Some Summer Sixty Second Self Portraits

I had another great summer teaching comics and cartoons to 7-13 year olds. Every day I start each class with a 60 second self portrait. It’s a fun, silly, easy, low pressure way to warm up, get the hand and brain moving, and create something without fretting too much over if it’s “good.” The first day we draw ourselves then each successive day we draw ourselves on a different theme, for example, “as a cowboy” or “flying” or “as a fruit.”

I taught 4 different classes each day so I got the chance to draw myself in the same theme multiple times a day. Here are a few of my favorites:

As myself

In space

In the clouds