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Friday, August 14

How to draw...

Start with one wide brim and a bent cone gesture, then build the orange band, crescent buckle, and exactly three stars before the heavy black-marker and color passes. This easy 15-minute doodle is a friendly way to practice long confident curves, clean layered details, open-paper shines, and saturated marker fills that still feel handmade.

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Handmade felt-tip marker drawing of one face-free purple cartoon wizard hat with one wide oval brim, one tall cone bent right, one orange band, one yellow crescent-moon buckle, exactly three yellow five-point stars, exactly two teal open-paper shine marks, thick imperfect black outlines, visible purple and orange marker streaks, and one flat broken deep-navy shadow
Finished doodle About 15 minutes

Felt-tip marker mode

Let's draw a cartoon wizard hat with stars

Treat this as one playful practice round: sketch the idea loosely, simplify the shapes, then commit with confident marker outlines and bright fills.

  1. 01
    Map the brim and bend stage for how to draw a wizard hat

    Map the brim and bend

    Use pale pencil for one wide brim ellipse, one tall centerline, one bent cone gesture, the full band and crescent-buckle footprint, exactly three star centers, two shine reserves, and a flat broken shadow footprint.

    Marker tip: Ghost the cone sweep twice before drawing. This first frame should look like construction, not a pale finished hat.

  2. 02
    Shape the floppy hat stage for how to draw a wizard hat

    Shape the floppy hat

    Connect the brim and cone guides into one tall wizard-hat silhouette with a tip that bends right, while keeping the band, buckle, star, shine, and shadow reserves open.

    Marker tip: Use the centerline to keep the cone leaning without becoming lopsided. Pull each brim edge in one steady ellipse rather than tracing it repeatedly.

  3. 03
    Add the magic band stage for how to draw a wizard hat

    Add the magic band

    Draw one band across the lower cone and one crescent-moon buckle on the established footprint.

    Marker tip: Keep both band edges parallel as they cross the curve. Leave the buckle open inside for now so its yellow fill stays clean later.

  4. 04
    Place the three stars stage for how to draw a wizard hat

    Place the three stars

    Turn the three centers into exactly three five-point stars, then add the two shine gaps and a few short cone-fold lines.

    Marker tip: Draw each star as a tiny zigzag around its center dot, not as a circle with points. Keep the three stars separated and do not add a fourth sparkle.

  5. 05
    Ink the spellbound shapes stage for how to draw a wizard hat

    Ink the spellbound shapes

    Trace only the established hat, band, buckle, three stars, shine marks, fold lines, and flat broken shadow with thick, slightly wobbly black felt-tip.

    Marker tip: Ink the buckle and stars first, then rotate the page for the long cone curves. Make the outer hat silhouette heavier than the small fold lines.

  6. 06
    Handmade felt-tip marker drawing of one face-free purple cartoon wizard hat with one wide oval brim, one tall cone bent right, one orange band, one yellow crescent-moon buckle, exactly three yellow five-point stars, exactly two teal open-paper shine marks, thick imperfect black outlines, visible purple and orange marker streaks, and one flat broken deep-navy shadow

    Make the magic pop

    Fill the established hat purple, band orange, buckle and three stars yellow, shine marks teal, and shadow deep navy; clarify only the same black contours and paper gaps.

    Marker tip: Pull marker strokes along the cone and brim curves, not straight across them. Count one hat, one band, one buckle, three stars, two shines, and one shadow before stopping. Try a different color spell in your version if you like, but keep the bold handmade grain.