Wedding Caricatures for a fun-loving couple...

The groom booked me through Gigmasters  (usually it's the brides who do that) to draw caricatures at their wedding festivities...

It was a very child-friendly reception: 

Then the adults got in line for me!

 Congratulations, Dr. Nancy and Dr. Hook! ;-)

The groom left me some very appreciated feedback on my Gigmasters profile, thanks, Ian!

"Emily was amazing. My wedding (6/12/2016 in Monroe, NJ) had 30 kids < 18 years old in attendance. Emily was able to draw them in groups, keep them engaged, and managed not to lose her sanity in the process! She was a consummate professional and and drew lovely caricature portraits for adults as well. I only wish she had taken time to eat! I would definitely recommend Emily for any event. Her style was a perfect bled of portrait-style and cartoon-ish embellishment, depending on what the subject wanted. My (now wife) and I got our portraits done last, and they came out amazing. it's been framed already and it one of our favorite keepsakes from the day."

Historic Manor Wedding Caricatures

This couple knew how to throw an elegant yet fun wedding! I'll start with them, even though they were the finale of my evening...

Here is their caricature in the line-drawing stage, then the finished version:

The venue was a beautifully restored stone manor house:

Their wedding color was pale pink. 

I arrived just in time to see them enter the reception:

While the bride and groom and their guests ate in a beautifully appointed dining room, I set up in a fabulous---and I do mean FABULOUS-- foyer:

After I caught my breath in awe of my surroundings, it was time to draw...and I kept busy the whole time. So busy that I didn't get many photos of caricatures at all...these few are IT. 

I did have a good view from my easel of the cake cutting:

It was a pale-pink-hued night to remember. 

After finishing, I spotted a guest who was sharing her stash of Red Bulls---so I asked if she could spare one, since I had a bit of a drive home (most of the guests stayed in the manor house that evening, lucky them!). She was generous enough to do so, so THANK YOU, dear wedding guest. Amanda and Ben, thank YOU for such a memorable fun reception! 

O's Father's Day Caricatures

I really love doing Mother's Day or Father's Day at a ballpark...baseball is such a family-oriented American tradition...and so are caricatures. :-)

Father-daughter.....and Father-son:

Some folks were there to celebrate other things, though---like a 21st birthday:

I don't know WHAT this guy was celebrating ;-) 

Eight grade graduation caricatures!

Held in the school multi-purpose room---Here they come!

and one younger sibling:

Grad party caricatures!

A high-school graduation party with lots of love for their graduate:

 There's the guest of honor in his cap and gown...

and with his grandma. :-)

Below, some happy guests!

Thank you for having me!!! 

Holiday Party #8 of 2015

This party was the holiday gathering of a sisterhood of emergency room nurses, they've been through so much together---how nice to spend a pleasant evening together drinking sangria and being drawn.  I had time to do full-color caricatures with themes for these ladies!

Caricatures with their subjects and this artist.

You can see the hostess's hubby's caricature on the table above, so we remedied that:

As you can see, the dogs got caricatures too! 

The hostess wanted to be drawn with Grandmother, a photo of a mystery woman (with an awesome resting bitch face...i.e. stern expression ;-)  who accompanies her everywhere. THAT was fun to do!!!

Below: the reaction!!!!!

My easel was ensconced in her kitchen nook:

Thanks to Gigmasters for another wonderful client. :-) Here's her review:

We had such a wonderful fun time with Emily! She was just as excited as I was to be my surprise secret guest at "The girls Christmas party" at my home! Emily's creativity, art work, professionalism and sense of humor was outstanding. Each and every one of us ladies loved our caricature prints! Emily is VERY talented. Emily made sure each individual print was detailed, fun and very personalized! A unique take home gift that will always remind us of what a hysterical and fun time we all had that holiday girls party! 

Holiday Party #7 of 2015

A family holiday party in a home with a beautiful tree, and beautiful sisters! Thanks to Gigsalad for this one.

This sister got a caricature with her hubby too:

More family members:

This gig started out with a nasty fright for me: when I went to leave home, I had a flat tire....luckily, the party was only about 12 miles away and I usually leave quite early for my gigs. So I pumped it up with my handy-dandy tire-pumper-upper and hoped it was a slooooooooow leak. It was! The next morning I had my tire fixed----it had a nail in it.

So all's well that ends well... and this in my client's review, fo which I am so appreciative!

Emily came to my annual family Christmas party and she was definitely a hit! She was professional, punctual, and courteous and worked straight through for four hours to make sure everyone who wanted their picture done would have it. As for her amazing skills - I can't even begin to say how impressed we all were at Emily's drawings - we laughed and had a wonderful time with her!

Holiday Party #6 of 2015

This company holiday luncheon was at a waterfront restaurant...even my car had a nice view from the parking lot!

There was a power outage while we were there but it didn't stop this artist!

 The gentlemen bosses sat for me, along with some very happy ladies!

Luckily the power outage didn't affect the bartender either, everyone was enthusiastically enjoying alcoholic beverages (it was on a Friday afternoon, as well;)

 A threesome!

A twosome!

And then some!