Draw a circle around the dots to finish the eyes.
Add three lines from the cat’s cheeks for the whiskers.
Make a square under the cat.
Add two triangles on either side with the point facing in. Now you have the bow!
How to Draw Cat In The Hat – A Step by Step Guide
The Cat In The Hat is one of the most popular children’s characters of all time! Introduced to the world in the book by Dr. Seuss, this character has gone on to appear in films, TV Shows, toy merchandise and more!
This famous cat has fans all around the world, and his many fans often like to learn how to draw the Cat In The Hat.
It can be a bit tricky to learn, however, making a guide like this one very helpful!
This step-by-step guide on how to draw the Cat In The Hat in just 6 steps will show you how easy and fun it can be to draw this iconic character.
How to Draw The Cat In The Hat – Let’s Get Started!
For this first step in our guide on how to draw the Cat In The Hat, we will be starting with the head and the famous hat itself!
For now, we will be focusing on the outlines of these two elements, but we will definitely add detail to them later.
We will be drawing these parts by using some curved and rounded lines mostly, and you can refer to the reference image to see how these should look!
Once you have drawn the head with the hat on top of it, we’re ready for step 2!
Step 2 – Start drawing his body in this step
We will be moving further down and work on the start of the body in this step of your Cat In The Hat drawing. First, we will be drawing his large bowtie underneath his neck.
Then for his back, we will start to extend a jagged line coming down from the left-hand side of the tie.
This line will be jagged like this to give the appearance of furriness for the cat. Finally, we will use some smoother rounded lines for his chest and hand as they appear in the reference image.
Another Way to Draw the Cat in the Hat
Draw a “U” in the lower half of your paper.
Draw a line across the top of the “u.”
Make that line into a very thin rectangle.
Now add a long rectangle to the top of that –
almost to the top of your paper.
Add the stripes to the hat.
Draw another u for the mouth with two smaller u’s at the ends.
Draw two black dots for the eyes and an upside down u for the nose.
Draw a circle around the dots to finish the eyes.
Add three lines from the cat’s cheeks for the whiskers.
Make a square under the cat.
Add two triangles on either side with the point facing in. Now you have the bow!
Add simple ears if you wish.
All you need is red watercolor paint.
Paint the stripes an ABAB pattern (red, white).
Paint the bow. Done!
