Thursday, March 15, 2007

step two: find a partner to draw

hopefully, everyone has a buddy with whom to draw but, if you would like to make a new friend through this portrait exchange, just leave a comment that includes:
your name
your email address
a link to your artwork

by leaving this information, you are inviting other artists to visit your work and get in touch.

you are encouraged to visit the artwork of any artist who comments here and CONTACT him or her to suggest a portrait exchange. portrait swaps work best if you and your partner exchange photos and finished portraits by email.

if you would like to trade physical artwork (rather than emailed images), please note that in your comment.

if you are a member of flickr (it's fre-e-e!), i hope you'll join The Portrait Party group where you can share the photos from which you would like to be drawn.

124 comments:

rama hughes said...

i am sometimes swamped but, whenever the timing is right, i love to trade portraits. so, please don't hesitate to contact me.

name: rama hughes
email: rama@ramahughes.com
artwork: ramahughes.com

Anonymous said...

Count me in!

I'm hoping this will encourage me to put pencil to paper more often.

name: Christine Castro Hughes
email: christine@maganda.org
work: Darling Design

Anonymous said...

ready to swap.

bring out your heads.

miss mandy

twinkletoes@missmink.com

www.missmink.com

paperdull said...

name: hannah liongoren
email: hannah@supimi.com
artwork: http://paperdull.deviantart.com

Kristin Kwan said...
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Kristin Kwan said...

Oooh, pick me, pick me! I would love to trade portraits with someone. I can e-mail pictures of myself to you, and when we are finished, I wouldn't mind actually physically trading portraits.

Kristin Elder
contact@kristin-elder.com
kristin-elder.com

Anonymous said...

Ready for a face off!

name: Melissa Woodland
email: m.woodland@rcn.com
artwork: http://artjournal.wordpress.com

Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pine said...

Let's do it!

name: Nina Khashchina
e-mail: mail@apple-pine.com
work: http://www.apple-pine.com
http://apple-pine.blogspot.com/

Alexis Hartman said...

This sounds so fun! Please take a look at my work and contact me (whoever you are):

Alexis Hartman
alexis@greenbluegreen.com
www.greenbluegreen.com

Anonymous said...

Feeling portrait-y.
Name: switchsky
email: switchsky2@yahoo.com
art&stuff: switchsky.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

I have very few friends who sketch, so I'd love to trade with new virtual friends.

name: Paula Abreu
email: paula@epinion.com.br
artwork: http://www.epinion.com.br/?cat=13

Anonymous said...

Oooo! I'll play :)

Alison Cardinale
acardart@alisoncardinale.com and/or alison.cardinale@gmail.com (i check the second more often)
http://www.AlisonCardinale.com

Brittany Long said...

This sounds awesome.

brytning
brytning@gmail.com
brytning.hatesmonday.com

MASTROPIERO said...

i LOVE THIS KIND OF THINGS!!i can email my photos

name:aLLaN rAMIREZ
email:paralelife@yahoo.com.mx
work:http://clamadocomounabomba.blogspot.com

Miss A. Goblin said...

I love the idea of this. I would like to make a friend.

name: amanda woodward
email: hello@amandawoodward.com
web: amandawoodward.com

Anonymous said...

name: carolita johnson
email: carolita@carolita.org
artwork: carolita.org (or newyorkette.com)

AaronM said...

My info:
name: Aaron Matthews
email: aaron.shadescythe@gmail.com
artwork:http://www.flickr.com/photos/amatthews/

Unknown said...

great idea! this is one of the things i miss the most since leaving college.

Mauricio Salmon
msalmon@ringling.edu
msalmon.blogspot.com
www.rsad.edu/~msalmon
from photos or from life anything is good( i'm in NY)

Jon Wilcox said...

I'd like to be involved!
Should I contact someone who already commented? What if someone else already contacted them? I guess I'll just put up my info and wait... That sounds safe.

Jon Wilcox
jtwilcox@gmail.com
JTWilcox.com

Unknown said...

this sounds like fun, i'd love to trade portraits with someone

name: damien mason
email: damien@talesofthesamurai.com
work: http://www.talesofthesamurai.com

jiowfojieoij said...

