In this article, the author relates how she and other art teachers developed a "living painting" lesson, an art lesson that incorporates art history and painting. The lesson was developed also in part to help new student-teachers plan a memorable lesson. With the living painting lesson, students will have to choose and recreate famous paintings with themselves posing to look exactly like their counterparts in the paintings. The author relates that the lesson was an effective one as students learned about art history and painting while also sharpening their skills in decision-making, cooperation, and research.