Even in just the few minutes that I'm drawing a Guest, I can sometimes see their Personalities as well as their Physical attributes ~ especially when dealing with children. They can be so 'raw', so 'unadulterated', so 'real'. Here are some of the pictures I drew at a recent Children's Party. This one was a Communion. I felt especially happy with my pictures because I felt like I could even see their Personalities in how they approached the Party Activity.

I particularly liked this group because the kids were real kids, and the adults seemed so direct and so appreciative. Honestly polite.

BTW, this was the reference photo from which I was working before I met the Beautiful People in the previous post:

Funny, but on the very same day that the Engagement couple had a professional Photographer focused on our small group (just the couple, me, and the photographer), I also had a whole Parade of a Photography Club pass by. This was while I was set up just waiting for my client to come by.

Many of the Photographers in that club chose to take pictures of me. One of them even emailed me his picture. Here it is. By William Hughes. He seemed like an Artist of Note too. What an amazing world. Full of so much Talent.

Don't hide your Talent in the ground. Let it see the light. Let it grow.

This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. Hide it under a bushel? No! I'm gonna let it shine Hide it under a bushel? No! I'm gonna let it shine Hide it under a bushel? No! I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. Don't let Satan blow it out, I'm gonna let it shine Don't let Satan blow it out, I'm gonna let it shine Don't let Satan blow it out, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. Shine all over [name of town] I'm gonna let it shine Shine all over [name of town] I'm gonna let it shine Shine all over [name of town] I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. Let it shine til Jesus comes, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine til Jesus comes, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine til Jesus comes, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine.

I'm going to Shine. Let me do what I can for you.

I recently drew an Engagement Caricature. A Proposal Caricature. Do you know what that is? It's when a man calls me to draw a Studio Caricature of him proposing. But instead of mailing it to him, I come to the city and pretend to be a street Artist. So the couple can come walking by, the unsuspecting woman to recognize that it's Them, and......

the rest is up to her!

The man who hired me this week hired a Photographer to come to the event too - Photographer Noelle Soroka. Her pictures are excellent. They really tell the Whole story:

The girl was shaking as she wrote the word "Yes" into her talk-bubble. Actually, they were Both shaking. In front of the Shake Shack (where he told me to set up for them). Her writing. His knees. I ended up adding litl 'shake-lines' near his knees while they lived their moment.

I watched them, thinking that they looked so lucky. Maybe it was just my insides looking at their outsides, but it really looked like they had it all. Love and money and friends and life. The beautiful people.

BTW, it was funny to watch how they both handled their Joy the same way. After the smiles and shakes and easy-quiet-talking, they both took out their cell-phones and started calling everyone they knew :-)