Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw My Goals Self Portrait Tutorial Video. It mixes a little bit of drawing, writing and goal setting in this popular back to school art project!

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Draw My Goals Self Portrait Art Project, made with the help of an easy step by step tutorial.

Self Portrait Goals Tutorial Video

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Student Art from Dieck Elementary, Grades 3-5
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Why Draw a Goal Self Portrait?

This popular back to school art project does double duty as it offers a mix of drawing and writing practice, and can help students start to think of long term goals they want to achieve too. It’s never too early to think about what is important to them, and write it down, even if only in the form of a very basic list. As an art project, this lesson focuses just on the top of the student’s face, and offers a little extra advice for how to draw symmetrical eyes. They tend to be what kids struggle with the most anyway, so it’s time well spent.

Please note that my PDF download does include a template with school paper lines on it to print, if you wish. Glueing actual lined paper onto drawing paper is an option too, I just needed to make a template to help work with hundreds of students. It gave them more time to just draw, and eliminated the need for scissors and glue too.

Lastly, if a line drawing is of help, students can have a full size view of my sample drawing, I’ve added one below and have labeled it a Coloring Page. Use it as you wish, it’s just one more tool to support everyone in getting their best results.

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My Goals Coloring Page

Goal Self Portrait Coloring page, available as a free download.

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Materials for Goals Art Project

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Drawing Paper. Don’t substitute it with copy paper or construction paper. The surface will get fuzzy, erasing might cause holes, and the colors will generally not look as bright.

Stabilo Markers. The large pack provides lots of fun color choices, several shades of each color, including a few choices for skin. The tips are perfect for coloring, and there’s even a promise that they will work after being uncapped for 8 weeks!

Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase.

Eraser. Large ones you can hold in your hand do a much better job than just the pencil tips. Stabilo Markers. They have the best colors, the best tips, and last the longest.

Black Sharpie Marker. These fine point permanent markers are great for making a crisp outline to your drawing. Use them when you want your outline show up, but not be so heavy that it detracts from other things.