I'd rather meet up and sketch in a cafe or something, photos are kind of flat. I live in Melbourne, Australia.

name: Oliver
email: shmuckface@jibjub.com
artwork: sonicboy/drawings.html

Josh said...

Count me in!

Josh Ferrin

Reno, NV

josh dot ferrin at gmail dot com

www.joshferrin.com

Lance said...

great idea, i just started a blog just like this! drawmedrawyou.blogspot.com
i have several pics of me on there.

Lance King
drawmedrawyou@gmail.com
http://www.snakesheep.com

Jeff Newman said...
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Jeff Newman said...

name: Jeff Newman
email: jeff@newmanpictures.com
work: newmanpictures.com

Piotr said...

i draw caricatures mostly, but it would be great to try serious portraiture.

name: Piotr
email: rizzorabbit@yahoo.com
blog: http://sketch-stretch.blogspot.com/

tgreaper said...

I'm all for this!

Name: Thom Futrell

Email: nightreaper@sbcglobal.net

Artwork: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-67sDD2QlfLTLEWEUBKa4kqTpm1s-;_ylt=AofR.3aPAgNGrVl5qfzd5q60AOJ3?cq=1

Anonymous said...

um, no real organized collection to type of yet, though still building this endless portfolio. i'd rather meet up, if in Arizona, and draw/sketch.

kris
krstofr_robn@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Ok. I'm in too.

name: matt tolbert
email: matt.tolbert@gmail.com
artwork: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wizardbros

evelyn darling said...

if this is still going id like to play.

name: emma
email: hearts_And_daggers@hotmail.com
work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/em-ra/

Werner said...

Great idea Rama!
But I'm in the south-east of France and don't like drawing from photographs either.

Name: Werner Pfarr
Email: wpfarr at libertysurf dot fr
Art: Awaiting a Drawing

I also invite you all to participate in my
Free Drawings Project...

Anonymous said...

dan
danmeth@danmeth.com
Brooklyn

Anonymous said...

I love drawing people! Always looking for a reason to draw someone!

Randall Drew aka: SempaiMiles

sempaimiles@hotmail.com

art: www.sempaimiles.deviantart.com

Needlesville, N.Y. said...

Cool concept, here's my info:

Name: Tim Needles
Email: Needlesart@aol.com
Artwork: www.timneedles.com

JChevais said...

I'd like to play too if it's still possible:

name: jennifer chevais
email: jenn.c@laposte.net
Artwork

JChevais said...

for some reason blogger tagged on extra info to my link at www.artwanted.com/JChevais

sorry :(

MD said...

I'm wanting to play too! Maybe this will inspire me to improve my art.
name: Marie-Dom
email: mdblinbolt@cwgsy.net
sketchblog:http://www.doodleaddict.blogspot.com
artwork: http://www.sitekreator.com/mariedom

Kerstin Klein said...

I don´t have a lot of time, but I would love to join in if there is no tight deadline. I don´t have a lot of experience with portraits (only 2 so far ;) ) but if you can send me a few fotos and maybe some information (or blog) about yourself from which I can choose, I´m sure I can do something which won´t be too bad. :)
I would also love to trade the portraits physically, but that is not necessary - specially as I do most of my stuff in Moleskines.
I would be happy if you contact me. :)

name: kerstin s. klein
email: snow_flake@gmx.de
artwork: snowflakes & blackvampires

Kerstin Klein said...

having thought about it, i guess i´d rather prefer keeping the portraits. ;) but in some cases i could trade too! :)

Kerstin Klein said...

Sorry for posting 3 comments in a row, but I quickly took a pic with which I would like to join the party.

