Sweet 16 Caricatures on a Snowy Evening!

 I will start by saying I'm glad my husband has a truck...and doesn't mind driving in snow...

...and also, my very thoughtful client put a lot of effort into moving up the time of her daughter's candy-themed Sweet 16 party, so everyone could get home before the full force of the snowstorm arrived. 

The venue was a gorgeous place to have a Sweet 16 party!

Needless to say, it wasn't supposed to be THAT early on a Friday night ;-)

I drew many, many guests but I didn't get to the birthday girl...so I'll be doing her caricature from a photo. However, here are some of her friends!

And the DJ:

and her dad and brother:

This is how my backyard looked when we got home, safe and sound. Thanks so much to my great client!

Gorgeous winter wedding, with my caricatures at the reception!

 On a very brisk Saturday (BRRRR) this past weekend, my second gig of the new year happened to be an intimate wedding at a grand venue in NJ. It had an indoor mezzanine/balcony where the cocktail hour took place, then the reception itself was downstairs where everyone had a wonderful view of the wedding party descending a grand staircase to general excitement!

We'll start with my caricature of the bride and groom, and their reaction:

I worked alongside my friend and colleague Deb Schafer, was so good to see her!

The bride had asked us to take photos of all the drawings, so she and the groom could enjoy them later, of course, we gladly obliged! Here are some of mine. :-)

Thank you so much for having us Monica and Bobby! Best wishes! :-)

First gig of 2022...caricatures at Penn State Brandywine!

Spent a pleasant couple of hours yesterday drawing college students on campus...pretty sure I wrote 2022 on all of them. Everyone was masked, and only took them off for the couple of minutes it took to draw them. These are CopicSketch marker-shaded with a little bit of Prismacolor Artstix...

Thanks for having me, Penn State! 

My final Caricature Event of 2021....

...was a two-groom New Year's Eve wedding---held in a local venue I've drawn in many times.  For the last day of December, the weather was definitely wonky...60 degrees F...so the grooms' attire was actually appropriate!

For the rest of us, the dress code was: PAJAMA PARTY!! I wore my new Nautica red flannel pjs, bought especially for the occasion. My setup was situated by the bar just outside the ballroom:

My hubby was with me so we could still spend NYE together, and he got some wonderful photos and videos of my work, like the one above!

Here's a few of the many caricatures I cranked out:

Here's a few videos: ( two reactions and a time-lapse)

Happy New Year! May 2022 be happier and healthier for everyone!