How to Draw the Portrait


Drawing a portrait can be challenging. I want to help your students with how to draw the portrait. There are a lot of steps involved for how to draw a portrait. I have lots of resources on portrait drawing to share. To learn more about how to draw the portrait, keep reading! 


How to Draw the Portrait

Portrait Drawing Lesson Ideas 

Here are some lesson ideas for teaching about how to draw the portrait. These lessons are in order and have a nice flow to them. 


  • Looking at artists who draw portraits or self-portraits 

  • The proportions of the face 

  • Drawing facial features 

  • Shading and drawing techniques for drawing facial features or hair 

  • Drawing a self-portrait 

  • Drawing a portrait of a loved one 

  • Looking at artists who paint portraits 

  • How to mix skin tones 

  • Paint a self-portrait 

  • Paint a portrait of a loved one

How to Draw the Portrait- Resources to Help 


Portrait Symmetry 

Symmetry Drawing – Faces Details:

  • 130 symmetry drawing worksheets on portraits

  • 65 symmetry faces on grid paper

  • 65 symmetry faces on blank paper

  • A diverse representation of portraits to draw (ages – babies to 99), different genders and ethnic backgrounds!

    Portrait Symmetry Drawing 


Facial Features Symmetry Drawing Includes:

  • 130 symmetry drawing worksheets on facial features

  • 65 symmetry facial features on grid paper

  • 65 symmetry facial features on blank paper

  • A diverse representation of portraits to draw (ages – babies to 99), different genders and ethnic backgrounds!

Facial Features Symmetry 

Portrait Drawing Symmetry for Middle School

rid and plain symmetry drawing of faces for grades 4-6 - click here!

Mixing Skin Colours 

· Includes 5 private video links for how to make skin tones (Each video is between 6-11 minutes long)

· Includes 9 charts plus an 5 example pages of the charts as a PDF to show your students

*There are pages of colour and color spelling to suit your needs!  Mixing Skin Colours Resource

TRY Before you buy! 

Click here to download the FREE Mixing Green and Grey Colour Mixing Activity