Saturday, Round 2

My evening was spent drawing caricatures at an awards banquet!





I forgot to pack my easel lamp with my stuff today, because I didn't need it for the daytime gig. When I arrived at the hotel for the nighttime event, I realized my light was on my studio desk...first time I have forgotten anything for a gig in years. Luckily, the hotel staff provided me with a small table and a fancy lamp, so my set-up looked really swanky!

Saturday, Round 1

My afternoon was spent drawing caricatures at a college football game!

Tonight, a rare and amazing flower...

I own a rather blah-looking desert plant that blooms once or twice a year, at night. On that night, it is no longer an ugly duckling, but displays one of the most spectacular and heavenly-scented flowers in the world. The huge delicate blossom only lasts until morning, then it is spent. This year it has bloomed twice, both times on evenings that, incredibly, I happened to be at home...
(no gig or baseball game!)



It's called a night-bloominhg cereus, and the cutting was a gift from my oldest, dearest friend Mary.
Love you, my HS!

Degas again...

I am still working on my entry in this month's NCN Face-off. Here's what I got done on it today: the final sketch and the first wash of color (in Photoshop).

"Can we take YOUR photo?"

Two appreciative sisters and their best friend wanted a photo with the artist, so their dad complied happily...

Two from tonight...

The Phillies lost but I had fun drawing...

September is in the air...

There were some remarkable faces/stories in front of my easel last night...
This adorable little girl was so shy at first, that her dad sat her on his lap and told her I was drawing HIM. When I showed her the picture, she giggled, "That's NOT YOU, Daddy!"

This drawing kept getting laughs from passersby, so the girl was getting really antsy, especially when one uninformed bystander shook her head disapprovingly and told her it looked pretty silly. So I pointed to the sign, and said, "Well, it DOES say caricatures, not portraits!" The bystander said, "Oh! It's supposed to be like that!?"
Sigh...
When I showed the couple, they were happy--and relieved!

This couple--a brother and sister--had beautiful accents. They were visiting from Wales, UK. (They did tell me the city, but to me it was not only non-pronounceable, but also un-spellable.) The best part was, seeing their faces when I asked them if they'd ever been to Alton Towers theme park in England, (they had) where I have some friends among their caricaturists!

Quadruple!

They were pretty thrilled with their drawing...enough to invite me to their restaurant for a free meal!

Couples of various sorts...

Chest hair-- I mean---Father and daughter:

Mother and son:

Long-married couple: (she jokingly asked me not to make him "too Italian" !?)

Company Picnic, with bees

September gigs are fun, except for the bees buzzing around my easel. Had a few of those today! (festivities were in a wooded park next to a stream). Here are a few of my subjects: