Getting ready for drawing Caricatures at a Bat Mitzvah today. I figured I'd do some warm-ups. From random reference photos. They all came out good.

But to choose a style! First, I drew a Caricature in the style that I feel pleased to have evolved over years of doing this. I feel like this style impresses clients and guests the most. It looks slick. And evolved. Not something that a beginner could have done.

Then I drew from the same reference photo, the same face. But I used the playful style that I really admire best. It's Fun. And I feel like that's what Caricatures are supposed to be. Fun. Playful. Clients and guests do like it, but I feel like they Think it's somehow easier to do. Because the shapes look simple.

Then, for the 3rd Caricature that I drew here ~ I was planning on using the first 'evolved' style again. Based on a different random photo. Just warming up. But as soon as I started drawing, the obvious heart-shape of the girl's face took over. And I started drawing using the 2nd 'playful' style instead. But I didn't maintain it. I switched back to what I originally planned to do. Continuing the heart-shaped face with the first 'evolved' style. Like I forgot that I changed my mind. The picture came out super. But it didn't feel good to draw it. Because I felt confused inside.

To rein in our brains, to control what we're doing.....Clarity. My Brain might be the next thing that I want to study.

Not sure if I ever posted this here before. But I needed Neeeeeeded, lol, a Self-Caricature today. I remembered this one that I liked so much that I didn't feel like drawing myself differently now.

It did take some effort to find it (re-find it?) on my computer, but it wasn't too bad.

You can click on the mp4 link to see a video of it being drawn. I felt like you would enjoy seeing it being created. It's especially fun because I duplicated and resized the Face Shape to use the Same Shape as the Nose Shape. I love being an Artist

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Takin it easy. Just drawing for myself. While watching tv.

Apparently that's what a Caricature Artist does when she has a Day Off.

Quick posting here today. I usually don't get up to posting my pictures ~ lol ~ how can I say that since I have Thousands of my pictures posted here???? But that is the case. I have tens of thousands that have not yet been posted. It's hard to find the time to do everything.

But today a possible Client asked me about drawing FASHION SKETCHES at a GOTH Themed Graduation Party. I said, oh, lo-and-behold, I think I just drew some Goth Fashions yesterday. So I want to show them to her.

FASHION SKETCHES are based on What the Guests Are Actually Wearing. So I kept things a little lighter yesterday since yesterday's Event was a Bridal Shower. I would be adding Much Heavier BLACK, perhaps some 'drawings representing 'drips'', that sort of stuff if I was drawing at a Goth Themed Party. But I drew the following pictures at a Bridal Shower where most people wore White, Pastels, and Flowers