I spoke w my Agent. He clarified with the Client that I would Not be able to see the IPad screen IN THE SUN. Aaaah ~ happily drawing Caricatures on my IPad again. Now all i have to worry about is

Rain. I spent much more money (and tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime) on my equipment than i would be earning at this One upcoming Party. Why oh why Outdoors?? that is ~ if it is Outdoors ~ Im only guessing. As much as I love drawing on my IPad ~ so very many tools ~ Caricatures on Paper are probably a better options if we're drawing Outdoors

I've been practicing Simplifying Caricatures. I feel like this is a good style for Corporate Events and for other Parties where people are self-conscious. To get along with Today's society.

I am trying to stay with this simpler style throughout the picture. Not going in to my more Exaggerated stuff unless it feels right for the Party. I am trying to stay with this simpler style throughout the picture. Exaggeration only looks good if it's done with abandon. I do not feel happy with the results of trying to impose exaggeration onto tame.

Tonight's Practice started out to streamline my approach to Digital Caricatures. Party style.

But it still felt like it needed to be livened up.

Will I never stay simple?? It looks great either way. I like the simpler one with the darker background ~ a peaceful bedtime picture. And I like the bright one with the sunshine. Feels happy for my eyes

I drew this Caricaturesfrom photos i found on the internet. Joan Jett. Fresco Digital Caricature

So. I'm torn between the Fresco app and the Procreate app. To be honest, what I really want to do on my Time off is Fresco app. It's like real painting, but cleaner. I feel like im in to it. Not a job. The way i really Paint just because i love to get in to it. I love to feel the expression develop as I paint. In Fresco. Just like in real Oil Painting. But without the mess.

But Procreate. That app came out years before Fresco. At first I kept trying to use it like real painting (what I can do in the Fresco app now), but I ended up developing a new type of Artwork instead. It wouldn't paint like Oil Paints. But going forward ~ discovering the special things that could only be done in Procreate. Could only be done with Current Art Supplies. I felt amazed with it. But I do have to say that it feels Commercial. Like the Product is what's important, not the Artist's experience.

So I did work very hard with the Procreate, and it can do some really neat stuff. That Fresco cannot do. It is much more suitable in a Party Setting ~ where I'm supposed to automatically drop in the dazzling answers. And I feel like I should stay connected with Procreate ~ since that's most of my business. At least, it Was most of my business until this Coronavirus thing hit. Anyway, I feel like I should stay connected with it and keep developing it more and more. I'm a grown-up. My job is more important than play.

But Fresco is more than play to me. It is more like meditation or heart or life. It's the sort of painting that I must do. That I would be doing in Some kind of media even if I never had another Job. And I prefer the Digital Fresco Painting to traditional media. Great. Versatile. More than Oil Painting (which is what I usually use it for), but it's more than that. I can mix Oil Painting with Watercolors and Pastels and Pencils and back and forth and more. Using any type of media I envision. I love Fresco