How To Draw A Garden Gnome Draw an oval for the nose. Draw a curved line through the center. Draw a triangle to use for the base of the hat shape. Make your triangle wavy for the hat. Draw a half circle under the hat to use as the base for the beard. Go around the half circle with zig zag lines to complete the beard. Draw a rectangle overlapping the beard for the body. Add two ovals to make the boots. Make two curved lines for the arms. Erase all extra pencil lines and outline with a thin black marker.