Holiday Party + Chanukah Party Ideas

Are you an event planner or planning an event? Did you know we do block parties in NYC and surrounding areas? Whether you’re planning a neighborhood block party, a birthday party, a school festival, or a bat or bar mitzvah, a fall carnival party is sure to please! Sit back and enjoy while we do all of the work.

Painting the Team

NYSketches painted an event mural for the team for the Pepsi/Lipton Partnership at their holiday party at Gold Bar NYC earlier this year.  I painted about 70 faces, set in their tea plantation in Africa.  Here is the final painting, which will hang in the company’s meeting room.

…and here are some photos along the way:

First stage of the painting, before faces were added

At the party...

More fun at the party!

A Dinner Party Gesture

At a warm and jovial dinner party at Craft, NYC, the client asked me to draw a quick New Yorker style cartoon of the chatting, eating and imbibing going on.  Here is what I came up with:  

Sketching the Rockefeller Tree

Its officially holiday time!  NYSketches joined in on holiday cheer Tues. night at a law firm’s tree lighting ceremony party at Rockefeller center.  The party included caricatures drawn on custom pre-printed paper with an illustrated scene of the Rockefeller tree lighting, a magician for the kids, facepainting, and lots of yummy treats.  Here are pics of the sketches and facepainting:

Caricature by Alison G

Caricature by Alison G

Spiderman by Dave D

Lion by Dave D

Holiday Roundup

Another holiday season has passed… and I thought I’d post some of our most colorful moments!  Here are some highlights of NYSketches artists & products this 2009-10 holiday run.

 

"Three Heads are Better Than One"- Artwork & photo by NYSketches artist, Alison G

 

 

A group JUMBO caricature of an entire company (about 60 folks), from start to finish

 

 

Fire Truck Airbrush T-Shirt for Employee-Family Holiday Party

 

Some added sweets:

 

Sirk Productions' John Sikes with holiday logo cookies for client gifts

 

And some sweet lookin’ faces:

 

Snow Angel Facepaint by NYSKetches Artist, Alison G

 

 

Jeweled Heart Crown by Alison G

 

Passover Seder Event Mural

I worked on an event mural at a Passover Seder along with NYSketches artist, Elizabeth Hutchinson.  The client provided us with photos of 10 of their guests, and photos of past seders at their house so that I could get an idea of the event decor.  I painted the background and 10 faces before the party.  At the dinner party, Elizabeth painted the additional 15 faces, and guest really enjoyed seeing themselves on canvas!  After the party I completed the painting with final touches.  Here it is:

Dinner Party Event Mural

Event Mural at Holiday Party

In August, we did an event mural for SLGreen Realty Corp. at their holiday-in-summer party.  The party was held at the Aspen Restaurant in NYC.  The mural was 6 x 4 ft, and I painted much of the mural before hand from photos of the guests at the event.  I incorporated the theme of the event into the mural in which all the guests were skiing down a mountain in Aspen.  Here are some photos of the mural in progress:

Initial pencil sketch for mural

me, painting the mural at the beginning of the party

Painting at the party, with curious onlookers

Getting the guest's face down on the canvas

Painting another guest...

The finished mural!