A class discussion on portraiture took place at the beginning of this lesson.  Students had previously created a pencil drawing of a person and that project was referred to frequently.  Students therefore, had a similar experience to fall back on before starting this pastel portrait.

Artists who created were known portraits such as, Leonardo DaVinci and Vincent Van Gogh were discussed before the start of the project.   Students were to select a person whom they admired and get a picture of that person.  Then we went through a lesson on creating and using grids.  Students learned how to properly use a grid to increase the scale when they create a drawing.

Students sketched their image lightly, in pencil first.  Once this was accomplished they were allowed to begin their pastel drawings. Great caution to continuously spray the drawings with fixative was taken.

At the culmination of this project, students were required to mat their pastel portrait and they were entered into two area shows.  One you see here won a first place and the other won a second place.

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