Rainy Day Wedding Caricatures

 This bride and groom got married amidst gentle spring rain showers, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay...and it was absolutely, stunningly beautiful!

You can see them walking back as a newly married couple in my IG Reel, 

along with their caricature reaction! 

I've been to Swan Harbor before, it's lovely. Its driveway is almost a mile long! 

The cocktail hour was in the manor house, so I started off there, then moved into the big tent on the lawn.

 

This sampler was done by a little girl in the house in 1817, I found it very moving ( I love counted cross stitch too)

So, on to some wedding guests and the Ambiance Reel:

The groom's dad's mother was a prolific artist. so he found my process fascinating.

You can see more of his photos in this Reel, but I really loved the BW photo he took of me.

I didn't even realize he was there as I worked on the bride and groom's caricature,

 from a photo I had taken earlier. 

Thank you for having me via Gigsalad!

Caricatures, OR Fashion Illustrations...for COACH!

My profile on The Bash brought my local mall's Coach store to me, they were interested in having my services for a Mother's Day event they were holding. The premise was: customers bought a certain amount of merchandise, and then they'd get a free piece of art---either a caricature (chosen by most of the dads and kids) or a fashion illustration (more popular with the ladies!) I discovered I really love doing these live!

These took about 6-7 minutes.

I'm using my Copics and Microns after penciling in a quick gestural sketch.

Unlike many other artists who practice this genre, I definitely include the face and likeness.

Because I can! ;-)

These are the sales associates, whom I did at home from photos. We though I'd get them in when I started, but the store was jammed with Mothers-Day-buyers almost right away!

And yes, I did do plenty of caricatures too ;-)  Some mother-daughter pairs:

And some dads and kids, who will have very happy moms and wives on the next day!!

Then there's the girl who just like to shop Coach! (she got a fashion illustration too!)

Thanks for having me!

Ambiance Reel Caricatures.      Ambiance Reel Fashion Illustration.

Second outdoor event of the year...college students at PSU Brandywine

This one definitely called for hoodies and sweaters---a fun spring carnival in the parking lot, for the about-to-be grads and underclassmen!

Ambiance Reel

It was advertised in the bathroom stalls ;-) ( The Big Beast Blowout)

Had a line even before it was time to start ...

Reaction Reel!

Buh-bye til the fall, PSU!

Silhouettes for Mother's Day!

 This year for a Mother's Day promotional event, I cut silhouettes for an amazingly-curated and very Philly-centered gift shop, Occasionette. (I was afraid I'd spend all my earnings in there!!) The store booked appointments for customers, and I cut mostly silhouettes of children with a few adults thrown in. Many of the mothers remarked that they were continuing a family tradiiton, as they had been silhouetted somewhere when they were children.  Thanks for having me via The Bash!

Thanks for having me!