don meagher & henry hughes

father (portrayed above) and son (portrayed below) in matching, albeit make-believe, hats.

gordon redshaw & parita shah

this swap is all about the eyes. gordon (portrayed above) and parita (portrayed below) drew this portrait party version of a staring contest.

beautifully, i might add.

clara charlotte & michael nobbs

clara from germany (portrayed above) met michael from aberystwyth (portrayed below) through twitter. they bonded over danny gregory books. it sounds like a portrait party was inevitable.

lali shaw & christine castro hughes

one of the things that i love about actual real life portrait parties is seeing how friends who wouldn't normally draw each other do draw each other. lali (portrayed above) and christine (portrayed below) would probably draw each other more if we saw each other more but this was their very first go at it. for a portrait enthusiast like me, that's always exciting.

morgan kessler & her dad

morgan (portrayed above) had a portrait party with her dad (portrayed below). BZZZT ~ NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS WERE GIVEN ~ BZZZT.

erik shaw & rama hughes

the rest of our family has been drawing each other for years but the groom, our new brother, erik (portrayed above) never had a portrait party before. he jumped it with both feet though! he gave us a great, weird pose to draw and put a lot of effort into his two-minute portrait of me (below).

don meagher & lauren hughes

my dad (portrayed above) never takes his drawings too seriously. while he put hats and mustaches on the rest of us, his two minute drawing of our mom (below) was actually pretty sweet and serious. aww...