Easter Brunch Caricatures 2016

The Union League is definitely an upscale place in which to draw caricatures! :-) For the kids, it was more about the Easter Bunny than caricatures,  but the parents of my subjects were very happy!

I spy an Easter Bunny!

The Wedding that Swam with the Sharks!!! And I drew them...

This bridal couple knew how to throw a UNIQUE wedding---I barely even know where to start!

So I'll begin with their caricature. The venue was the Adventure Aquarium in Camden NJ, just over the river from Philadelphia, so I drew sharks on every caricature!

This is the view from the windows on one side of the hall:

The wedding was actually on Mischief Night, so they had that theme going as well:

That's easily one of my favorite easel spots ever. 

I got some good photos---of the couple entering...

and their first dance:

Then the curtains were parted and the sharks became the silent, menacing dinner guests!

Oh yeah, I did draw caricatures!!

Aftrewards, I couldn't resist getting up close:

They were partying away as I left for home. Congrats to Stacey and Paul!!

Urban college caricatures

I've done quite a few gigs at Drexel University in Philly over the years. This one was right on the street, to promote an event the students were holding that last week in October...it was starting to be on the chilly side that day!

Sweet 16 Caricatures...including the biggest dog I ever drew!

My first gig after returning home from my month at the state fair was a family-style Sweet 16 barbecue...

The kitchen became a temporary art gallery!

The last sitters were the mom and dad...and the family pet! I fit him in there somehow!!!

Texan Engagement 2015!

This couple actually got teary when they saw their caricature...they had very recently gotten engaged. This was one of my favorites of the whole fair, of course. :-)

Texas 2015---Misc.

The State Fair of Texas is never dull. This year, instead of one big thing (in the past it's been crazy storms, Oprah coming, Ebola in Dallas or Big Tex burning down-yikes) it was a lot of cool, small things.

Our annual photo with Big Tex 2.0:

Ok, Celestia cropped his head off. She does have the longer arm for selfies, so I'm not really complaining.

Here is my pic of Big Tex in all his cowboy-hatted glory:

Mini-Big Tex says Howdy, too. 

A couple of views of our fair "neighborhood":

There was an eclipse during the fair, but we were so busy we missed most of it!

I got my annual reject:

Mom didn't care for how the drawing was turning out---I wasn't even done drawing it when she told me to stop. I airbrushed it after she left with her disappointed kid. 

This is how I retaliated against Senior Citizens who think caricature chairs INSIDE THE BOOTH are expressly for them to use on Senior Day at the Fair. They get annoyed and pretend not to understand when it's explained that they're for CUSTOMER USE...these ladies took their sweet time masticating their corny dogs (by the way, this photos got MANY likes on my Instagram, hee hee). 

This photo was texted to us by a happy returning caricature customer. His barbershop wall is plastered with them!  We had fun seeing whose artwork we recognized.  (Mine are the color one and the giant-headed, shaded BW.)

We have a long walk back through a parking lot, to the RV where we stay during the fair,  and this windshield decor really cracked me up. 

THIS is our single line which feeds all four artists, late one night towards the end of the fair....yes people are crazy determined to get their caricatures!

And after getting through all that, we still smile!!!!

Well, some of us do!!

Texan single-person airbrush caricatures 2015

                It's always nice to have a whole sheet of paper to devote to just one person...or DOG!

Ok, back to real people! ;-)

This gentleman comes to me every year for a caricature, and asks for a different musical instrument. :-)

These two ladies originally hailed from Northeast, Maryland, not terribly far from me.  I asked them if they missed Wawa! (Of course, they did)

This is another every-year customer, she always wants to be depicted in a red dress. This year we added her dog. 

HAIR!!!!!

Texan Families 2015, etc.

                                    Here are some family caricatures by yours truly...

This picture is of a group of babies who ALL got caricatures at the same time at our booth...I did the GIANT headed one, our cohort Doug did the sweet baby girl, and Celestia did the two B/W full-bodied little tots (in the same time it took us to do ONE color caricature, of course ;-)   

Some adorable sisters who took off as I finished them so couldn't get a photo...

Now for the etc.'s...

These two BFFs had a stuffed doughnut and unicorn, yeah I had to draw those!!!
Doughnuts are EASY PEASY.

More assorted caricatures!!

Have I mentioned how much I enjoy doing these? It's the only time all year that I use an airbrush...so technically, it means I have been a full-time airbrush artist for eight months. ;-)