How to Draw Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks is best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. Now you can learn how to draw her portrait as a tribute to her amazing role in our country’s history.

Aside from learning how to honor the amazing Rosa Parks with a drawing in her likeness, this tutorial can teach students some tips on how to better draw faces too.

Getting started with the right proportions is key, and Rosa’s features happen to fall in some easy to see places. Her inside hairline touches the 1/4 down guide, the eyes on the 1/2, and the mouth just above the 3/4 line. If students make sure to hit those placements when drawing, their face is bound to have nice proportions.

Good news! A template with very light dashed lines is included in page 2 of the PDF download below. You could, of course, also just fold the paper to get creases in the same places, but sometimes that makes for extra wrinkles you have to draw around. At any rate, now you have a choice to see what works best for you and your students.

MATERIALS

• Draw Rosa Parks PDF Tutorial (click to download)
• Black Sharpie marker, fine tip*
• Stabilo Markers*

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LOOKING FOR A FUN FOLLOW UP PROJECT?

Now it’s easy to make a classroom mural to commemorate the amazing life of Dr. Martin Luther King.

All you do is purchase a Martin Luther King Mural template from my PDF Shop, have each student color a page, and then tape or glue it back together. For one low price you can print as many as you want, in 3 different sizes for years to come.

Create a special work of art for your classroom, and because everyone takes part, a collaborative experience as well.

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