Winter Wedding caricatures!

I arrived at this lovely backyard wedding celebration, right after doing my afternoon gig about 35 miles away... So I set up and immediately starting drawing in the family room, as the guests filtered in from the twinkly, warm tent outside!

Lots of couples!

Couple on right had been drawn previously by the mighty Ninjasketch in Hawaii! That's what she's showing on her phone screen!

The guests were all pretty thrilled with the caricatures. It was a fabulous night that flew by!

Thank you for having me and booking through The Bash!

Mini-THON caricatures, Hollywood Style!

 Friday afternoon found me doing my speedy, line-drawing-only caricatures at a high school Mini-Thon (a dance marathon to raise money for pediatric cancer).  Drew about 50 faces in 2.5 hours. Thank you for hooking us up, Gigsalad!

My feather boa actually gets a lot of use for Hollywood-themed events! 

Here's my spot in the gym, which they had decorated for me quite nicely!

Lotsa happy high-schoolers!

This crocheted bunny starred in two of my caricatures!

Thanks for having me!

College Caricatures, first festivity in new campus building!

 Spent a Leap Day evening drawing Swarthmore College students, with colleague Dan Freed! The occasion was the first festivity held in their newly-opened Dining Hall/Student Lounge building.

Even the cafeteria ladies wanted in on the action!

Thanks for having us!

7th Birthday Caricatures, T-swift style!

 

This little sweetheart looooooves Taylor Swift, so her party was themed that way, big-time!

I drew her first before any of her friends had arrived:

I had printed a drawing I had recently done of Taylor on all my papers, so the birthday girl and all her friends got a caricature of her as well!

Then I got to work doing my line-drawing-only (speedy) mode of caricature:

The decor  and the goodies were pretty perfect!

Thanks so much--to a very good party-giving mom, and The Bash!

Shake it off, indeed!

Silhouettes at the Delaware Bridal Expo

I spent a lovely Sunday afternoon cutting silhouettes of future brides (and others!) at the Delaware Bridal Expo, held at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. It was slow to start, then chaotically busy. My husband was along to take photos and chat up folks in my massive line!

Many of the people I chatted with had never seen a live silhouette artist, and had no idea it could be done as entertainment/wedding favors at receptions. I gave out so many business cards I was worried I wouldnt have any left!

My husband took a lot of time-lapse videos, which I will be putting up on my Youtube when I get a chance. Til then, here are a couple of Instagram links:

Continuous Production.   My booth.    Two brides timelapse. 

Sweetheart Dance Caricatures

 Valentine's Day 2024 approached, along with my annual date with eight other caricaturists: at a Sweetheart (Father-Daughter) Dance. Mr David C. Perry runs this one and we all draw on his pre-printed papers:

This event always has hundreds of guests, and somehow we always get them all done in two hours!

Afterwards, a few of us went to a diner and ate a well-earned, hearty meal!

Julie, me, David and Donna