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! 

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!