In my previous post, I planned it all out. Markers in the Hot Sun. Colorsticks in other situations. Or so I thought.

Maybe we never really change! Could that be? Nah. More likely, it happens so subtley, that we don't see the growth at each point. It's just an overall thing - like when you're 20 years old, you're different thanwhen you were 5 years old. And when you're 50 years old, you're different than when you were 16 years old.

Anyway, I'm real interested in seeing how my Marker studies affected this weekend's work. But there are so many photos here that I can't separate them out.

This weekend I worked indoor Parties. One woman turning 47, and another turning 30. Both indoors. Very comfortable. I used mostly color sticks, as usual. But I also used the colored Markers a bit more than usual.

So here's a whole bunch of photos from several other parties. Hmmm, I recognize at lease some of them from an After-Prom sort of thing that I did in NJ.

Some were from an Office Party that I did in NYC - in their office in the daytime. Some were from an Office Party that was held after-hours in a dark 'bar?' - I don't know how to refer to that type of venue - It's one of those low-lit heavy-wooded places that have private parties in the basement and walk-in yuppies upstairs - this basement had a pool table, sometimes I notice karaoke.....

And some of these pictures were created at a Pool-Party in a backyard.

And some were done at a Graduation Party at a magnificent house - it was originally decorated out back with tents, but it was moved into the library when it started raining.

AND I see at least one from an unusual Block Party that was all done in one family's backyard.

Oh! And there's some here from a Corporate Party in which my client bussed in his employees to his magnificent house during the daytime.

Lol - the last 2 pictures were from even 2 other parties. One done in a small cement backyard in the Bronx - they also erected a canopy because it did start raining too. So then the Father drove me back to my car which was a long way off and I found out all about his huge Snakes!

And the other was done in the living room of a quiet suburban house - 1-Year-Old's Party.

So these pictures come from at least Nine Parties! Life is a party. It's a whirlwind.

To Hire this Artist:
(516) 579-4706
optidust@gmail.com

I picked up a few gems on the way through my recent events:

Bar Mitzvot. Gotta luv'm. Those kids let go and Par-Tay!

These pictures were taken at a High School Senior Banquet. A break in the middle of the week that I had been drawing another High School's Graduating Class. And soon after another High School's Prom. I spend a lot of time with High Schools in May and June.

So I get a feel for the Social Pressure, what kinds of interactions are expected in each group. They're all similar, but there are subtle differences. I liked this group. In my opinion, I'd guess that this group didn't think they had to act all grown-up already. It felt refreshing - like they admitted that they didn't know it all already. Not that they acted immature. They just seemed open for their first experiences which they knew they didn't have already. Just my opinion, of course. But the bravado that I see sometimes makes me feel like High School Graduates have done everything already and they know all the answers that I'm still figuring out: