Now we’re going to draw the crown crease and a few details on the hat band.

Cowboy hats are often known for a curved inward crease on both sides of the crown, but this is not a sharp crease. Very lightly sketch the indications of a crease on the side we can see. The shape that I’m sketching almost looks like a half-circle or bowl shape.

Now on the hat band, sketch another half-circle shape near the front. The purpose of this shape is to remind us later when we get to shading that we want to indicate value changes where light hits the hat band.

Now, let’s sketch in stitching and other details of the hat band. Sketch very short and tiny horizontal marks along the top of the band to represent stitching. Repeat this along the bottom. Remember to keep the marks very close together, almost touching. Then put two dots on the band between the top and bottom stitching to represent small holes in the band.