The children's immediate reactions to the portraits tend to vary by age. Young children are most noticeably thrilled to receive them. They giggle, laugh, hold their portraits proudly, and show them to everyone around. Teenagers, on the other hand, usually prefer to receive their portraits privately in a place where their peers are not crowded around to see. While their immediate reactions are not as easy to assess as the younger children's, their thoughts and feelings often come out in the letters and drawings they send back to the art students who made the portraits (see our image gallery for examples).
