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How to Draw a Hoodoo
Draw a hoodoo in 12 easy steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the spire.
Step 1: The spire
In the middle draw a tall bumpy rock spire, wide at the bottom, with a thin neck at the top.
Tip A hoodoo is a rock spire left standing when softer rock washed away.
Step 2: The cap rock
On top of the spire draw a wide, lumpy, flattish boulder that sticks out past the neck on both sides.
Step 3: Rock layers
Draw 4 gently curved lines across the spire at its narrow parts, from side to side, for rock layers.
Step 4: A small hoodoo
On the right draw a shorter spire the same way, with its own cap rock and 2 layer lines.
Step 5: The ground
Start at the left edge and draw the ground line across to the right edge.
Step 6: A mesa
Start at the left edge, draw the flat top of a mesa, then a sloping side down to the ground.
Step 7: Bush and rocks
Draw a low bumpy bush at the foot of the mesa, and 2 small rocks on the right.
Step 8: The sun
Draw a small sun with short rays near the top right corner.
Step 9: Ginger spires
Go over your lines, then colour both spires ginger orange, pressing softly so the layers still show.
Step 10: Stone caps, grey rocks
Colour the 2 cap rocks stone grey and the small rocks grey.
Step 11: Tan mesa, sandy ground
Colour the mesa tan and the ground sandy, right out to the edges of the paper.
Step 12: Green bush, yellow sun
Colour the bush green and the sun yellow, and your hoodoo is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a hoodoo, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
