Lovely lady ~ really cool. Great reaction to this Caricature that I drew of her at a recent Event. I sure wished I could have gotten a more accurate take on her teeth While I was drawing. They were quite noticeable Before and After I drew this, but then..... Not While I was drawing. Right after I drew it, I saw the different spacing and the smaller size of the Individual tooths. Anyway, great reaction. I felt supported in my interest in Exaggeration. So when I got back to the studio, I drew these other Caricatures based on random photos.

I was really 'in the Zone'. Able to Let Go of trying to second guess what people Might think. I felt Smooth and Haaappy with the two papers of 'couples'. Comfortable drawing and excellent results.

But I couldn't (see?) (handle?) the Exaggerations on the 2 Caricatures of Individuals ENOUGH. At first, I might have guessed because it's harder to exaggerate young Children. That maybe it would be easier to just switch to my (slightly) tamer style for young children. But no.... it's not that.... Because there's a perfectly exaggerated Child in one of the 'Couples' Caricatures.

and the process continues. I am an Artist.

Aaaaaahhh. Or should I say Ahhhhaha . . .

I made an Easy Pleasant Caricature drawing today. Exaggerated.

and then..... Ah ah ah. I drew it again. I've recently been feeling shackled by the requirement of eyes, nose, mouth ~ so it felt good to break away from that

Studying Eyes tonight. I started by bouncing off one of the Caricatures that I recently posted here "Ready to Draw More People Than I Can"

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