Here are a few more Caricatures from the Party. It was a good drawing day

Note: the girl who has the butterfly Facepainting ~ That is Not mine. I only drew the CARICATURES at this Party.

Today I figured that I would draw Caricatures of the same reference photos that I have been using for several days now. I wanted to approach them differently today. Today I planned on doing some really slick line-work. Graceful.

But it turned out that probably the only way I could do that would be to go back to one of my previous drawings, and impose the linework onto that. But which one? Which version to impose the linework onto? I should have just picked one, but I didn't do that. What I did instead was to pay more attention to my Line Quality while coming up with a new Caricature.

It felt like all I ended up doing was slow.....thinking.....?.......or not?....... just dreaming?.....I don't feel like I'm Here. It felt like I was wasting my time. This is what I ended up with. For the first attempt. Not what I set out to do.

Then I didn't like focusing on graceful linework. Since this exercise was not working for that. So I decided to turn my attention to Colors for the 2nd Caricature.

Through all these different Caricature styles that I have been posting for the past few days, I'm still feeling like my First Basic Approach is the best. Maybe because that's what I'm most accustomed to doing.

I hope. I hope I still remember how to do that after all these forays into other styles. I want to feel Happy.

Or the 2nd Style. I'm still back to the same conundrum I always face when I get to Parties. Whether to use My Basic Style or My Exaggerated Style. It is taking a chance ~ like aka one of the Exaggerated Caricatures came out better than the other Exaggerated Caricature. Buy hey ~ if you can't take chances with your Artwork, you're probably plodding through a very dull life.

So I'll go back to drawing whichever one I feel like at Parties ~ taking Guest's Requests into consideration, of course. Drawing Party Caricatures is like a Conversation. Between the Artist and the Guests

Tonight I planned on Drawing two Caricatures of each reference picture that I chose at random from this website. One with a Basic Approach, and one with an Exaggerated Approach. Keeps me in shape for when I get to the Party. But all I had time to do was my Basic Approach. Tonight.

Oy vay ~ This is me Simplifying. Because I felt like I drew slower than usual at a recent Party. I didn't feel like the Guests could tell, but I could. I don't like that feeling.

The Short Story ~ directly to the point. That's what I like to do.

Getting ready for my next Event, I felt inspired by an earlier post here at this blog ~ in which I developed into some really Fine Exaggerations when I bounced off a Simplified start. So I decided to make some quick simple Caricatures.

But it's different here in the Studio than it is at an Event. So this is what happened.

First I redrew this man. Quickly. Just the answers. Yes ~ I'm on a path.

Then I redrew this man. It's fine. It would work. But it isn't nearly as good as the one I drew at the Party.

That's okay. It is what it is. I draw what I draw. Every moment different. Just like every day that I go out jogging, I have a different experience. Drawing often, just like jogging often, does keep me Skilled.

Then I redrew this lady. At the Party, I drew a rectangle of head continuing right into neck. Now I decided not to try so hard. To get off my high horse and do a quicker humbler direct approach. I like this one better, but I still wish I made it more lively:

So I started drawing her again. This one is no good

Aaah. This next one is good. I feel like the recipient would feel pleased/happy. That's what I want to do. To make people happy. Yet still hanging on to what they Realistically look like. I want to help people like their Real traits:

Then I redrew this lady. Simply. Plainly. Almost as badly as a beginner artist might do. Almost. But still ick. Why would anyone want That:

So I redrew it again. Oh this one is just Funny. Gotta admit that it's good. Great Fun for a Party. It's Not insulting ~ because of course nobody can look like That (without even a top-lip). I'm not here to Flatter people. I'm here to help them have a good time. With me around, you don't need drugs and alcohol to loosen up and laugh:

Then I redrew this lady. Oh this picture is Painful

Started it again. Nope. I missed:

Drew it again. This one works. Got it. And the picture looks

Professional:

Oh this man's Caricature came out great at the Party. So why do it again? Why? Why? Well, because I feel differently tonight. And I want to draw tonight. It's not like we draw a great Caricature and it is Done. Just like every day we get older and we develop our maturity, we develop our insights about what it means to live and die, we also develop our Abilities every day. Whether we develop our abilities to relate to others or we develop our abilities to draw Caricatures, it has to be put into action in order to exist.

So here I am redrawing a perfectly good Caricature, and this time uch, trying too hard. Abandon ship!

I redrew him again, and Wow! Simple and great. Without worrying about pleasing others, the right answers just came out. Even though the one I drew at the Party was excellent, this one is even better!

Then I redrew this woman. Clunking along, simply filling in the answers, got to the Shading, and Oh! Oh no! If you don't choose to leave the frenulum showing in your picture, do Not Color the upper lip of a woman Darkly.

......well, actually, this might have worked if I stuck with it. Maybe if I continued coloring the rest of the skin, the upper lips wouldn't look so dark. I'll just put it aside for now. Maybe I'll get a chance to try that out some other time:

I tried it again. Simple answers. A pichur. But who needs it? This picture is not inspiring

oh forget it. I'm tired ot drawing. I'm just going to go for it.

Aaah. This Caricature is not as evolved as the one I had drawn at the Event ~ not as many Details ~ not as careful Modeling Shapes ~ but it is where I want to be. A Wide Awake answer

Good Night