This is the moment a thoughtful student surprised classmates with their own portraits as graduating parting gift.

Paulyne Marie Agoto dedicated extra hours to complete 27 charcoal sketches of her peers after spending four years studying together in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines.

Footage shows Paulyne handing out the personalised artworks to overjoyed schoolmates before the ceremony ended on July 12.

She pulled the drawings from her bag and passed them to the surrounding crowd, who clapped and thanked her.

Her friend Allyna Mateo said: ‘Pauline sketched the whole class. She made us all happy. The portraits were so beautiful, she is very talented.'

Paulyne and her friends graduated with a dree on Culture and Arts Education at Mariano Marcos State University.

She said: ‘That was my way of showing appreciation to them. It makes me happy.'