Gala Fundraiser MINI-Caricatures!

One of my brides from last year is also the events person for a special animal-loving non-profit in Maryland. She thought my mini-caricatures would be a good fit for her guests at their annual fundraiser--and they were! I was booked from 6-10 pm and I had a line from beginning to end, which makes it easy to gauge my drawing speed...

Here's the collage I sent my client: it shows I drew 59 faces, in 32 drawings, done in four hours. 

Hmmmm, so 4 x 60= 240 minutes. 240/59 = 4.067. So, approximately 4 minutes per face...60 minutes divided by 4= 15. I drew15 (shaded) faces per hour! I usually advertise that I can do 12-14 shaded B/W faces per hour, so I exceeded it a bit. That's what having a constant influx of couples will do. 

Next: The venue was AMAZING! The party was held in the Roundhouse at the B & O Railroad Museum, we were surrounded by old steam locomotives... I was seated by the 305, which saw service dring the American Civil War. 

Here's the Ambiance Reel.

And a few Caricature Reactions!

I drew some animals too:

Thanks to my lovely repeat client for having me!

2026 Valentine Caricatures Part 2

 On Valentine's Day itself, I donned the same sweater as the day before's gig (my close to 30-years-old Quacker Factory bought-from-QVC one---it has hearts all over the front of it) to head out to another senior residence to draw at their formal dinner...  

It was a little too warm to wear it, so I draped it on my chair. 

 

Decorated my banner too!

Ambiance Reel

Here are some of the loving couples who passed before my easel:

See their reaction on my Instagram!

And some assorted others: single, mom and kid, BFFs, group of four, and son with parents!

Thank you to another repeat client for having me!! Happy Valentine's Day!

2026 Valentine Caricatures Part 1

 On Friday, I drew Valentine caricatures at a senior residence just outside of Philly...in their memory care unit, so I took photos only of my drawings...what a joy to make these folks smile! And they did!

Here are a few out of the many:

 

Here's one that made it to the mantel in the lounge:

While I was drawing, a fox literally came right up to the window next to me, I didn't have my phone ready enough to get a close-up, but I got this:

This was my view going home. The light is lasting longer every day!

Thank you to my repeat client for having me back again! 

Sweet 16 caricatures on a YACHT!

 Yes---I can draw while sailing. In bitter cold even! 

We were all awaiting the advent of a big snowstorm, but we packed this party in right before it started...

Ambiance Reel

Here's the birthday girl,

and here's EVERYBODY ELSE!!!!

I only filmed one reaction... because I was so busy...but these two were just too cute...

and you can see it HERE.

When I left it was very cold on the water but SO beautiful!

Thanks for having me!

Post-Holiday staff party caricatures part 2!

 This evening's caricatures were done for the staff party, at another location of this wonderful pub.

Forgot to mention, that both this and the previous staff party were held on BITTERLY cold nights--

 we are having a nasty cold snap in our area--so, kudos to everyone who showed up! That's why I'm wearing my Hello Kitty hat!

Oh, and the dress code was "Winter White". These ladies got the memo!

Again, thanks to Lauren for having me! This is the feedback she left on my Google listing:

Emily did an amazing job at 2 of my restaurants staff parties!!
The staff loved the caricature drawings and had so much fun.
Emily was very professional and organized from start to finish.
Thank you from Magerks!