#fun at your event Archives - Dennis Porter Caricatures

Do The Drawings WHERE ??

August 11, 2022August 26, 2022Dennis PorterNo Comments

In all these many years of live drawing at fun events I have seen some interesting, unique concepts for various gatherings. On one occasion the hosts had maybe six artists including me, drawing outdoors in the blazing, broiling sun. No tents, no shade, no whining. Wanna get paid? Get out there! And we did. Anything for a buck, eh? It was awful, the sun on the paper and the sheer heat and humidity were daunting. At another, I was instructed to sit on the basketball court — against the wall behind the hoop. Where the kids would dribble and take shots at the hoop! Yow! I whined the host into… Read More

Hey, Ya Drew Me BEFORE!

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022Dennis PorterNo Comments

I had a fun time yesterday at the Dayton Country Club, sketching a series of five-year-olds. I was invited to provide a bit of Party entertainment fun with live drawings. The children were cute as all get-out and I will post some of those photos (with OKs from the moms of course) shortly. A gentleman was there doing photos as a courtesy to the guests and said, “Hey, I think you were at Doug Mann’s party!” Doug is a local attorney as you likely know, with Dyer, Garofalo, Mann and Schultz. And just a great guy, he and wife Beth are terrific people. So Mr. Chen had his drawing on his… Read More

FREE drawings Sunday!

March 11, 2022April 14, 2022Dennis PorterNo Comments

Hey, do you have plans for Sunday afternoon??? Please, come join me in Dayton’s Oregon District for the Hoopla Family Event March 13. The whole festival is 2-7 pm — and I will be drawing from 2-6 pm. Hey, the price is right! There is going to be a LOT going on; see attached graphic. I will be drawing live (FREE!) in a tent down near the train trestle near the Neon Movies intersection at Patterson. Organizers for Hoopla Family Event are funding the operation so please stop by. Gonna be a LOT of fun!

Drawing Live as Party Entertainment

March 1, 2022April 18, 2022Dennis PorterNo Comments

THE CALLS ARE COMING BACK — And I can not TELL you how happy that makes me! What a gig — drawing live as party entertainment! Not just for the income, now, but even more because it is just a blast to go to the various events — parties, wedding receptions, conventions, trade shows, company picnics — and DRAW everybody! Yow! These photos popped up from a previous time frame, before Covid, before politics were quite so toxic and loathsome, when we were pretty much in normal life. And it was a fun event, too, as was most of routine life back then. Times change, eh? Sad to say. I… Read More

How’s YOUR Business??

February 22, 2022Dennis PorterNo Comments

SLOWLY COMING BACK; HOW ABOUT YOU?? Our live-drawing business is getting back on its feet, happily, after more than two years seeming almost dead in the water. Somehow the lack of income has not been a problem (smart wife-manager here) but I have really missed the fun and challenges of quick-sketching at parties, weddings and trade shows. Calls are finally picking up lately and I am more than grateful. How about YOUR business? Back to normal yet?

Kitchen Redo Couple

November 8, 2021February 1, 2022Dennis Porter

Kitchen Redo Couple

Full body Quick Sketches

November 7, 2021February 1, 2022Dennis Porter

Birthday party entertainment

Trade Show Fun

October 7, 2021Dennis Porter

Recently I had the pleasure of sketching at a trade show just north of Cincinnati. A super group, everyone was happy to be there and enjoying the conversation and endless activities at hand. One of the many drawings I did that night was this one, two gentleman from out of town. I hope they had time to visit and enjoy Cincy — one of the greatest American cities, absolutely.

Covid Fixit — Try THIS!

November 22, 2020February 1, 2022Dennis Porter

You have skills, goods, services you can offer to shops that can use them.

Interview: Caricature Artist Dennis Porter

April 26, 2020Dennis Porter

Caricature artist interview — a brief and fun discussion with Christina Wald of the Cincinnati Illustrator’s group, some time back… It’s weird to BE interviewed after all these thousands of live events, drawing in retail venues and otherwise sketching someone face to face, because the focus is always the other way — I tend to ask the other party about their world, their job, their interest. That’s because it keeps them facing in my direction, so I can consistently view their faces and get that two-minute drawing done to a level we can both live with… Nobody teaches you that when you start in this fun, oddball business, you learn… Read More

Trade Show? Plan NOW…

April 24, 2020Dennis Porter

Tips on planning your next trade show, mistakes to avoid

Fun Drawings, Live or From Photos

April 23, 2020Dennis Porter

Above is a young doctor going in to research, already serving in the US military– wow, what an ambitious young lady! Rock on there, doc, and thanks for your service! (This was drawn from photos, likely a surprise gift, done with input on her interests to make the sketch more personal…) LIVE drawing! This young lady is part of a dance/exercise class– I draw at one of their meetings every year — and wanted the parasol in her sketch. Not sure if I invented her outfit or not… Ha! Boy, I sure miss drawing live; this was probably a three or four minute sketch and lots of fun (apparently) for… Read More