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.

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! 

Caricatures on the patio at sunset!

 A repeat client (thank you!) called and asked me to do a Client Appreciation event at a beautiful Delaware country club, and jt turned out to be the balmiest, most beautiful April evening:

It turned out to be my first outdoor event of the year. 

The Ambiance Reel!

Here's ALL of my drawings:

Everyone was delighted :-)

Here's a Reaction Reel to prove it!

Thank you for having me!

35th Anniversary party with Sign-in Caricature, and MINI-caricatures!

 This lovely couple decided to make a big celebration of their 35th anniversary, with family and friends, so as to have a happy occasion to get everyone together--that's a great reason not to wait til the 50th, if you ask me! The traditional gift for the 35th is Coral, so I incorporated that into their caricature (which I drew beforehand from a great photo provided to me by the wife). 

Here they are once it was all signed. :-)

During the party, I drew MINI-caricatures for the guests! Went over well--here's a few:

Ambiance Reel.      Reaction Reel!

Thanks for having me!

Silhouettes at a Quinceanera!

On Saturday, I had the privilege of being a part of this gorgeous, Victorian-inspired Quinceanera, held in a clubhouse in mid-Delaware. The young woman celebrated her 15th birthday and entrance into 

ladyhood with her family and friends, and my silhouettes, via The Bash!

Here's my IG Reel which includes the Quinceanera's Entrance and when she is seated on her throne...

My client even asked me to add another hour to my contracted time, as the guests were absolutely delighted to get a silhouette...I cut out 50 profiles in three hours...here they ALL are!

One of the guests was a superb confectioner....

she made these incredible marzipan-decorated rice-krispie treats. I took this one home!

Thank you for having my silhouettes! Here is the review my client posted on The Bash:

Having a silhouette artist in our activity was an incredible experience. God has truly blessed her with an amazing talent. 

Initially, we had agreed on a two-hour session, but we decided to extend it for an additional hour because the guests 

thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Loved it!

Sweet 16 caricatures in Rehoboth Beach!

 Every once in a while, I go further-away than usual, as I did this past weekend (to Rehoboth Beach!) for a pink-hued Sweet 16. I took along Artgirl Deb Schafer, and we drew dozens of caricatures for this lovely family event! Then we stayed overnight--and had a fun shopping excursion on the boardwalk the next morning. :-)

We started off in the foyer, for cocktail hour:

Check out her pink boots!

Here are a couple of my early drawings:

Here's one of Deb's:

Then we moved into the ballroom for the main event!

I drew the birthday girl in color by herself, and in B/Wwith her family:

You can see them all here in my IG Reel. 

This was such a fabulous group, the energy level was off the charts!

They made sure Deb and I got to enjoy the buffet: YUM!!!!!

The following morning we drove a mile up the road and got to see this....

Thank you for having us!!!