I posted my pic here. t

This is Dandu said...

boy, this looks like fun.
who wants to draw me? :D

cri
chrysdtl@yahoo.com
crillustration.blogspot.com

jennifer m. lee said...

i love doing portraits of people, doing different styles is so much fun for me

i love doing collective things like this
so how ever many people want to do it, lets do it!

name: Jennifer M. Lee
email: jennifermleeart@yahoo.com
artwork: www.jennifermlee.blogspot.com

i would love to start as soon as possible :)

Melissa Sue said...

hello! i would love to do a portrait of someone - i'd like to exchange the actual piece of art also.

melissa sue stanley
melissastanley727@yahoo.com
www.melissasuestanley.net

<3

Anonymous said...

Hi Im Caroline, here is a link to a portrait of a sprout (brussel) I did, Id like to draw a person (who doesnt look like a sprout) and prefer men as they are less 'nicey' about drawing portraits of women (!) so, if you are a man and want to draw me, here is what a sprout looks like...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/polkadotpebble/384496010/in/set-72157594551640850/

and...here is my email

carolinepanico@hotmail.co.uk

dont bother contacting me if you want to draw my boobs. Thanks ;)

Anonymous said...

I love drawing/painting portraits :D
So, if you want - just ask :)

Name: Franziska Schwade
email: franziska_schwade@arcor.de
artwork:
Flickr, DeviantArt
and
Blogspot (but I have problems with login in at the moment :/ )

jeremyjoe said...

name: Jeremy Joe
email: jeremyljoe@gmail.com
work: deviantart

im in a drawing mood

Adam Levine said...

Sweet sassy mo-lassy. This looks like fun!

Adam Levine
computeranimator@gmail.com
SoundsLikeBlue.com

Anonymous said...

Seth Patrick
seth@sethpatrick.com
http://www.sethpatrick.com

looking for someone interested in trading pics with an east coaster.

Ujwala Prabhu said...

I love to draw faces. Count me in.

name: Ujwala Prabhu
email: ujwalaprabhu AT gmail DOT com
artwork: Maya, draw the line

Ali J said...

I love to draw cute illustrations of girls with red rosy cheeks. I'm constantly turning celebrities & magazine pics into my girls, so I really want to try doing it with a person. :)
Name - Ali J
Email - aussiepatches@iinet.net.au
Artwork - http://www.aussiepatches.typepad.com

Maria "Maybelle" Pineda said...
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Maria "Maybelle" Pineda said...

I AM SO SORRY.... garsh this is embarrassing. But they said third time is a charm... I was trying to post the links for my artwork but it doesn't work!!! I hope it works this time :(
______________
Aye... I've never had anyone draw my physical attributes and post it in public before but I'm always up for a challenge :) So if anyone still needs a partner!!! PICK ME PLEASE LOL! (self promotion rocks)

NAME: Maybelle Pineda
E-MAIL: maybelle09@msn.com or just leave me a message
HERE

SAMPLES OF MY ART WORK:

Mostly digital...
Photography...

Anonymous said...

This sounds like fun!

If anybody is interested:

name -> silvia
mail -> firesparkle7-portraitparty@yahoo.de
blog -> http://sparklingsilvia.wordpress.com

biteyourowntail said...

I want to play too. Don't do many portraits so god knows what you're going to get. If you're willing to risk it so am I

http;//biteyourowntail.blogspot.com/

spinningdog@btinternet.com

Anonymous said...

Margarita

Name: Margarita Rojas
e-mail: carups@gmail.com
work: www.myspace.com/carupz

oedalis said...

I want to trade physical portraits, (probably small ones so they can be done in a couple sittings) so I'm looking for someone local to Long Beach, CA or the surrounding area.

My name is:
Clarissa Estrada

You can email me at:
oedalis@deviantart.com

You can see some of my stuff at: oedalis@deviantART

Anonymous said...

Hi all. This sounds like fun and a great way to meet fellow artists. Im an oil painter, mainly landscapes, but I woud like to paint a small painting of someone, maybe outdoors if anyone is interested.
I live in New York and my website is: www.Basmanstudio.com.
My contact information is on my site.
I look foward to hearing from you!

Graham McArthur said...

I am in for the fun!
I enjoy all types of art work and in particular portraits that are a bit different.

name: Graham McArthur
email: gmca@aapt.net.au
artwork: http://gmca.blogspot.com

Mim said...

