Tips for drawing a portrait with a friend.

1. EDU 653
Kimberly Spearman
Portrait With a Friend
2nd Grade

2. SETTING
 Lesson Title: Portrait With a Friend
 Grade Level: 2nd grade
 Art Elements: Line and Shape
 Medium: Color Pencil
 Vocabulary: Portrait, Self- Portrait, Grant Wood, Oval, Rectangle, Vertical, Horizontal Line, and Overlapping.

3. TODAY ’ S CHAL L ENGE
 To identify the terms portrait and self-portrait.
 To identify the steps needed to draw a portrait of yourself with a friend.
 To be exposed to Grant Wood’s artistic style.
 To exhibit skill and control in the use of media.
 To see a finished example of a portrait.

4. E X AMP L E O F T O DAY ’ S
LESSON
Spearman, Kimberly. “Portrait With A Friend” 2012, JPEG file.

5. ENGAGE

6. WHAT IS A PORTRAIT?
 ArtLex, Art Dictionary defines portrait as “ A work of art that
represents a specific person, a group of people, or an animal.
Portraits usually show what a person looks like as well as revealing
something about the subjects personality.”
Delahunt, M. (2011,March 14). Portrait. ArtLex Art Dictionary. Retrieved October 31, 2014, from
http://www.artlex.com

7. WHAT IS A SELF-PORTRAIT?
 ArtLex, Art Dictionary defines self-portrait as “ A portrait an artist
makes using himself of herself as its subject, typically drawn or
painted from a reflection in a mirror.”
Delahunt, M. (2011,March 14). Self-Portrait. ArtLex Art Dictionary. Retrieved October 31, 2014, from
http://www.artlex.com

8. GRANT WOOD AND
AMERICAN GOTHIC
Grant Wood. (2014). The Biography.com website. Retrieved 10:26, Oct 31, 2014, from
http://www.biography.com/people/grant-wood-9536250.

9. G R A N T WO O D ’ S
AMERICAN GOTHIC
Henderson, A (Photographer). (2010). American Gothic. [Digital Image}. Retrieved from
https://www.flickr.com/photos/88019192@N00/5226325413/

10. STUDENT SAMPLES
Spearman, Kimberly. “Portrait With A Friend” 2012, JPEG file.

11. Spearman, Kimberly. “Portrait With A Friend” 2012, JPEG file.

12. Spearman, Kimberly. “Portrait With A Friend” 2012, JPEG file.

13. Spearman, Kimberly. “Portrait With A Friend” 2012, JPEG file.

14. Let’s Practice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geL7uNwPOJw
YouTube. (2013, July 25). Let’s Draw a Self Portrait. Retrieved October
31, 2014 from http://youtu.be/geL7uNwPOJw
Please click on the
center of the
rectangle to view the
video or click the
hyperlink above the
rectangle to view the
video.

15. MATERIALS NEEDED
 Mirror
 White Drawing Paper
 Color Pencils
 Black Marker
 Shape Poster
 Drawing Pencil
Spearman, Kimberly. “Shapes” 2014, JPEG file.

16. LE T ’ S GE T S TARTED
1. Turn your white drawing paper in the vertical
position.
2. Draw a large oval on one side of your white paper
as shown. Look at the shape images if you’ve
forgotten your basic shapes.
3. Add a rectangle for your neck. Look in your mirror
if you need to.
4. Add indicator lines for your shoulders and arm.
5. Add the details for the face (eyes, nose, lips, ears,
eyebrows, eyelashes, and hair).
Spearman, Kimberly. “Portrait With A Friend” 2012, JPEG file.

17. 6. Use the same steps above to draw your friend standing
behind you.
7. Remember, part of your friends shoulder won’t be seen.
This is called overlapping.
8. Draw a horizontal or curved line across the middle of
your paper behind you and your friends’ head. This line will
represent the ground. You can add detail in your
background to make your drawing come alive and be more
interesting.
9. Outline your entire drawing with a black marker.
10. Lastly, color your entire paper with your color pencils
neatly.
Spearman, Kimberly. “Portrait With A Friend” 2012, JPEG file.

18. CLOSURE/ EXIT TICKET
Tell me one fact that you have
learned from today’s lesson?

19. WORKS CITED
 Delahunt, M. (2011,March 14). Portrait. ArtLex Art Dictionary. Retrieved October 31, 2014, from
http://www.artlex.com
 Delahunt, M. (2011,March 14). Self-Portrait. ArtLex Art Dictionary. Retrieved October 31, 2014, from
http://www.artlex.com
 Grant Wood. (2014). The Biography.com website. Retrieved 10:26, Oct 31, 2014, from
http://www.biography.com/people/grant-wood-9536250
 YouTube. (2013, July 25). Let’s Draw a Self Portrait. Retrieved October 31, 2014 from
http://youtu.be/geL7uNwPOJw