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.

I'm in the paper!

Firstly, there was an artist who happens to be me who was featured in a local newspaper!

http://harlandaily.com/bookmark/8951072


Now, another piece that was featured in the "Self-Examination" art exhibit:

In this graphite and prismacolor pencil drawing entitled Our Little Secret, I used my friend Emily as a model to make a statement about the food industry. This little apple represents your food, and the slime oozing off it is the toxic stuff that's put on or in it. That sly smile is whatever schemes they use to get you to buy and eat it.


24x36"