Would love to do this again.
Mim Stella
mirstella@aol.com
ammdh.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

It's been a long time since I've done a real portrait:-)

name: Roy -aka- Madking
email: madking@intellectualwhores.net
artwork: My blog or deviant Art account

whackergirl said...

I would like to trade actual physical portraits by mail.

name: Kelli Maier
email:kellimaier@gmail.com

artwork: http://drawingcon.blogspot.com/

thank you

cerebrand said...

I want to join the group.I love portrait drawing in my technique.

name: Arindam Goon
email: arindam.1974@rediffmail.com
work: arindamart.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

I'd love to play - haven't done enough portrait drawing this year, and I miss it.

email: brianna@utopian.net
site: http://brianna.org

Carol H. said...

name: Carol Huddleston
email: prairiedream@comcast.net
work: variousdoodles.blogspot.com
www.prairiedreamstudio.com

This sounds like fun!

Dom said...

Hey all, I'd love to do something like this. I specialize in photo-realistic portraits.

Name: Dominick Rabrun
E-mail: domrabrun (at) gmail.com
Link: http://www.shikamarusama.deviantart.com

Anonymous said...

This sound slike fun! Thanks for doing this :)

name: Michelle Hewitt
email: mich.hewitt@gmail.com
artwork: http://www.littlelovesartist.com

Joey said...

name: Joey
e-mail: joey at snerk dot net
art: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeyplaid/sets/72057594077159457/

draw more. draw lots. draw often. mmm, drawing.

sreenivasa ram makineedi said...

Hi. Please sombody choose me. its quite interesting.

Sreenivas
sreenivasaramesh@yahoo.co.in
http://www.makingofanartist.blogspot.com/

Unknown said...

I was recommended to this site because I'm good at likenesses and I love drawing people.

Name: Melissa Koijma
Email: lissaake@gmail.com
Artwork: wwww.artleby.biz/melissakojima
www.melissakojima.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

i approve of this concept very much! thanks jon!

name: elvira
email: elle@cluster8707.com
artwork: cluster8707.com/portraits

Dora said...

gotta love this! here here! try me! =D
*excited!!! i love sketching figures.

name: Dora
e-mail: darhelsepdo@yahoo.com
artwork: punchthepineapple.blogspot.com

Laura said...

Hi everyone
Super enthusiastic to give this a try and experiment with my technique. Happy to trade the actual artwork or not and paint portraits from photographs.
Get in touch!
Laura Nelson
laura@scarlett77.wanadoo.co.uk
http://laurascarlett.blogspot.com/

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Sounds fun :)

name: Wojtek call me Will(iam) ;]
email: wojcieeech@gmail.com
artwork: blog


sry for earlier comments but something messed up and I needed to delete it.

abitamists' Art works said...

Hello all,
if anyone has not yet hooked up with a partner or would like to hook up with someone new please get in touch with me.
my e-mail is: abitamist12@yahoo.com
i am so willing to share although i am very new to this site.
i'm not sure how to link a pic. here although you may stop by my page for now. thanx and hugs, j'me

Felix Lim said...

Dubi dubi doo!

Hi Im Felix.
email : gugulimon@gmail.com
blog: http://feel-ix.blogspot.com

chialoo said...

I'm Lucia. :)

luciasquirrel@gmail.com
some examples

Heidi Banford Art said...

If there is anyone willing to swap, I would love to hear from you.

Heidi B
email: heidi4433@yahoo.com
Artwork: www.hidbdesigns.blogspot.com

Anna Vosburgh said...

I'd love to find someone to trade portraits with. I'd be interested to see someone else's vision of me. I'd like to trade portraits through the mail. If you're interested, please contact me. This sounds like fun!

Name: Anna Vosburgh
email: annavosburgh@yahoo.com
work: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=37849223
(I'm in the process of having a website made, but you can see my work here for now.)

Donna Sensor Thomas said...

I am an abstract artist but think this sounds like fun.

