Description: A woman once said and I quote; "Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content". That was a quote by an amazing woman who lived her life without sound or sight. This lesson is going to show you "how to draw Helen Keller", step by step. Helen Keller was a woman that had so much passion, faith, and determination when it came to living a full happy life without restraints. Her story is both a tragedy and a happy ending. It's a tragedy because she was born with sight and sound, but due to a serious illness she lost what most people take for granted, her ability to see and hear. As a child Helen struggled with her life coping with the limits of her abilities. To help her overcome these limitations, her family hired a tutor for her to help make things a bit easier, her name was Anne Sullivan. When Anne started working with Helen she was able to teach her how to spell and write. Even though there was success in learning, Helen was still very frustrated because she did not know what those words meant. With so much darkness in Helen's life one day there was the brightest light she had ever seen. It was the day she finally understood the meaning of these words that she was being taught to spell. It all happened when Helen was fetching water at her fountain outside. Anne had the idea to put Helen's hand under the water while teaching her how to spell the word that described what she was touching. Once Helen knew what water was and felt like, she went ballistic. After that day she began learning how to talk by touching the lips of her teachers mouth as she spoke. Even though it was difficult for others to understand her, she was persistent and didn't give up until she was understood by everyone. By the time Helen Keller was twenty years old she was in college. She then wrote a book about her life called 'The Story of My Life' and she made sure that it was published in fifty different languages. When she wrote the book she used both a regular typewriter, and one that typed braille. She grew up traveling the world, giving speeches, meeting presidents, and she even helped raise money to start organizations like the American Foundation for the Blind and American Foundation for the Overseas Blind. All this work payed off because she helped other people who was in the same boat as her to live a normal life by teaching them how to learn even if you are blind, deaf or both. She lived to be eighty seven years old. Helen Keller died peacefully in her bed as she slept in 1968. This is a lesson that is on a person who helped change life for others who didn't understand how to change on their own. Enjoy drawing Helen Keller folks.