jeudi 1 février 2018

Hints For Hosting A Houston Caricature Artist For Your Special Event

By Sharon Cook


If you have been assigned the task of hiring entertainment for a corporate or private event, you have probably already researched bands, individual musicians, disc jockeys, and clowns. These are traditional choices. Guests expect them when attending special events. If you want to provide something a little unusual, that will amuse the crowd, whatever the age, you should consider hiring a Houston caricature artist.

There are some simple steps you can take to maximize everybody's enjoyment, including that of the portraitist. These suggestions come from long experience of the artists themselves. You need to put the drawing station somewhere out of the sun, if your party is being held outside. It gets hot during summer afternoons, and guests will swelter and complain if they are forced to sit with the sun beating down on their heads.

Caricature artists need to get to know something about their subjects. The success of the portrait depends on capturing the essence of the person portrayed. To do so, artists frequently engage their subjects in conversation to get a sense of their personalities. They tell jokes and create distractions to put people at ease. This is almost impossible to do if you put them next to the DJ or band.

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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