02-25-11 Father/Daughter Dinner, Alamo, CA - East Bay

Round Hill Country Club had Wolfgang Niesielski and myself out to draw caricatures once again.
Tonight we were joined by our colleague Gordon Ng.

This is another annual event I do. I'm not even sure how many years, but it's been quite a few.

The first part of the evening was super busy, but as the night wore on there were less and less girls in line.
Gordon was drawing in color all night long. Wolfgang was drawing profiles and adding bodies and animals as he usually does.
I spent most of the night drawing in black and white and averaging about 15 images per hour.
Toward the end I did a few caricatures in color.

Here's a shot of one of my final drawings of the night.


Special thanks go out to agent/entertainer Carla Winter and her CWE, Carla Winter's Entertainment, for our presence at the event.

Artist draws 3 minute Caricature of a couple - East Bay

Here's a video of me drawing my friend and colleague, Wolfgang Niesielski, and his wife from last June.
Wolfgang ran the caricature stand at Paramount's Great America in Santa Clara in the mid '90's.
I managed the artists schedule and drew there myself various times from '96-2000.


PS - I don't always draw this fast. My standard speed is about 3-4 minutes per person, but when given the chance I'll sometimes take up to 10 minutes on one black & white caricature.

Thanks!

Big AL

This weekend I draw at a father/daughter dinner event and a bank opening in San Jose.

We're often asked how does one pronounce the word ... CARICATURE!

CARICATURE

Big Al has been a working professional Caricaturist in the San Francisco Bay Area since June 1985!

In the coming weeks this blog will attempt to entertain and educate about CARICATURE!

02-19-11 Purplicious Birthday Party, Walnut Creek, CA - East Bay

Referrals are great. Saturday, February 19th I drew caricatures at a 55th Birthday.
The guest of honor was in attendance at last weeks 1st Birthday and I was booked literally on the spot.

Here are some of my drawings from the event.

Please excuse the quality of the photos. I forgot my Canon and only had my cell phone.

02-14-11 Cortona Park, Brentwood, CA 94513 - Delta Region

Cortona Park, Senior Living in Brentwood had me come out and draw caricature portraits at their Valentine's Day event.

This is the 3rd time Cortona Park has had me out to draw since June of last year. I hope to be back many more times.

It's always a pleasure to draw just a few miles from home.