Latest Phillies homestand...

Some cute couples of various types!

June/July NCN Face-off competition

Well, the next deadline for the NCN Face-off competition asked for a more specific likeness sketch, which I came up with this morning. It's a slightly different version than from my first attempt, although it is still the same idea--a self-caricature from the perspective of the subject, just before I show them the drawing.The reference photo was taken at a gig last week by my fellow artist Patrick, who is also competing.

Baseball season is in full swing now...

...especially as the Phillies are actually in the running, trying to catch up with the division-leading New York Mets. Tonight's game had lots of smile-worthy moments...
A couple I had drawn last August brought their children to get a caricature from me. I remembered them because I had taken their photo (they are on my website under Live Caricature-Couples..the Yankee fans!) and the kids were so cute. Here they are:


Twins are always a challenge to the caricaturist, but these sisters had pink cheeks that just were their likenesses!

Finally, when there's a rain delay, it's good for business AND I get to draw raindrops and lightning!

Yet another graduation party...

Another family and their guests decided to include caricatures as part of their celebration!

Where did I caricature this particular day??

Acually, today found me doing complimentary caricatures for a corporate vendor at an
extreme-sports venue...that would be skateboarding, BMX biking, and video gaming! I love how I never know just where I am going to end up...but one thing is certain: people love caricatures!




Normally, I personalize all my live drawings with the subject's name, but the noise level at this event was so overpowering that I decided not to even try. Interestingly, that's somewhat of an issue among caricaturists--some feel that a good caricature should not need a name, that the likeness should speak for itself. Others feel that a name is a embellishment that adds to the drawing. I've always enjoyed calligraphy and cool-looking fonts, so I add names when I draw live---and when I can hear!!!

Post Grad Party

Late Thursday evening and early Friday morning was spent in the company of SEVEN other artists, drawing brand-new high school graduates. We were rather cramped for space, as we were in a conference room with one glass wall so that passersby in the hallway could see what was transpiring on our easels!
Here's a few I did:

Company Picnic

On Thursday, I spent an afternoon caricaturing with a fellow artist at a company picnic, held in a pretty leisure-park setting. The weather was absolutely perfect, everyone was mellow, we even drew in color and a lovely time was had by all...

Picnic in the Ballpark

On Wednesday, the Phillies organization held a "Picnic in the Park" celebration for the season ticket holders and their familes (The Phillies are on a road trip at the moment). Here are three out of the oodles of kids I drew...

Pool/birthday party!

I helped a nine-year-old and her friends celebrate her birthday AND the end of school today! Her brother and his pals didn't get left out either.


It's great to be able to get a photo of all the kids with their completed drawings, so that I know how many I did in two hours. I was able to complete 18 BW caricatures with bodies, ( one girl left before the photo),7 BW heads, and one full color with body drawing ( that was the birthday girl, of course!)

My work environment

Here are some photos of the crazy scene around the caricature artists on Sunday...(thanks, Bruce!)

Happy Father's Day!

Some of my drawings were honored to go home as Father's Day gifts this year for quite a few families...

Of course a gift for Dad could just be MOM and the kids...

And some people were just there for the game!

One color and one BW !

June/July NCN competition

Once again, the National Caricaturist Network's forum is running a contest, helmed by Court Jones. This time to challenge is to create a self-caricature suitable for marketing us as artists. It can be a full or half figure, but hands must be shown. My first rough sketch isn't quite up to the standard I have in mind, but that's why it's called a rough sketch! I want to show the wow-factor of the moment right before the subject sees their own caricature. The two photos are of my current appearance...by myself, and with my boyfriend John. I just can't crop him out of that photo!!

Ballpark faces...

This week the Phillies swept the Chicago White Sox...and there were lots of fans with great faces to draw...



This dad, a mayor of a small town near Philadelphia, was asking all the passersby if it LOOKED LIKE HIM....!!


This young man returned with his sister even though the last time he sat for his caricature a few weeks ago, the Phanatic almost squished him!!


Here's a young Sox fan who endured his first Phillies game...
(see above where I mention that the Phillies SWEPT the Sox)

Digital gift caricature

This is an unfinished digital work-in-progress, using Photoshop 6 and a Wacom Intuos 3 tablet. I don't think I will ever understand all the nooks and crannies of PS, but I am trying!
The victim is my boyfriend's brother (eventually my boyfriend will be in it too, but for now this is the scheme of things!). Here's the reference photo.

And here is the progression...

Retirement-Gift caricatures...

A local school commissioned me to do some gift caricatures for their retirees...I did these today in bed, using Prismacolor markers and pencils, while watching the Phillies away-game on TV!! (They're back to another homestand tomorrow after a 17-5 whooping by the Kansas City Royals.)

Backyard graduation party...

Saturday evening found me at a family graduation party. Funnily enough, it was another color/clothesline display gig...It went so well they kept me on longer! Here are a few of the guests...




These two sisters shimmied their way through the entire party, complete with tinkling Greek-coin belts, so I just had to draw bodies in their caricature...