Intelligrated Kids

We’re back in October, me catching up again.  Here are some of the drawings of kids at that as-close-to-perfect-picnic –as- you- can -get for the Intelligrated Company in Bollingbrook.   (Earlier posts about this picnic, see Nov 8, 9, and 24.)———————————————————————————————-                               [...]

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Encore! Twenty-three Years Later.

When the Human Resources people at Intellegrated were planning the company picnic during the summer and they wanted a caricaturist, one of the engineers  mentioned me because I had drawn him and his wife, oh, years ago.  When would that have been, gotta check the date on the drawing, by the signature.  Oh, here it [...]

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Drawing Smart People, part 2

The next few posts will come out of this fantastic picnic I did in October for Intelligrated Systems.   I’ve decided to devote an individual post to one drawing and one subject, either couple or individual.  They all deserve this individual attention.  In fact, the event as a whole is filed in my memory under, [...]

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Luau

It poured for this poolside luau at an apartment complex in Arlington Heights.  But it was cozy inside,  the prizes were cheered and the caricatures were appreciated.  Thank you all, and thank you Patricia. All contents copyright (C) 2010 Katherine Hilden. All rights reserved. www.khilden.com http://facefame.wordpress.com http://artamaze.wordpress.com ———————————————————————————————-               [...]

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Drawing Adults

Anybody scrolling through these posts, especially recent ones, can see that I’ve been drawing a lot of kids. There are two kinds of events: corporate and family, where more often than not, corporate events actually are family events, especially in the summer.  It’s been my experience over these past twenty-one years of drawing caricatures, that [...]

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Tovar Snow Professionals

This company picnic could serve as a template on how to organize company picnics.  It was held at the All Saints picnic grounds on Higgens near Dee.  The grounds are shady, with large trees, and spacious so that those who want rock n’ roll can enjoy that and those who don’t can get far enough [...]

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Milwaukee, Beer and Bratwurst

Could it be that Milwaukee showed its highest cultural achievements at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds?  It was the site of a company picnic where I drew some memorable consumers of beer and bratwurst. Beer and Bratwurst!  Oh, and the famous cream pies, mountains of them.  The experience taught me a few things…and made me [...]

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Crown Family Picnic: Carla and Peter

The Crown Family Picnic is an annual event and I’ve been drawing caricatures there for the past seven years.  There are always six caricaturists with each artist developing a “following,” meaning a group of fans who come back year after year to be drawn.  People collect the drawings and, I’m told, frame them at home [...]

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Boone County Fair Grounds

General Mills in Belvedere, Illinois, threw its annual Family Appreciation Day last Saturday at the Boone County Fair Grounds.  Who would be drawn was determined by lottery during the work week before the event.  Of the two-thousand employees, sixty had winning tickets and I got to draw them.  It was a lesson in organization and [...]

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The Crown Family Picnic

I feel privileged to have been part of the entertainment at this annual even for about ten years.  At the Crown picnic on the family’s Waukonda farm, nothing comes in plastic.  The table cloths are cloth, the plates are earthenware, the tableware is stainless steel and the glasses are glass. Imagine hundreds of people enjoying [...]

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