Drawing Couples. Or Small Groups of People. I usually tell them that they All have to be with the Artist the Whole Time that all of them are being drawn. Because I compare back and forth to coordinate a Group Caricature.

Tonight I wanted to see if I could handle it if I just saw one of them at a time ~ having no idea what the others look like until I get up to them. I used photos of men's faces that I found online. I set out to draw 3 people on the page. I chose one photo at random, drew that. Then I chose another photo at random and drew that one one the same page as the first. Then again with the 3rd face.

It turned out okay. I ended up with an excellent Caricature. If I Had to draw that way. But I still plan on requesting that they All hang out by the Artist the whole time that I am drawing a Group Caricature. Because I recognize that the interplay of shapes is missing.

The Guests would have felt happy with this Caricature. They wouldn't have known the difference, but there is a design element that is missing if I can't see them all the whole time I'm drawing the picture:

Lol ~ It would be like..... I wonder if I could draw by seeing just the eyes...... then just the neck...... etc. If I was sticking to Face-Formula, it might be possible, but it sure would be missing the relationships

Preparing for upcoming events. I'm looking forward to the next one ~ with a Client who found me at a previous event. I will probably be able to draw however I want. So I wanted to get in to the Exaggerated Caricatures. I feel pleased to draw Exaggerated Caricatures. It's a less-common skill.

But the following four Events ~ all for One Client through my Agent ~ they said that they loved my Toned Down Caricatures. I feel happy to please people.

So I figured I would play around with Exaggerated Caricatures for the next few days ~ until my next Event. Then I would switch my interest to my Tamer Style. I drew the following 2 Caricatures today ~ based on photos of people that I previously drew just fine at previous events. I wanted to get into the Zone where I make Exaggerated Caricatures

Nice. I feel very pleased with them. I can do this.

But then I realized that the first upcoming gig will be all Adults. And, oh, I spent more than half my off time drawing Exaggerated Children's Caricatures today. It's very different to draw Adults than Children.

Aaaaaaand, btw, the Name of the first Client is the same as the name of the Town where I will be working for the 2nd Client.

Okay. I know what day it is and I know where I am

I used a couple of the photos from the previous event to practice Turning 'm. By that I mean, drawing 3/4 view faces when I only have frontview reference photos.

It's hard to do. Something I work on every once in a while. This time, oh, I felt a little dizzy making the Caricature of the man

I had been developing a new Party Style for my Caricatures. Over-the-top Fun Cartoony. Cartoony ~ Is that the word? What I mean by it is clean shapes and unexpected representations. Barely got a handle on it, when I went out to this job.

Egads ~ Last-minute booking, long drive, and show up at 6am to set up and deal with all sorts of red tape to get in to the Event. That meant I was working on only two-and-a-half hours sleep. I don't think people understand what's involved when they send me the information at the last minute. I have a lot to prepare.

It felt like I was in a dream of some sort. And I was working along-side another Artist who had handled this Event for several years already. He had a very basic, but lovely, drawing style. Not very exaggerated at all. So I felt confused about how to draw. Stick to my own path? Or draw in my own style but more basic, like the other Artist?

On shaky ground, I didn't quite make a decision. And I couldn't do my new Party Style anyway, because I didn't have enough sleep.

The art is in the moment. I just drew. I did whatever I did. And they came out great!