Beautifully elegant wedding reception...with caricatures the whole time!

Another amazing wedding reception on a Friday night took place at another new-to-me venue, The Ivy at Ellis Preserve. The bride booked me (quite a long time ago!) for the entire reception and I was able to draw 61 guests as mini-caricatures! Plus the bride and groom's full-size, full color one!

Here's EVERYBODY!!!!!!

You can click the above image to make it bigger. This is representative of what I send my couples after the wedding, so THEY can see and enjoy all the caricatures, too. Check out my IG Reel to see them with a little added motion!

The surroundings were just stunning:

I was up on a beautiful loft area for the cocktail hour then moved downstairs for the reception proper, just outside the ballroom. The guests found me easily and kept me busy!

The evening ended with a rousing Eagles cheer!

Best wishes to Jackie and Jimmy!

Lakeside wedding reception with caricatures!

 Absolutely wonderful wedding reception! 

Ambiance Reel

Let's start at the beginning. I had never been to this venue before...the Lake House Inn, it's in rural Bucks County on Lake Nockamixon and it is spectacular! I took this photo from where the cocktail hour would eventually happen:

Then I quickly set up and waited for the guests to appear:

Here they are (a few from cocktail hour)

Even the newborn got a caricature!

Then at sunset, everyone adjourned to the tented ballroom on the lake:

The bride and groom came in and did a fabulous first dance, which I decided would 

be immortalized in their wedding caricature...

Here's their reaction on my IG!

Yes, I drew more guests too:

Thanks for having me!!!

Wedding Reception with a real rainbow....and mini-caricatures!

 This is amazing and has never happened at any outdoor wedding reception I've done that I can remember... first a storm, and then a rainbow!! This was truly an evening full of memorable moments.

Here's the video version, in my IG Reel.

Look at that rainbow!

Ok...let's back up a bit...I arrived with a pre-drawn wedding caricature in a signature mat, for the guests to sign their well wishes, and set up on the patio adjacent to the tent for cocktail hour...I had it covered up so the bride and groom wouldn't see it, as they'd opted to be surprised:

People started signing it, and I commenced drawing guests..with over 250 folks there, I used my line-drawing-only mode with mini-caricatures, for speedy results:

Just as the first hour ended and people were asked to head to the tent, this storm arrived:

So everyone adjourned inside the manor house and I continued drawing:

Once the rain stopped, everyone ventured out to the tent and I took a break, so the bride and groom could make their entrance and have speeches and dances. I took some photos of the unsettled, amazing sky...

After dinner, guests came back to the covered porch (third location!)  where I ended my sessions...

The bride and groom were the very last to receive their caricature:

and it was a success!

Thank you for having me via Gigsalad!