Sketching the human face needs a little practice, because there is a lot that can go wrong. These super easy exercises will help you get it right.

Learn what to look out for while drawing portraits with this comprehensive tutorial on the do's and don'ts of drawing realistic faces.

Kids Learn about Andy Warhol and Pop Art by recreating his art using this fun and simple activity. Add to your child's knowledge of Art History in a fun way!

In this guide, learn how to draw a head from scratch, with easy to follow steps. All you need is a pencil and paper to get started!

By Vladimir London in Art Tutorials > Drawing Tips When drawing from life, I often see art students do their best to depict the eyes, nose and mouth as they see them on a model. . . forgetting, however, to first draw the overall construction of the head. This is like decorating walls before ever building the house—and just like building a house, “building” the head in a portrait drawing requires some crucial knowledge of proportions and measurements. So today I’m going […]

People always say to me, "Oh I'm no good at drawing. I can barely even draw a stick figure." Well, just so you know, people are the hardest things to draw and if all you are trying to do is get the idea of a person across to communicate, a stick figure does it for our left brains. That's what I use in the game of pictionary just like everybody else. People are hard to draw because we all know what they SHOULD look like. We see people every day...in the mirror or standing in front of us. Our eyes know the proportions and what goes where. So when someone draws a person incorrectly, we instinctively know. However, EVERY person is different and has different proportions. That's what makes us all individuals. But there are a few basic rules to follow if you want to draw a general picture that resembles a non-specific person. Here are some images that you can print and use to learn the general rules (for personal use or classroom use only). instructions on proportions of the face and head you can print this head map to use as a tracing template when practicing your head drawings a detailed explanation of drawing a general head

Looking to explore drawing a portrait that uses COLORED LIGHT to create visual interest? This post guides artists through how to draw a gridded portrait that emphasizes the subject's EYES using colored pencils on black paper to render colored light sources. Additionally, this post shows artists how to use a basic grid system to aid

Middle Schoolers are awkward. I think that's one of the reasons that anytime a self-portrait is mentioned they groan obnoxiously and throw t...

So way back when I first started teaching (cough cough, 15 years ago back in 2008, there was no Pinterest, no Instagram and very few blogs to gather lesson ideas. We all know the early years of teaching is rough, but when you have very limited access to other art teachers to share ideas with, and have to create everyth

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Ready, set, POSE! I use my iPhone to take photos of my students. I usually do this on a day during which they are intently engaged with another lesson, and pull one or two students at a time into t…

Our Portrait Drawing Poster is a great educational resource that will help you create relevant and engaging Art and Design classrooms.

There are multiple options to print.I created two sets with prompts, and one set without a prompt. Choose to print either "This year, I want to..." or "This summer, I want to..." depending on the time of year you are doing this project. There are 8 different sunglasses to choose from, making it supe...

Materials: - Student Photographs - Pencil - Eraser - Fine Point Sharpie - Extra Fine Point Sharpie - White Drawing Paper

Portrait drawing can be very difficult, you not only need to draw the facial features correctly, but you also need to place them in the right places in order to produce a believable face. Placing the facial features in the wrong area and drawing them in the wrong size will make you lose likeness inRead More

Using 8” by 10” photographs, each student traced a simplified contour drawing of their face. They transferred the drawings onto colored paper and “fractured” them by dividing the picture into smal…

Step by step digital drawing tutorial of how to draw a half cartoon portrait, includes video tutorial and step by step photos with instructions to work at your own pace

This easy Pop art portrait for kids is a fun printmaking project that incorporates the colors and style of Pop art!

Drawing a cubism portrait is a fun way to practice drawing faces without the extra pressure of realism. Anything goes with abstract art.

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Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step How to Draw an Abstract Self Portrait Tutorial Videoge. Stop by, download yours for free.

Here's a lesson we recently completed in 3rd grade. First, I took a picture of each student and printed it in black and white. I also cu...

This is a great project adaptable for distance learning! The assignment was designed as a project for my year 1 high school class, but would be great for middle school too. It's a way for them to tell a little about themselves through drawing of personal ideas. Like a self-portrait about them. It en...