Backyard 50th Birthday

Because the pandemic is limiting numbers of guests, I can do MORE per caricature at a two-hour party...this one was a group of sisters and friends, who get together every year from great distances, and my caricatures were the surprise entertainment! The birthday girl is in the center with her color caricature, and I was able to do in-joke themes on her guests AND a group caricature!

Campground Caricatures!

Gratefully, another outdoor gig came my way, so I decided to bravely break out my easel again to do it...this one was at a campground where one hundred Covid-test-passing teenage girls were staying. Several other intrepid masked lady caricaturists and I sat on a breezy pavillion, and drew them ALL---line drawings only, without shading. No photos were permitted of the campers, so you'll just have to trust me that these caricatures look like their subjects!

First caricature gig in MONTHS!!!!

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the longest hiatus I've ever had, in my caricature career. I hadn't drawn a live caricature since March 2020...but I'm back! The return to gig life happened at an outdoor country club event for young ladies...and it was hot, and humid, and my glasses kept fogging up from my mask...but I was THRILLED to be drawing again!!!!!

You can see how far we were able to social-distance (there were three other lady caricaturists there on the porch with me.) All the guests had to pass a Covid test to be on the premises (it was a three-day event for them, and they came from all over the country). 

Now, was I rusty, or could I still draw???????

It was like riding a bicycle. :-)

What fun to be back at my easel! Except I had to clean the larvae from it after being in my garage for months..

 

65th Birthday Party Caricatures!

I couldn't believe this lovely lady is 65! She danced the night away on tiny feet...but her party was beach-themed so I drew her in a yellow-polka-dot bikini. 

Here are a few of her guests ( and caricature reactions!)

Here is my client and her hubby...thank you for having me and for the great feedback on TheBash/Gigmasters!

Sweet 16 caricatures for an anime fan!

This young lady's family and friends got together to celebrate her Sweet 16th...and everybody got a caricature!

'Daddy/Daughter Dance' Caricatures!

This was my first time doing this type of gig...in fact, I expected it to be teenagers walking in with with their dads; but it was little girls all dressed up with their proud daddies and grandpops! This event is so popular there is even a waiting list!

This event utilized the skills of EIGHT caricature artists, so we were able to do 100+ drawings in total! I was Caricaturist B, appropriately!

We were asked by the client to use a sign-up sheet, which usually I don't encourage, as they seem to make things way more complicated than efficient---there was music, of course, so I couldn't call out names at all.  Luckily, most of the dads on the list showed up when they were supposed to! 

Here's a few more of mine. 

After the event, five of the artists were able to go out and get some pizza, and catch up: from left, Miriam Pryor, Mike Garibay, Anthe, Sally C, and moi :-)

RIP Terry Jones...

He (and his fellow Pythons) have given me plenty of joy and laughter in my life. Especially Prince Herbert, Arthur Two-Sheds Jackson, Mr. Creosote, the Bishop and the mum whose husband sang 'Every Sperm is Sacred'... in fact, he was THE best Python in drag, bar none. 

AND he directed some of the best comedies ever made (Monty Python's Life of Brian and Holy Grail) along with lots of other endeavors...his genius won't be forgotten. 

Penn State Brandywine...caricatures!

Penn State's campus in Delaware County, PA had a student-morale-booster day recently, and my caricatures were a part of it.  In a sunlit seating area, two other caricaturists and I drew students who were so happy to get one; look how happy THIS guy is!!!

It was a special day for me too, as I was reunited with a friend and mentor, Sally, who was actually the very first caricature artist I ever saw in action, at an art festival back in the late 90's. I told her that day I was going to learn how to do caricatures....

and I DID!!

The memo for lady caricaturists of a certain age: both of us are glasses-wearing, palette-pinned (mine is on my coat) and hatted. :-)

Below, a student who was drawn by both of us. 

Without her inspiration way back then, maybe I wouldn't be blogging this right now (she told me I should get back to blogging!) So. THANK YOU, SALLY (again!!) 

An exuberant 70th Birthday party...with my caricatures!

 This lady came in DANCING, to her surprise 70th birthday party, which was masterminded by her party-planner granddaughter. I actually drew her caricature (her body, anyway) from one of the photos I took when she came in!  (Had a good seat!)

SURPRISE!!!!!!!

And I was right there across from the door:

I couldn't BELIEVE she was 70.

So here is a close up of the caricature...and below is her reaction when her granddaughter showed her, on the dance floor, of course!

Here are some of the guests' caricatures:

It went so well I was asked to stay an extra half hour, thank you, Brielle!

This was the 2nd gig of 2020, but the first to use my brand-new rubber stamp on my papers. 

Starting 2020 with a caricature gig--an 80th birthday celebration!

This gentleman had family come from all parts of the country, to help celebrate his 80th birthday on New Year's Day 2020! 

It was held at the beautiful DuPont Country Club near Wilmington, Delaware on a crisp winter's day, the Christmas tree still up in the dining room.

I drew singles, couples and family groups, and kept busy for four hours!

My client, the birthday gentleman's daughter, found me on Gigmasters which is now known as TheBash.com. She was kind enough to leave me a wonderful review, the day after! Thank you Liz!