Name: Donna Sensor
Email: donna at embryonicthought dot com
artwork: www.embryonicthought.com

Anonymous said...

pick me please!!!! I'd LOVE to do this !
Name: Cassie Jahn
Email: cassie@drowningarts.com
Artwork: www.drowningarts.com

Andy DiConti said...

please draw me...i'd love to "pose" for you...please recriprocate.

Andy DiConti
diconti@sbcglobal.net
www.drawntorunning.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

always up for a portrait exchange

name: mahima
email: mahimashresthaATgmailDOTcom
work:www.meetmahima.wordpress.com

Anonymous said...

yes please!

I'm a bit slow out the blocks with flickr and blogger and all that malarky, but emailing a photo is not beyond my limited understanding of computer lingo :) This sounds like fun

name: Louise Egger
email: loulahoop@hotmail.com
artwork: www.louiseegger.com

yelkeew said...

I am interested in trading portraits.

What's in it for you? You get to draw a guy with a beard and goofy glasses.


name: Dan Weekley
email: weekley@gmail.com

johnholdway said...

I want to find someone to draw with too.

name: John Holdway
email: jholdway@efn.org
artwork: http://www.johnholdway/blogspot.com

MD said...

I want to join in the fun too!
name: Marie-Dom Bolt
email:mdblinbolt@cwgsy.net

examples of my work:
www.doodleaddict.blogspot.com
www.sitekreator.com/mariedom

Anonymous said...

I'm jus a high school student but id lcve to try...so anyine pick me

Daniel Magallanes
Mischeifofmayham@aol.com
myspace.com/dobanobiobel

Please anyone...i have time

Skulligan said...

I have a busy schedule so I need the incentive of a trade to get me up and going!

Name: Skulligan
email: nekomomonga@gmail.com
Artwork: http://flickr.com/photos/27827365@N00/
http://skulligan.deviantart.com/

GINKO said...

Drawing faces is a great way to engage in the creative process.

Looking forward to trading portrait from photos with you.

Name: Ginko Lee
email: lake4ching at yahoo dot com
site: http://ginkorighttowrite.blogspot.com/

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Anonymous said...

pick me, pick me!

jawsx5 said...

Love working on portrait so this will save my family from being my subjects.

Jamie Williams
jawsx5@hotmail.com
artwork: http://jamiemasonwilliams.tripod.com/

Anonymous said...

Great idea, looks like much fun, another avenue. I work in traditional and digital, we can refine details upon meeting via email.

Name: Chuck G
Email: chas48@comcast.net
Work: http://mailart-myndzi.blogspot.com/

John said...

People are my favorite subject but I am a little reluctant to impose on friends to sit for a portrait. If anyone here is interested, contact me at -

jbarnes3028@charter.net

I do cartoons, children's books, science fiction, portraits, caricatures and figures.
To see my work, go to -

http://webpages.charter.net/jbarnes3028/index.ht

John said...

People are my favorite subject but I am a little reluctant to impose on friends to sit for a portrait. If anyone here is interested, contact me at -

jbarnes3028@charter.net

I do cartoons, children's books, science fiction, portraits, caricatures and figures.
To see my work, go to -

http://webpages.charter.net/jbarnes3028/index.ht

Lindsay said...

I do a lot of train drawings on my way to work so having a still photo is a nice change. One of my main reasons for blogging is to meet new people so please ask me!!

name: Lindsay
emai: lindsay816@sbcglobal.net
artwork: http://www.straightlinesout.blogspot.com

evensketchier said...

this will hopefully encourage me to branch out a bit. i'm up for emailing files, and working from pictures.

name: marco
email: seeker1213@gmail.com
artwork: web.mac.com/mserido

Marta Spendowska said...

Me!me!me!!

I want a challenge!!
LOVE;-)

name : MARTA-rawvolta
email: rawvolta@gmail.com
artwork: http://rawvolta.blogspot.com

Duck Duck Truce said...

not a lot of time on my hands with four jobs but I need to create something! I graduated from "Art School" almost a year ago and have done NOTHING! This is perfect! So if there's anyone out there not in a hurry for results from me here's my info!

