And this is not something that has changed over the years. So many current artists stumble on hats, be they stetsons or bowlers or anything in between.

Early on in my career I devoted some effort to developing my own shorthand for chapeaus, even though I knew there was little likelihood that I would ever be called upon to draw them much.

I beseech my fellow artists to do the same—learn the basic structure of hats—starting with the fact that aside from beanies and yalmukas, they are not likely to have a circumference smaller than the heads they are covering!