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. It is Not easier to do.

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. So I started drawing using the 2nd 'playful' style instead. But I didn't maintain it. Because my mind was already set on doing the first, 'professional' style. No conscious thought about it, my mind just switched back to what I originally planned to do. I continued this Caricature 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 decide at every moment what we want to do.....Clarity. My Brain might be the next thing that I want to study. (Maybe that will help me remember to stick to my diet ~ heheh. Not to 'change my mind' when the cake is served.)

I haven't tried this yet, but I dreamed it up because I have So Many Beautiful Yellow Dandelions here! I love to eat them ~ especially the sweet yellow flowers. I might cook up a batch if I could ever get myself away from all this here Artwork lol.

Update: It was awful to eat. The beautiful yellow flowers turned limp and dull. But I did end up with this nice looking recipe page.

Lol. My Agent asked me to clarify where I am currently accepting events. I said Westchester County and Southwestern Connecticut and Long Island ~ meaning both Nassau County and Suffolk County.

But how to describe what I mean about Long Island to a person who lives in a different State? I know. I'll draw a picture. Hahaha. It turned out looking like a Fish! Quite appropriate for our coastal geography.

Nassau County and Suffolk County are the Counties on Long Island. I travel anywhere in those Counties. There are countless cities/towns in those Counties on Long Island. Here is the quick map of Long Island that I drew.

Very inaccurate, and my picture certainly doesNot list all the cities and towns, but I felt like this described what I mean by Long Island, Nassau County, and Suffolk County. I can travel to all the cities and towns that are in Nassau County and Suffolk County (in addition to the ones I included in my picture:

I feel like I've been floating through the year. Here is a FASHION SKETCH that I drew at a New Year's Eve Event last year.

Aaaaah. And how are you all doing This year? I'm looking forward to setting more people off on the right foot