Whew ~ That was Fun. On Your Mark, Get Set, Go !

A woman called last Saturday morning, asking me to draw at a School Event on Monday. But the event is for a limited amount of time. And the PTA wants a Lot of kids drawn.

"Well, I could do what I call 'Line-Only' ", I told her. "And the pictures would go faster if we're not doing 'couples'......"

The woman saw this website. Asked if I could send her some samples of the 'Line Only'.

"Wellllll, okay", I said, as I thought about getting out of here for tonight's gig.

Then I took out my supplies, setting up my work area which has papers and bills all over the place. I opened to a recent post here, I set my timer for 20 minutes, and I started drawing. Amazed that I felt calm as soon as I started drawing. In my Very Quick-Cac Style that I use when a party needs it. Here's what I came up with. Looks good -

I did notice that when I started drawing, I did still need a slight pre-draw, but once I started Going, many did not need a predraw. And if I had 'lines' on the paper from the predraw, I did have to put in a little shading - to make the picture look right. And I could have skipped some of the darkers outlines - things like that. But I did want the pictures to look good - even though I was 'in a race'. I was hitting 30 per hour alone at home. But I would still only estimate 20 - 30 Quick Cacs per hour at an Event. (My regular Caricatures usually run about 10 per hour.)

Fun experience. But it doesn't use all the more-advanced Caricature abilities I've developed. Glad to do Quick-Cacs when needed, but I wouldn't want to do Only these. I wouldn't want to forget how to do what I worked so hard to develop. So we could say that I do the real detailed Studio Caricatures, then the moderately detailed Party Caricatures, and Then the Quick-Cacs - like these.

This was a small Party. In a small house. By small house, I mean, the ceilings were a little shorter than most houses. Made me think of a few funny shows where the idea of low ceilings was caricatured. Some lizards that the main character visits in "Men in Black". And one of the early tv shows of "Keeping Up Appearances". There I was, flashing on those funny shows, and I look over to the front door. This is actually the real scene I saw:

I'm happy for all the places I go - whether a big corporate event in a Catering Hall or a down-to-earth Party in a Small Home.

A real kids party, here are photos of some of the pictures I drew at the small house in Connecticut:

Back in November, I was hired to draw for a company located in Rockefeller Plaza. To celebrate the Big Tree Lighting Ceremony! It was a hoot. Gridlock driving around Manhattan, took a garage back where I came in to the city and walked to the venue. But even the streets were

Stopped. People lined the streets to see the event, so they just

Stopped. Trying to get through with all my supplies..... Wow - I was there. Right where people wanted to be! And I was there!

Sooo, I finally got a chance to post some pictures from that event. And I figure that this is a good day for it - Glad I could at least get it here before Christmas.....

(BTW - I didn't draw the scene on the side of the papers. These preprinted papers were supplied to me by the venue. I only created the Caricature Part and all Color of course.)