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This cartoon witch is more cute than scary. She has a big round head, shiny eyes, a tall hat with a curled tip and a little purple dress. Rob from Art for Kids Hub draws her side by side with his daughter, so you get to see a grown-up version and a kid version of every step. Both look great, which is the whole point.
You need a black marker, a sheet of paper and something to color with. The video uses oil pastels. Plan on about 15 minutes for the drawing and another 10 to 15 for the color.
The trick is proportion. The head is the biggest part of the body and the dress is short and wide. Big eyes with a white shine dot do most of the work. Keep the nose tiny and the smile wide. If you have drawn any of the other chibi-style characters on this site, the head is the same U shape. Our guide on how to draw a face goes deeper on eye placement if you want a more grown-up witch.
Rob and his daughter go straight in with a black marker. That keeps kids from erasing forever and makes the coloring pop at the end. If you are nervous, sketch it lightly in pencil first and trace over it. A fine point marker is thick enough to read from across a classroom and thin enough for eyelashes.
Oil pastels give that bright, waxy fill you see in the video. Crayons work the same way. Colored pencils take longer but give you more control around the buckle and the eyes.
A finished witch makes a quick Halloween card. Draw her on folded cardstock and write a message inside. For a party, set out paper and markers and let each kid draw one while you play the video. Cut out the colored witches and tape them to a window for instant decor. Add a cartoon bat flying past her hat, or a friendly ghost at her feet, and you have a full scene.
Want a spookier sidekick? Try our skeleton drawing next, or go back to basics with how to draw.
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A cute cartoon witch drawing in 10 easy steps: big head, curled pointy hat, purple dress and shoes. An easy project: about 20 minutes. Materials cost about $6 to $12. You need 5 things, including drawing paper, oil pastels or crayons and black fine point marker. The 10 steps start with draw the Witch's Head as a U Shape Under a Hat Brim Line and add the Witch's Shiny Eyes, Eyelashes, Nose and Smile.
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Draw a big U in the middle of your paper, a little above center. That is the witch's head. Now draw a long wobbly line across the top of the U for the bottom of her hat. Let it stick out past the head on both sides. A wider brim looks more like a witch hat, so push it further out if yours feels short.
Leave plenty of space above the brim. The hat gets tall.
Draw a circle for each eye, spaced wide apart inside the head. Color them in but leave a small white circle in each one so her eyes look shiny. Add two or three eyelashes on the outside corner of each eye. Draw a tiny curve for the nose, then a bigger U under it for a wide smile.
If you color over the shine by mistake, draw a new white dot later with a white gel pen.
From each end of the brim, draw a diagonal line in toward the middle of the head. Stop about level with the top of the head. From the left line, go straight up and curl over at the top into a little hook. Bring the right side up to meet the curl, then back in. That bent tip is what makes it a witch hat.
Sketch the cone in pencil first if you are unsure. The curl is easier on a second try.
Draw a square in the middle of the hat, a little above the brim. Draw a smaller square inside it so it looks like a buckle. Now add a curved line on each side of the buckle running out to the edges of the hat. Add a second curved line above each one to finish the band. A high band looks cute too.
Keep the buckle square, not a rectangle. It reads better once you color it yellow.
Start under one side of the chin and draw a line that curves down and out. Do the same on the other side. Both lines should end at about the same height. Connect the bottoms with a straight line for the hem. You now have a short bell-shaped dress, wider at the bottom than the top.
Keep the dress short. A long body makes her look less like a cartoon.
Under the hem, draw a small U shape on each side for the shoes. Space them apart so there is a gap between her feet. Then add a tiny rectangle at the back of each shoe for a heel. Those little heels are a small detail, but they make them look like proper witch shoes.
Point both shoes slightly outward. It makes her look like she is standing happily.
Draw an upside-down V right under her chin, in the center of the dress. From the top of the V, draw a curved line out to each side of the neck where the dress meets the head. That gives her a pointy collar. Later you will color it black so it stands out against the purple.
Keep the V small. A big collar will crowd the arms.
On each side, draw a short diagonal line down from the collar for the outside of the arm. Connect it back into the dress. Add a curved line at the bottom of each arm for the hand, then a little bump for the thumb. Her arms should rest close to her sides so she looks tucked in and cozy.
Match the two arms by drawing one, then the other, before adding hands.
Start under the brim on one side of the face. Draw a wild zigzag line down past the cheek until it meets the dress. Do the same on the other side. Messy is good here. She is a witch, so her hair does not need to be neat. Keep the zigzags outside the face so they do not cover her eyes.
Vary the size of the zigzags. Some big, some small looks more like real hair.
Color the hat and dress purple. Use green for the face and hands, orange for the hair and yellow for the buckle. Go over the band, collar and shoes in black. Press firmly with oil pastels for a bright, solid color. Pause the video at the end if you want to match the colors exactly.
Color the light areas first and the black last so it does not smear across the page.
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What makes a cartoon witch read as cute rather than creepy?
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1.What makes a cartoon witch read as cute rather than creepy?
Answer: A big head and a short wide dress
Chibi proportions, with the head as the biggest part, keep her friendly.
2.Why leave a small white circle inside each colored eye?
Answer: It makes the eyes look shiny
A white highlight dot is what makes cartoon eyes look alive.
3.You colored over the eye shine by mistake. What is the easy fix?
Answer: Add a new dot with a white gel pen
White gel pen sits on top of marker and pastel, so the shine comes back.
4.When coloring with oil pastels, which order avoids smearing?
Answer: Light areas first, black last
Black pastel smudges easily, so it goes on after everything else.
5.Why draw the whole witch in marker instead of pencil first?
Answer: It stops endless erasing and redoing
Committing to marker keeps kids moving and makes the color pop at the end.
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