43 Fourth-Grader Caricatures (and two teachers)

These are my speedy line-drawing-only style caricatures, did 45 faces in just slightly over 2.5 hours. After each one, the teacher would photocopy it so the students could color themselves in! What fun! And SCHOOL'S OUT!

 

Thanks for having me!

Bridal Shower with Silhouettes

Live Silhouettes are an especially good fit for wedding showers, as such minimalistic, yet elegant profile portraits make any lady look good! (No gentlemen were present, so I can say that!)

First, here is the lovely Bride-to-be with her silhouette:

and her reaction:

The venue was a *very* nice restaurant  (staff were wonderful) with lots of room for me to set up:

My client, the bride's mom (who found me via The Bash), even provided this beautiful signage for me:

Here's MY view from my station:

Now for some silhouettes...actually ALL the silhouettes, done in about two hours:

Below: I did this one by stealth !

Above: HAD to get that amazing earring in!

Thanks again to these lovely ladies for having me...

this was the feedback waiting for me the next morning on The Bash. :-)

Emily was great , professional and talented. She made sure everyone walked away with a personal silhouette . All the guests enjoyed having their silhouette done.

Post prom caricatures!

 Another late night, another post prom! I've done this Delco high school's post prom for quite a few years now---and just this year, I found out inadvertently that I knew my client's wife's grandfather. He was a beloved maintenance man at my elementary school...so that was a LONG time ago!!

Here's my IG reel for the full decor and ambiance. 

Here's my client and his wife....:-)

And here are some students:

These two's reaction can be seen here:

Thanks for having me, Strath Haven!

8th grade formal with TWO caricaturists!

I was joined by Artgirl Deb Schafer:

There were almost 300 students at this dance, so we both did line-drawing-only caricatures, I drew almost 60 kids in three hours!

There were a few moms sprinkled in there too!

Here's my two IG Reels:   Ambiance    Reaction!

Below: Deb and I always seem to match without even trying!

Seniors and Staff BBQ caricatures!

 Spent a rainy afternoon putting smiles on faces at an indoor BBQ this week. Seniors and staff alike at this retirement community clamored to get a caricature, once they saw the first few off my easel! Client hopes to bring me back---to get to all the ones I couldn't in the time allotted. It's nice to be popular!

Here's a bit of my output that afternoon:

Thanks to Gigsalad for putting me and my client together! Her review said:

Residents enjoyed! 

Great job! Very professional. Residents and staff loved it! 

Rating: 5 stars

Thanks for having me!

Another Chesco Wedding Connect evening!

 I joined a very nice group of wedding professionals on a chilly late-spring evening, to network and show off my silhouette skills on Tuesday. Thanks to Tara and Amanda at Chesco Wedding Connect for putting these on! Toured a new-ish venue, Chesterdale Farm...an amazing eighteenth-century barn restored to its former glory.

Listened to a few talks...

And did a few silhouettes!

You can follow these ladies:  this marketing expert,  mobile bar owner Carolyn, and  photographer Elizabeth who posted her silhouette on her IG! Thank you!

Ran into a friend too! Virtuoso musician Brian Fitzgerald was there. I've known his wife all her life and did a very purple-y caricature for their wedding, which you can see here. 

So of course, I cut a caricature of their little girl  (from a photo) for him :-)

This is the beautiful view upon leaving:

Before heading to this event, I stopped at a cemetery about 2 miles away...and paid my respects to the great NC Wyeth and his family. I like to leave little heart-shaped pebbles at my own family's final resting places. This was the first non-family member I ever did that for...because this man's art inspired many others in his wake.