Posted in Best work, Birthday, Family party, Kids party, tagged birthday, Elk Grove Village Park District, kids on October 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This was a first birthday party in the Elk Grove Village 
Park District. You can get an idea of how great the party room was from the background in these photos. I drew 23 people in two hours. Thank you, Cindy!
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Posted in Best work, Birthday, Caricature, Family party, Friends, Kids party, Technique, tagged kids, Market Bar, styles on August 2, 2013| 1 Comment »
The kids at Taylor’s birthday party (see previous post) were so refined and stylish that I feel I need to devote a 
separate post to them. Seersucker vest, matching shoes, bow tie, spiffy hats! Rose head band, bows, silver tongs, poufy skirts, spaghetti straps! It was a treat to look at them and to draw them.
When I draw a child, especially a very young child, with the parents, the parents inevitably carry the burden of being funny (and dopy, often!) while the child stands behind them, triumphant and surreptitiously wise. There’s a hierarchy: the more power you have in this culture, the less you’ll have in my drawing. That’s a principle at the heart of the art of caricature. This is a very rich art form, make no mistake.——————————————————-
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Posted in Best work, Birthday, Family party, Kids party, Technique, tagged birthday, kids, Lincolnshire, technique on July 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »
It was a family party with as many adults as kids. But 
since it was a Gabi’s birthday party, the mom restricted caricatures to only kids. A good rule! Generally it does happen that adults defer to kids at a kids’ party, but just to be sure, it’s wise to make it explicit. Kids only! I drew seventeen kids in two hours and in full color. You guessed it: this was a well-organized event and there was no wait time between one drawing and the next. Someone was always there to be drawn. I 
like that. I like working intensely. The work actually comes out better when it’s one right after the other. Thank you, Monica!
Here are a few of the drawings.
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Posted in Art appreciation, celebration, Friends, Kids party, tagged Black, Hispanic, kids, Wabasch Y, YMCA on June 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Early in May the Wabash YMCA at 38th Street held a celebration for Black and Hispanic teens. The celebration 
wasn’t outer-directed, it was about themselves. Here we are, let’s get together. There were table games, sports and caricatures by that famous artist, Whatshername. I was set up next to some plant growing experiments, which I loved. In two-and-a-half hours I drew twenty-seven kids plus one exercise instructor. Thank you, Ramon!
Here a few drawings from that afternoon and the reactions that went with them. Fun for everybody, including me. ————
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Posted in Birthday, Kids party, tagged birthday, Corner Playroom, kids, mom and dad on November 17, 2012| 2 Comments »
The Corner Playroom on Clybourn is an excellent place to hold a 
birthday party for a three-year-old: lots of colors and lots of cushiony surfaces. The little ones were kind enough to take two minutes out of their busy schedule to sit for me. At that age, they seem to think this is a very odd thing to be asked to do. But they do it—for mom and dad, the ones who really love getting a drawing like this for the child’s room. As promised, I drew all fifteen kids in one hour. Thank you, Shannon!
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Posted in Promotion, tagged farmers market, kids, Morton Grove, promotion, wholesomeness on September 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Not just corn, kale, and kohlrabi. The contemporary farmers market needs to find a way to keep the shoppers lingering among the white 
tents. Why rush home and chop the greens right away. Oh, stay a while, wontcha! This farmers market had a band, a knock-knock joke telling contest and—ta-tah—that famous caricaturist whatshername. So there I was in the midst of all this organic wholesomeness, doing my funny drawings. All kids, as it turned out. No surprise there. Thank you, Elaine, Laura and Brad!
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Posted in Birthday, Family party, Kids party, tagged caricature ammo, family, kids, Maggiano on May 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The family flew in from Florida to celebrate the baby’s first birthday back in the old neighborhood, the northern suburbs of Chicago. This made for 
a very lively atmosphere because some folks had not seen each other for months and there was a lot to catch up on. I drew all the kids and then some parents, as time allowed. You can see, that the parents got all my caricature “ammo.” Loved it!
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Posted in Birthday, celebration, Family party, Kids party, tagged birthday, family, Karlee, Kaylee, kids, Sugar Creek Golf Club, Villa Park on April 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The Sugar Creek Golf Club in Villa Park was a perfect setting for this cozy family party to celebrate Kaylee and Karlee’s first birthday. It was a warm early-spring Sunday afternoon, but a bit blustery and so most guests preferred the party room. There were lots of toddlers and school age kids and I drew them all, with time left over for some couples. Bailee, age ten months, and propped in a high chair at a table close to me, showed interest in my work as soon as I arrived. Here she is, curious about how she turned out. The twins, Karlee and Kaylee, took time out from their social obligations and finally sat for me, but only for a few seconds. A few seconds is all it really takes sometimes. I’ve learned that one-year-olds have to be drawn very fast. It’s fun. Thank you, Brittney!
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Posted in celebration, Employee party, Family party, Picnic, tagged Bolingbrook, Intelligrated, kids, picnic on December 30, 2011| 1 Comment »
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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Posted in celebration, Kids party, tagged costumues, Halloween, kids on October 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »
This Halloween party was in NW Chicago. The small, tidy house was festooned with lights, spiders, cobwebs, skeletons and more spooky stuff than I can name. A vampire with glowing orange eyes sat up in his black satin coffin when you entered Evan’s (age 6) bedroom. I worked in the younger boy’s, Ethan’s, room to draw the guests, all under ten and decked out in fabulous costumes, some hand made by nanas. You’ll see a small sampling of the thirty kids I drew: 
astronauts, musclemen, kittens, princesses, and a strawberry short cake in a hot pink wig. Loved them all! Thank you, Carrie and Ryan!
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