Long time Quarantine Art Club members might remember that the very first assignment (a month ago!) was to draw a self-portrait in a fancy frame with your name on it. Well, today I’m giving the last daily assignment - at least for a while - and it is to draw another portrait in a frame, this time of someone you’d like to honor. Maybe you know someone who is being brave right now. Or working very hard. Or cooking you delicious food all the time. Or staying calm which helps the people around them feel calm too. Give this some thought.



Once you know who you’d like to honor with a portrait, get together your art supplies and look at the template and tutorials below. They’ll help you draw a human face if you need it.



This time, begin by drawing a frame, being sure to leave space for your subject’s name. (This frame should be fabulous and ornate like the frame around a portrait of a king in a museum. But if you want to draw the portrait first and then come back and add detail to the frame later, that’s fine too.) Next, draw a portrait from the shoulders up. The template can help you figure out where all the parts of the face go and how much space is between them. As with the Self-Portrait assignment, ask yourself these questions about your subject as you draw:



What color are their eyes? What shape are they?

Are their eyelashes light or dark? Long or short?

What color and shape are their eyebrows? Are they thick or thin? Straight or arched?

Is their nose skinny? Wide? Crooked? Does is turn up or down?

What color is their skin?

Do they have freckles? Moles? Scars? Birthmarks? Wrinkles?

What color is their hair? Is it long, short, curly, straight?

Is their mouth wide? Is it small? Are their lips full or thin?

Can I see their ears? Or are they hidden?



Once your portrait is done, you can share it using the hashtags:

#qachonorsomeone

#quarantinartclub.

Let us know who you are honoring. We would love to hear about them.