Post Prom

Early, early Saturday morning, I drew at yet another post-prom with yet another caricaturist colleague. These wee-hours events are the only reason I ever drink Red Bull! Speaking of which, we were set up near a mechanical bull, along with the usual assortment of inflatables.



My photography skills were lacking by this time of the morning!!

Middle School Formal...

There were girls at this Friday evening event, but the boys were the big caricature fans here! It was also unusual in that it was a color gig, and the school set up a clothesline to display the finished drawings by a fellow artist and myself.

Watercolor commission

I just finished this watercolor today for a client:

Switching from caricatures to fine art for this commission has whetted my appetite for more diverse work. Both types strengthen each other, it seems to me.

Homestand over...

No more baseball games for a bit. Here's two from yesterday afternoon that stood out:

A young teenager and her grandfather...

These guys were celebrating the fu-manchu-ed one's birthday--the missing one was more interested in the game than the caricature--but the remaining two kept having me write more and more stuff on it...

My weekend was spent...doing caricatures

Big surprise there, huh? :-)
On Saturday afternoon, I drew at a set of twins' first birthday party, poolside (a lovely outdoor one this time!). My handy easel umbrella shaded me a bit so I didn't have to take up much room under their backyard tent... lots of guests, so not a lot of photos, but here's one of my very last subject.

Then it was off to the Phillies game:

Here's one from Friday night:

Sunday afternoon was a soggy affair (the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry) but the Phillies managed to not only have a game--but beat the Giants! ( and the remnants of MLB non-hero Barry Bonds)
Here's a pink munchkin whose mom got a Father's Day gift for her hubby a little early...

Baseball fever...

This guy and some friends, all from Chicago, were on a nine-day trip...to see nine baseball teams in nine different stadiums! They'd been to Camden Yards and Fenway already, and found our four-year-young Citizens Bank Park to be not only beautifully open, but also had the best food (and caricature artists ;-)

Three more drawings...

This young girl got to go out on the field with the Phanatic between innings and lift his barbells, which he can barely do....;-D

This couple was in search of a Bosox game, but settled for the Phightin' Phils instead...

This young man originally asked for a BW sketch, and when his dad got a gander at it, he was good for the extra money it cost to do it in color!

NCN Competition final results

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that my entry in the NCN Face-off competition came in third place. Although it was a small field of contestants this time around (it's busy season for caricaturists, obviously) they are a high caliber of other professionals. I learn something every time I enter, and I appreciate the time Court Jones and the other judges spend mentoring each entrant's progress.
So, here is my final... illustrating the possibility that the Duchess of Windsor was a hermaphrodite, by displaying her pet rooster!
(The first and second place finishers also had somewhat racy themes but were tastefully done).

Here is what I won..a preliminary charcoal sketch from Court's current project, Aragorn from LOTR...



I'm looking forward to the next Face-off...

Happy Memorial Day...

Thank you to all those who have served our country, so we can freely do what we want to...such as enjoying our national pastime.

These two young ladies came to enjoy a Phillies game on Memorial Day 2007.

Charming couples in Charm City...

I had some very interesting subjects today in Baltimore. One couple traveled 3000 miles to see their team, the Oakland A's, play the Orioles; another had a red-blond-and-blue mohawked gentleman and puffy-haired red-headed lady; and the last couple asked me to showcase the girl's extremely looong fingers in a rather rude way (she said she did it alot!)