Halloween Wedding Caricatures!!!

 Last night, I had the pleasure of doing two of my favorite types of events, a Halloween party and a wedding reception, rolled into one!!!! The bride and groom had a Covid-downsized ceremony in 2020, so this was their big celebration for family and friends.  First up, my costume, next to some of my treasured witchy decor I hang up every year:

My client was a young lady who likes to book my services as a wedding gift to her friends. 

So this is the third time I've done this for her, and she reaps the rewards of "You rock!!What a great idea!!" every time! 

The venue was the Sage Farmhouse, which used to be the home of an acquaintance of my dad's, so I'd actually been there several times as a teen. 

The costumed guests had a grand old time getting caricatured!

(This gentleman devil's first name is Bart ;-)

The bride and groom were my finale:

The bride had a great Halloween playlist of music going.....yay, Psycho Killers by the Talking Heads!

Thank you so much for having me!!!

Fall party caricatures at senior residence...

 I really LOVE drawing senior citizens! And I've missed it since the pandemic shut down so many fun activities at this type of venue. So, yesterday was my first gig like this in a very long time...for a treasured activities director/repeat client,  who's booked me at all three places she's worked...

Here she is taking a photo of one of my subjects with his drawing. 

After drawing some residents, I drew some staff too!!

Thank you so much for having me!

Wedding caricatures at historic Yellow Springs

 My third wedding (in one weekend) was held on Sunday, in a truly unique place...an inn in a historic Chester County village, where George Washington himself once visited. I drew during the cocktail hour in the beautiful garden/courtyard...then moved inside...

Above:You can see the bride and her bridesmaids heading to the the ceremony, which was held in a roofless stone chapel up the hill...

When they came back, I got started...

And finally, here are the thrilled bride and groom, whom I drew from photos taken when they came in:

Their reaction really tickles my heart. :-)

Thank you for having me!

Wedding caricatures on the Chesapeake Bay!

This wedding on Saturday night was simply beautiful, at a venue in Havre de Grace right on the bay. I was setting up in the entryway of a huge, elegantly draped tent, when the bride and her father glided by...is this gorgeous or what?

They just had time to get the ceremony in, before a deluge of rain came...I was originally supposed to be outside for the cocktail hour, but I had a feeling it was going to rain--so the tent was a blessing!

Fun group of faces!!

Bridesmaids are always a hoot to draw together: (they are switched from their drawing, though--the upper two are the lower two in the caricature)

Bride and groom were in high demand all night, so I did their drawing from some photos I took as they came in.

Finally, the happy scene as I left--! Thank you for having me!!!

A long-awaited wedding reception with caricatures!

 This adorable couple got married some time ago in a downsized ceremony, due to the pandemic...and finally had their big celebration on Friday night...second time I've been to this venue, right on the Delaware River in Delco...

Here they are with their bridal caricature:

The client was the bride's mother, and she hired myself and Caricatures by Courtney as a surprise to the couple! We were both busy all night, but I didn't get any photos of Courtney in action...I definitely enjoy working alongside her!

Here's my setup,

and a few of mine:

So funny, when chatting with some of the guests, I mentioned that the slide show of the actual wedding had some outdoor photos of the bridal party, in a neighborhood of split-level houses...and I mentioned it looked like my hometown...IT WAS!!! I even guessed the right development!

Those two bridesmaids on the the lower right---they had a fabulous reaction when they saw their caricature:

My client left me some much-appreciated feedback via The Bash, thanks so much!!! It was our pleasure!

Another Fall Fall Festival with caricatures!

 This one was at an elementary school, so I did not take actual photos of the kids. But I did, of my caricatures! These were my super-fast line-drawing-only type: 

I was situated in the gym, and the event was spread out over the school, so there were no large groups clustered together (except maybe my line ;)

Mask-wearing was enforced, too (except briefly for each person in my caricature-sitter's chair!)

Thanks for having me! :-)

Silhouette offcuts October 2021

 These are leftovers from my RACC event earlier this month...kind of used as progress reports to myself, when I look over the offcuts after a silhouette gig. As I cut them at an event, I throw these into a bag beside me, both to keep trash to a minimum and to have for later! I've been doing silhouettes sporadically now for five years; every year I get more silhouette gigs than the year before. My career goal is 1/3 silhouette work and 2/3 caricature work...not quite there yet. :-0

Tale of Two Fall Festivals...

 ...that were both in the Wilmington area, and both supposed to be on the same day, but ended up being split for me---one on Saturday and one on Sunday---because big storms came rolling through, and Fall Fest #2 sensibly decided to go with their rain-date ( which luckily, I had open!). That was a good call.  

Fall Fest #1: a masked outdoor kid-oriented event...

(Above) He won first prize for best costume!

 Fall fest #2: an outdoor country-club event through About Faces Entertainment...

I was masked for this one...

Fun couple to talk to, even more fun reaction!

Thanks to both Fall Fests for having my caricatures be a part of it! :-)

Buster Keaton...

Interesting eyes, nose, cheekbone, hair part....just had to draw him, after browsing through my Pinterest file of profile photos. Did a pencil sketch, scanned it and finished it in Photoshop.

This is the scan of the sketch:

Silhouettes at '70's-themed pre-concert party on campus...

 ...to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Reading Area Community College!

 The concert was by Three Dog Night, and the venue was the Miller Center for the Arts, of which I was sitting just outside, along with other fun activities.

This gentlemen's profile was cut while "Baba O'Reilly" by the Who was playing, crazy juxtaposition!

The guests seemed to mostly be of an age to have attended RACC in its early days, it was VERY fun for me to gracefully capture their personalities in their silhouettes. 

Thanks to RACC for having me! I remember drawing caricatures at events there in the very early stages of my career. :-D

Luckily, the rain held off until AFTER this event, yay!