At large summer festivities there’s often a face painter. Face painters have become very skillful and imaginative. Though I encourage people to get there caricature first before they go over to the face painting table, they often forget or ignore that and then come to my stand with a painted face that looks like a mask. In that case, as followers of these posts know by now, I draw them in profile. That way I can at least approximate a likeness.
But when I saw this woman I broke the rule. She’s obviously an older woman, a resident at the retirement home actually, and her demeanor was gentle and dignified. But her cat face was so funny and endearing, that I decided to go for it. I simply drew a cat with her face. She loved it and said she would send it to her kids.
I did a family day at this retirement home about three years ago and this year I recognized some of those faces. That’s always fun. One of the residents is Mr. T-Bone, who always wears his black baseball cap with that name on it. He remembered me, too.
The Soul Entertainers Band, led by Carlton Moore, was excellent: (219) 688-1117.
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