Name: Kelli
Email: kelli.becker@gmail.com
Artwork (sadly no website up) but: www.myspace.com/sassafrassjenkins
You'll have to friend me to see the artwork and pics of me so just tell me you're from the portrait party and we'll be new BFF's!!! Can't wait!

Anonymous said...

Would love to get started with long distance portraits from picture. please, please contact me at:
awesomedude436@gmail.com
P.S. my name is Paul

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Anonymous said...

Hi Im Krista, this seems to be a great way for me to practice some painting! I work in oils and would love some interesting faces to work with! Would like to work via photos. Let me know if you're interested! Kristab123@aol.com
some of my art is up on Myspace.com/Kristab123

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Unknown said...

I do dog portraits, but I'd like to try people. If there are any people reading this, please get in touch. Thanks.

John Boucher
JohnLBoucher@hotmail.com
www.freewebs.com/dogportraits

Anonymous said...

Hey, John Boucher again, I put up a page with pictures, in case anyone wants to do this with me. I keep writing to people, but I guess everyone's busy. Come on, let's draw.

http://lyingdownwithdogs.blogspot.com/

Thanks.

JohnLBoucher@hotmail.com

TJBookarts said...

I'd love to trade portraits with someone.

Name: Jackie Poutasse
Email: jackie@tjbookarts.com
Some recent work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjbookarts/

BlueBabyGreenLight said...

Please, let's trade!

Kristi Kirby Maslan
k_maslan@hotmail.com
myspace.com/kristi_k_m
artisticcreations.cc

Mostra said...

Well, great Idea Rama!
I would like to make exchange.. so, Im Lau, from Argentina..
some of my work at..

flickr.com/photos/laugiraudo

or contact me by email: lgiraudo@gmail.com
Thanks!

Chris said...

I'd be interested in exchanging photos to do portraits.

Name: Chris Davis
Email: squawkalong@yahoo.com
Artwork: http://squawkalong.blogspot.com/

Ariela Steif said...

This sounds like so much fun! And I have so few people I know who sketch...

name: Ariela Steif
email: arielasteif@gmail.com
artwork: http://www.arielasteif.com/blog

Anna Lee said...

Hi all,
This sounds fun, I would love to swap portraits! We can swap photos by e-mail, and it would be great to exchange the finished artworks through postal mail.
name: Anna Lee
email: bluegorilla100@hotmail.com
artwork: http://placesigo-x.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

I'd prefer to meet up and sketch.
I live close to Cologne, Germany.
ClaraCharlotte
gut-zu-merken[at]gmx.de
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50831511@N00/
:)

Anonymous said...

pick me pick me! i'll take all the partners i can get!!

name: Parita Shah
email: gujratirani@aol.com (please state the subject of the email as PORTRAIT PARTY)
artwork:http://chempsamp.blogspot.com

woot

Anonymous said...

so I figure since I'm now officially a starving artist, I might as well smarten up and trade portraits with some talented artists so that my wife and my heirs with be left with a king's ransom in art

name: Ed Marion
email: ed@edmarion.com
artwork: edmarion.com

Anonymous said...

THis still going? I am SO in!

Jess Vickery

jessvickery@gmail.com

http://flickr.com/photos/ronmexicos/sets/72157603816765699/

Sue Lane said...

This sounds like a great idea to inspire my 9th grade Studio Art students to put more effort into their artwork.

I an defiantly considering participating after my students complete their self portraits.

victoria said...

I would love to do this, is it too late?
Feel free to email me- (this is to anyone!)

-warning- i'm not a pro-artist or anything, i draw for fun, so don't be disappointed when you dont get a masterpiece :)


Name: Victoria Yan
Email: victoriajyan@gmail.com
work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriay/

its a very small portion of my work, I dont really upload it much unless I have to for such and such.

tschank said...

Id love to try!
name: Tiffany Schank
email: trschank@gmail.com
Artwork: https://www.facebook.com/tiffanyschankartandphoto

tschank said...

Id love to try!

Tiffany Schank
trschank@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/tiffanyschankartandphoto