Crabby Company Picnic Caricatures again! :-)

 On Sunday, I trekked to the land of crabs again (Maryland) for another fun-filled picnic in a pavilion. This was for members of a volunteer fire company, on a perfectly beeeee-yootiful day...

This was a rather hilarious caricature reaction:

Yay!  They gifted me with a generous serving of crabs, which my hubby and I enjoyed immensely when I got home...

Client and I hooked up via The Bash...she had this to say in an email the next day:

Thanks so much! We all LOVED your pictures, in the most non-punny way they had so much character 

Thanks, that is high praise to me ...my goal is to imbue all my drawings with humor and the character of their sitters. 

Birthday party caricatures at the playground

Families have made it very common (and smart!) to have outdoor parties this year...and this birthday celebration for an 11-year-old was no exception. Held in a grove of trees near a public playground, it worked out very well. A tree even made a great display! :-)

I drew a unicorn with all the girls, and another fantasy figure for the one or two boys who attended. :-)

Thanks to The Bash for putting us together! My client had this to say:

Emily was very professional and the whole experience added a great touch to the party that everyone enjoyed!

Bridal shower caricatures, with a touch of purple

 This bride-to-be loves purple....so it was fun to show that in the caricatures I did at her shower! Her fiance came in at the end, (WEARING PURPLE, how sweet!) so he could be in a color caricature with her:

The shower was held in a beautiful barn built especially for events. I wouldn't be surprised if it was Amish-made...

So here's a few of my drawings of the guests...with a big age range of ladies (which is fun for me!!)

Thanks for having me, what a fun afternoon!

Arden Fair 2021

 I don't do fairs anymore...unless they are five minutes from home! This is a very long-tenured local arts festival held in Arden, Delaware every year (not 2020 of course). It's in a little village of quirky little homes on tiny one-lane roads, with a park and a theater. And was it fun! I did mostly color caricatures all day long, with my new friend Susan, drawing her retro pen & ink drawings, sharing the booth with me. 

Even though it was close by, this is how early I had to get myself on the road to go set up...but on leaving my house, I got to see a beautiful pink sunrise and four moonflowers still in bloom...

My next door neighbor on the right sold costume jewelry...as soon as I spied these, I said SOLD!!!! Perfect for a silhouette artist!

On the other side was a tie-dye artist, so I bought something from her too, a new mask...

OK here is some of my output that day!

Here's the one pic I got of Susan...gotta admire a lady doing a crazy-busy fair not long after a hip replacement!!

Fun day!!!! Afterwards my hubby, Susan and I went to a Mexican place so she and I could have huge Margaritas :-)

A fabulous, fashion-forward 66th birthday party...with caricatures!

 The birthday girl was resplendent in blue!

Here she is when she made her entrance with her canine companion. And her backyard was definitely amazingly decorated as a party venue:

The gazebo canopy was perfect as a caricature studio, because it did sprinkle a few raindrops here and there.  Here are some of her happy guests:

Thank you for having me and extending my time (thanks to her brother!!!)

They sent me home with a big bag of goodies to eat. I love all the great folks I meet through my job :-)

Backyard Sweet 16 Caricatures

So many folks are utilizing their backyards for parties this year (and rightly so), I am so happy to feel safer doing events outdoors while the weather stays nice. I'm sure the tent companies are happy too.

This family didn't need a tent, their backyard was a little paradise for celebrating a Sweet 16. The birthday girl posed with her cat, whom she called her"son". Of course, he's in her caricature! 

Happy birthday Sage! Thanks for having me! :-D

Caricatures at a Grand Opening!

 This was my second time drawing at a Grand Opening for a new Beyond Hello Medical Marijuana Dispensary. The first time was pre-pandemic, and I mean it was one of my last few gigs in 2019, before we had any inkling of the big changes in our lives to come...

...but anyway, this was a fantastic, fun afternoon! I was right on the sidewalk out front...along with free ice cream sandwiches! This was a branded paper event, and I decided to go all marker for the shading. 

The masked ice cream server and the funny names:

The professional photographer took these photos below, and BH was nice enough to share them with me---thank you!

Wedding Brunch Caricatures...

 ...are kind of a new thing, to me anyway, as I've done two of these recently. The morning after the wedding, the family enjoys a tented brunch in the backyard, and a much less hectic atmosphere. Even got to draw a dog in a backpack at this one! Thanks for having me, and sending me home with shrimp-n'grits!