Oh my ~ Ever spend years pushing something aside, saying, oh, i could do that. If i wanted to. Well, tonight I checked it out. And yes, I could do it. But the experience wasn't what I expected.

Tonight I decided to draw completely differently than I usually do. The experience wasn't what I expected. I Enjoy going for the Exaggeration, and I feel constrained to make 'Face' aka Skin on Skull which always has nose between the eyes and mouth under that. I don't usually respect that. I figure you could just use a Camera if that's what you want. But there are Some Artists who can do it well. So there are times when I wish I could just swing into it if I'm drawing at an Event with another Artist who actually does the more realistic thing well enough that I actually do respect it.

Today I decided to tone down the exaggeration and stick to the real Face. And use a Scribbly style ~ more like the stuff from Yesteryear. Perhaps even channeling Daumier.

And that Face idea. I corraled myself to do that.

I thought the pencil at the Fresco app would be what i was looking for. But no. Didn't like it. Took a few more tries, and I settled on the Classic Comics Nib in Fresco. Jumped in. Scribbled around ~ oh. At first, I really wanted to trash the 'Face shape'. But I stuck with it, and I found that I could get into the Exaggerations while keeping within the constraints of Face.

And the experience, which started out feeling stifling, ended up feeling freeing. Because I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THE ANSWERS AHEAD OF TIME. Scribbling around, I could just let them come out. And of course, using the IPad, I could try anything, and then just get rid of it if it wasn't a good idea.

Click on this listing to see a Time Lapse Video of my experience:

• AlisonsCaricatureScribbleArtistVideo.mp4 5.2M

As an Artist, so many people pass through my life. I'm frequently quite impressed with them, but I see them for 5 minutes, and then..... gone. Sometimes I think of them. Like this Health-Care-Worker. I had drawn her back in the olden days ~ quick Party Style ~ when we were allowed to be with groups of people. I had been hired to draw the Staff AT a Home? Assisted Living Facility? I don't know. I just go there. Went there.

Now, home with these Social Distancing Rules, I got to thinking of some of the people who were taking care of others. I wonder if this woman is still Out There ~ somebody has to take care of the people who live at the facility. My pencil started moving. I redrew her Caricature in a different style. I drew her Pencil Caricature tonight. More like something I might draw as a Gift. Appreciating this woman who is probably still Out There ~ taking care of others.

I drew another major painting in m fresco app again today. It's just so much Fun. You can click on the 2nd listing in this Post ~ called My Document ~ to see a Quick Time-Lapse Video of its creation.

• 20200227AlisonsCaricaturePaintingGiftIdeaFunny.jpg 276.3K
• My Document (1) (2).mp4 5.7M

Completed Caricature Paintings can be ordered through email at optidust@gmail.com

You also have the Option to order them as Remote Entertainment in which you can Watch them being painted in real time. Artist stays in her studio, and shares the screen so you can watch the Painting progress on your own Computer or IPad.

Nice. I still had the Time Lapse Video of Billie Ellish on my device. Fascinating. And now that I know how to share it.....

Click on this link:

• My Document (1) (1).mp4 4.5M

Now that I've been painting random Caricatures based on public photos that we find on the web, I've been able to figure out all the technical issues of offering Remote Artwork to my real Clients. I will be drawing Digital Caricatures based on Clients' photos of their Friends and Family. Then I will be sending them one email with the finished Caricature (jpg) and a second email with an attachment of the Timelapse Video (mp4) that they can Download. Fascinating.