Friday, February 2, 2018

Hints For Hosting A Houston Caricature Artist For Your Special Event

By Sharon Cook


If you love giving parties and are planning your next big event, you may already have chosen the band or disc jockey, and the clowns. These performers make parties a lot of fun, but they are something guests have come to expect. In order to make impress the crowd and give your guests a great souvenir of the day, you should consider hiring a Houston caricature artist.

If this is your first experience with one of these artists, there are some things you need to consider to make the job easier and more successful. These suggestions come from experienced party portraitists. If you are planning an outdoor event, make sure you place the portrait station in a shady spot. Guests don't want to sit in the sun and bake while having their pictures done, and the artist will have to stop work frequently to cool off.

It's also a good idea to find a place where the guests and drawer can communicate. The success of the caricature depends, in large part, on the drawer capturing the personality of the subject. In order to do that, artists ask guests questions about their lives, tell jokes, and try to get to know a little about them. That is impossible if the portrait station is sitting next to the band or the DJ spinning records.

Your guests won't want to spend half the party standing in line, so you need to come up with a plan to keep the portraitist busy and everybody entertained. When you are hosting a small gathering, passing out portrait line numbers will work. For larger gatherings, you can have a small line behind the artist waiting on their turn in the chair.

If you think your guests might want their portrait to include a favorite logo or sports character, you should be ready to provide the drawer with a picture of it to go by. Most artists are familiar with the standard requests, especially for costumes, mascots and celebrities. Others may not be as familiar to them. You will get the best results, and your guests will be more satisfied, if the drawer has a reference.

Artists really appreciate the hosts who remember to bring them refreshments periodically as they are drawing. Liquid refreshments are especially helpful. They keep the drawer from getting a dry mouth from talking to all the guests and from getting dehydrated in warm weather. It's a good idea to ask guests to leave their plates at their tables instead of taking them into the portrait area however.

To make sure you don't blow the budget, you need to know beforehand what the caricature drawer is going to charge. It probably isn't as much as you anticipated. Most charge anywhere from seventy-five dollars to a hundred twenty-five dollars per hour. The price will go up if you have specific requirements.

Good hosts are people who love to see guests enjoying themselves. Planning parties and events is something they look forward to. Finding unusual and entertaining ways to make a party special is the mark of a great host.




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