Fall 2010 pt. 4 - Caricatures!!

This is the last part to my Fall 2010 series!!

I'll have to find current things to write about now ;)

Since last summer, I've drawn at least 60 people in caricature form!!  I was just sitting in my floor one summer day doing not much of anything, probably sipping on a chunky mystery-ingredient smoothie while on a Shakira listening-binge, when I decided I wanted to try something a little different than realistic portraits - caricatures.  So I got my sketchbook and pencil and began looking through pictures of my unsuspecting friends.

(To see the earlier post of the caricatures I did last summer go here.)

 Fall rolled around and I remembered the annual Swappin' Meetin' festival in Cumberland was coming up. So I signed up and when the day came, set up my $12 easel and a board to draw on, complemented by a crayon-drawn sign advertising my service.  In two days I drew nearly 50 people!  The weather was beautiful and the only downside was some facial sunburn.. next time I'll have to choose a booth in the shade!

I don't mean to be anti-climatic and not have good pictures of completed work - but I do have some documenting the event!

Recently I was commissioned to do some more caricatures for Valentine's Day and that was very fun!



Thanks ladies :)

 I'm hoping to do more festivals/commissions this year as well.  Thanks for reading!




-Tasha

Caricaturation

car·i·ca·ture

a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.

When looking for art jobs, sometimes I come across mentions of doing caricatures at a zoo or something. I've always thought they looked cool, but didn't really consider it my line of art. However, more recently I really had the urge to do some, but didn't know how.. even though maybe it's sort of self-explanatory. So I read a brief article about it and just decided to dive right in. Some people just look so normal, though; they're the hard ones to do. Haven't got around to maybe caricatures in color yet, but one day they will be.