n.c. mallory & marty harris

here is a truly gorgeous swap between n.c. mallory (portrayed above) and marty harris (portrayed below).

mr. hughes & ynzsbltt

Before I colored his portrait, my drawing partner in this portrait party asked if he could go over all my purple lines in black. "It's yours when I'm done with it," I answered, "But what have you got against purple?" Happily, he changed his mind when all the other colors came together.

oshrty & mr. hughes

"You made me look like a grown up."

"You made me look like a rubber action figure."

I'd buy that action figure by the way.

(Attention teachers: If you are interested in hosting a portrait party at your school, check out the Portrait Party 2.0 that we started on Art Ed 2.0. There are lesson guides, student examples, and lots of other teachers excited to collaborate with you.)

an international portrait party

Melissa Woodland and David Gran organized a portrait party for their students through Art Education 2.0. Melissa's Art 1 Students were paired up with David's art students from a high school in China. Students swapped photos electronically and drew each other. You can see more of the portraits on flickr and artsonia.

kendra farrell's art 1 class

Kendra Farrell held an "in house" portrait party to get her art 1 class warmed up for taking risks and having fun. They did!! You can see the rest of the portraits on flickr.

yhdt & mr. hughes

this year, i added a special offer to my annual art room portrait party. if a student draws me in color, i will draw them in color.

ylhn & mr. hughes

For as long as I have been teaching, I have made this offer to my students: If you draw me (outside of class), I will draw you. At the moment, I owe portraits to about twenty kids but that just means that there is always something fun to do at lunch time.