Medical educators are required to explore and introduce teaching and learning innovations to enhance students' cognitive growth and conceptual understanding. It is of particular importance in subjects of basic sciences which encompass basic principles of medical science and link the spheres of core knowledge and clinical application. There are multiple traditional approaches to teaching and learning of anatomy with varied preferences of use. Visualisation holds pivotal importance in learning anatomical knowledge. This review paper proposes use of drawing as a strategy to learn anatomy and describes some conditions for best use of drawing as a learning tool.