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!
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!
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
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