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There is No Need to Have All the Answers

Posted Aug 2023

I recently decided that a direct approach for Exaggeration is the way to go for quality Caricatures. I got smooth with it, and I feel happy with the responses from people at Parties.

But here I am again, questioning the way to go. Again. Time off, drawing Party-Style Caricatures from random photos. The first of each pair uses my quick Exaggerated style. The 2nd of each pair uses more of a fill-in-the-blanks sort of style that people do seem to like also. I especially notice that they like it when I am putting myself out there with exaggerations while I am working along-side an artist who is calmly 'doing it right'? Is that what the public thinks when they eyes, nose, mouth repeat 'basic proportions' that we learn as students? In the first pair of pictures, I felt like the exaggerated Caricature was the only one I liked. I feel like the plainer style, which would also go over well at a party, is dinky. That's the way I expected to feel about the 2 different styles. But in the 2nd pair of pictures, drawn very quickly ~ I'm feeling tired here in my own studio, I felt surprised to like the 2nd style, the plainer, just 'correct' picture better. It really does just look more Correct........Granted they both Look very similar (did I mention that my mind is flitting out of this time-off activity today), but I felt like I was using the different approaches for them. First one = exaggerated approach. 2nd one = studied placements.

Wondering if I would ever just Settle. But then I realized that There is No Need to Settle On Only One Approach. I can do whichever approach works for the specific face that is in front of me.


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Sometimes Sleep is the best type of Preparation

Posted Jul 2023

I will be drawing at a 70-year-old's Birthday Party tomorrow, so I figured I should draw a bit. Warm up you know.

I drew a few Caricatures based on random photos. Good thing I'm doing these Warm Ups because I had bum-starts on the first two pictures that I drew. I had to restart the one with the Green Arrow because everything was too tenuous. And I had to restart the 2nd one (lady with gray hair) because I forgot to soften the staring front view of the reference photo. Then, I figured that I should draw a man.....

Feeling too tired to give it much umph. It's probably more important that I get some Sleep than that I keep drawing


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Tummo Breathing

Posted Jul 2023

UPDATE FEBRUARY 22, 2024: I AM HAPPY WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I PREVIOUSLY POSTED HERE ABOUT CARICATURES. BUT I AM NO LONGER DOING TUMMO BREATHING! IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO STOP YOUR BREATHING!! IT IS VERY DANGEROUS

I've been doing Tummo Breathing 3X per week for quite a while now. I learned it at a YouTube video which has 2 people demonstrating it. (Quite intense)

I just watch the active part ~ breathing along with them. I don't have to watch the opening anymore. And I don't take the time to watch the short meditation at the end either.

Today I felt inspired to pause the YouTube at the ending meditation and draw the 2 people. I had something in mind about Tame Caricatures vs Wild Caricatures. I did not draw very wildly today, but I did use a wilder approach for the wild Caricatures. I felt surprised that I nearly wrote that sometimes a Tame Caricature is better, and sometimes a Wild Caricature is better. But luckily, I saw the exercise through to its conclusion. So it reinforced, once again, that drawing Wildly is always better.... or so I thought when I started writing this post. Read to the end of this post to see where today's exercise is actually leading me...

The first picture here was drawn tamely. It's hard to switch back and forth between styles. So the 2nd picture was a wash. Aka wash it out, man. The 3rd picture, which is actually quite tame compared to the Wild Caricatures that I like best ~ the 3rd picture was at least Approached with a Wilder mindset. And it is so much better than the 1st one, the Tame one, that I was reminded Not to be tempted to 'draw correctly'.

Then I drew the 2nd person that I see in this Tummo Breathing Youtube. Here's where I felt surprised. Because I actually liked the first drawing of her. Which is the Tame style of drawing. 'Looks just like her', you could say. And so peacful. I could use this Caricature to bring me back to my Breatheing awareness.

I felt like I was done drawing these 2 people. But I continued my exercise. I drew the 2nd person using the Wilder approach. Aaahh. This is more playful. More artistic. More of what I would feel proud to produce when I'm being paid to draw at an Event.

Still..... My studies continue. Trying to make sense out of tonight's experience. Because honestly, I'm feeling like both Tame Caricatures are more successful at bringing me back to the experience I have when studying my Breathing at their YouTube.

I have something to think about here. Should I spend my time chasing what I believe is 'good' Artwork? Because the Wilder Caricatures are 'cool'? Or should I let myself make 'dinky' drawings ~ because they Do what I'd want the Artwork to Do?

Upon awakening the next day: Whew. I know the answer for sure. Just because the Tame picture was good enough to transport me, doesn't mean that the Wild (Better for sure) picture didn't do the same. Without a doubt, The Wild picture is Better. It works. It speaks to me. It's universal. And it's a good wall decoration too. It looks light and easy. Better for Party Entertainment.....


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Warming Up Before the Doo Wop Party

Posted Jul 2023

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