Learning to Draw Portraits. I Gave Myself a Facelift Because I Could. December 23, 2013Home, Learningfacelift, Learning to draw, portraits, self-portrait By Diane Atwood My final drawing assignment was a giant self-portrait. 18 x 24-inch. Really, really big. I can’t believe my first semester of art school is already over. Like everything wonderful in life, it sped by like a snap of the fingers.