Lakeside wedding caricatures!

 I travelled a bit further afield than I usually do...to draw caricatures at this fun couple's wedding reception in Sparta, NJ. I had previously met them when they were guests at a wedding I did in 2021. They were nice enough to provide me with a hotel room, so I would not have to drive more than 100 miles home, late at night after their festivities ended.  Thankful for that!

I started out outside on the deck for the cocktail hour, then moved indoors...my setup is on the right:

You can see their wedding caricature on the left-side easel, they had me do a studio wedding caricature to be displayed as a sign-in at the reception, (I got to include their beloved CAT! They also love a certain rodent, so I slipped that in subtly, hee hee..) here is a better look at that:

I'll show you the bride and groom, then we'll get into the guests!

Ok, these are from cocktail hour: top left is the couple whose wedding was the catalyst for my being at this one:

Then we all trooped inside and got down to reception niceties!

The mirror was positioned just so...there's the caricature artist!

Thanks for having me, Michelle and Dan!

Corporate event Caricatures on the Moshulu!

 This was a last-minute booking (and I mean the day-of, from my fellow caricaturist, Harringtoon!) I left my afternoon event in Lancaster and arrived to this one in Philly JUST IN TIME! 

Here's the view from onboard the Moshulu!

Myself, Deb Anderson and Pat Harrington!

I had a good view of the iconic Ben Franklin Bridge from my easel!

Below: Pat and Deb at work:

A stunningly beautiful sunset graced our gig, which was a corporate cocktail party:

I definitely took more scenery photos than caricature photos at this one. Here are a couple of my drawings from that night!

This one was a hoot, they said it would be hung in their office!

Wish these weren't so blurry, but boy did I get fun reaction shots!

Hahaha!---love the lady's perplexed look!

Now, for some glamorous nighttime Philly photos:

Thanks, Pat!

Wedding Reception Caricatures at an oft-visited venue

 I think this was the third  or fourth wedding I've done at The Manor House at Prophecy Creek over the years. And each time, I am amazed by a giant tree just outside the glass ballroom, and by how cool of a place it is. This gig came to me last minute, because one of the two artists booked for it, tested positive for Covid. So, the other artist, my friend Chris Snee of Bucks County Caricatures, asked me if I was available..and I was! 

Here's the wonderful bride and groom:

Here are some guests:

...and here's Chris and I, my setup, and the giant tree!

All-night fund-raiser caricatures!

I did this school's event prior to the pandemic, so it was great to be back helping keep the high-schoolers awake and entertained while they raised money to fight pediatric cancer! Since there were hundreds of students, I did just line-drawing-only caricatures and got through about 60 faces in the three hours I was drawing. Thanks for having me, U-ville!

Ya wanna see some CARICATURE REACTIONS? I have CARICATURE REACTIONS...

Those last three had me cracking up too. ;-D

Silhouettes at lovely backyard wedding...

 This was so sweet. They got married on their back porch! I had a front row seat, where I was set up to cut duplicate silhouettes--one for the guest and one for the bride and groom's guestbook!. 

Prior to the wedding, I cut this 8 x 10 bride-and-groom silhouette from their photos, so I could display it at the reception. Only I wasn't sure how the bride's hair would be styled...so I left the back of her head uncut. When I saw she had an elegant, long French braid, it was the only part I had to do before slipping it into a fancy frame! It elicited oohs and aaaahs from the guests, but the bride herself gave a delighted scream when she saw it! :-)

My setup in a delighfully whimsical backyard. More on that later.

 

First, some of my silhouettes!

I decided to try video-ing a little something different: a view of the finished guestbook!

And I managed to get a couple of time-lapses of my scissor-flashing hands!

Finally, a montage of some of the beautiful sights at this wedding. 

The bride's sister-in-law was instrumental in pulling it all together. Bravo and thank you for having me and my silhouettes be a part of it!

College cafeteria caricatures!

I shouldn't even call the dining center of this institution of higher learning "a cafeteria"..it is a more like a chic culinary cafe....and they were celebrating a lovely spring day, and 'no-food-waste day' with a DJ and my caricatures during one lunchtime this week:

All done with Copic-sketch markers, even the shading. Really liking this method. Gotta get more ink though!

Here was my setup, this was actually my second gig here, I did a fall event in the same spot in 2021.

Here's a few scenery pics:

Got a couple of video reactions! These really make my day~

Thanks for having me, Washington College in beautiful Chestertown! :-)

Easter caricatures!

On Saturday, I did another backyard Easter-egg-hunt family party, for a treasured client who keeps finding different events for me to do. :-) ( Her wedding, her family Easter parties, and coming up next, her company picnic this summer!)

Always a pleasure! Thank you for having me! See you in July!