3: Outlining the Face Shape

Pencil outline showing the brow, eye sockets, and chin shape of the mask.

Use overlapping curved lines to define the brow, eyes, and chin. Tip: Focus on the 'droopy' nature of the mask—it should look elongated rather than perfectly round.

Step 4: Defining the Eye Sockets

Two irregular eye shapes drawn on the mask face with guidelines partially erased.

Erase the circular guide line where the eyes will be. Draw two irregular, curved shapes for the eyes using your horizontal line as a guide. Tip: Make them look slightly uneven to capture that classic 'spooky' expression.

Step 5: Adding the Nose Cavity

The mask face with a heart-shaped nose cavity and refined cheekbones.

Erase the horizontal guideline and refine the cheekbones. Draw a small, distorted upside-down heart for the nose. Tip: Think of this as a 'ghostly' nose—it doesn't need to be perfectly symmetrical.

Step 6: Drawing the Mouth

An irregular oval shape added to the lower face representing the open mouth.

Use a long, curved line to enclose an irregular oval shape for the open mouth. Tip: Keep the lines fluid to suggest the mask is 'screaming' in motion.

Step 7: Sketching the Hood Opening

A large teardrop-shaped outline surrounding the mask face to represent the hood.

Erase the vertical guide line. Draw a large teardrop shape around the face to create the hood opening. Tip: Ensure the point of the teardrop starts above the forehead.

Step 8: Completing the Hood

The full outline of the hood added around the mask face.

Use long, sweeping curved lines to outline the rest of the fabric hood. Tip: Don't worry about making the lines perfectly straight; fabric folds are naturally wavy.

Step 9: Adding Fabric Folds

The completed line art of the mask with added fabric folds at the shoulders.

Erase any remaining circular guidelines. Add small curved lines at the base of the hood to show fabric folds and shoulders. Tip: These small details add depth and realism to your drawing.

Step 10: Adding Color

The finished drawing colored with a white mask and black hood.

Time to color! Use white for the mask and deep black for the hood. Tip: Use a black marker for the eyes and mouth to make them pop against the white face.