The whoa intense photo from the dentist that inspired me to make those big Scary Paintings that I wasn't getting satisfied with ~ The Oil Paintings and Acrylic Paintings that were never finished ~ I finally expressed what I was trying to express. It wasn't for a big Painting. It was for a C A R I C A T U R E !

btw ~ At the time that I had given the dentist the first (blue) Caricature, I had also given her one with different Colors (pink). When I handed in the Caricature of the 2nd dentist, she showed me that she also framed the pink Caricature ~ which she plans on hanging in her Other office

A while back, I drew a Caricature for a Dentist:

Now she asked for a matching caricature of another dentist in her office.

I felt thrilled with the new picture I came up with. I photocopied my linework before Coloring it, so I would be able to tweak it afterwards.

The following picture shows my first coloring of it. The darker one. Then, I made a few changes, and I enjoyed applying the colors with more finesse in the one with the lighter blue:

It was a delightful Holiday Gift. From one dentist to another. But sometimes people want to Thank their Dentist right after s/he took away their toothache. Sometimes they want to Thank their Specialists right after some difficult procedures. Right after big jobs. So I'm still getting requests to draw Gift Caricatures of Plumbers, Babysitters, Tutors, Waitresses, Maids, Drivers and Contractors ~ as well as for Doctors and Dentists. Some people are so kind to their people these days

It's been quite a while since I made a Real Painting on Canvas. With tubes of Paint. And brushes that are like sticks that I hold in my hand.

So it was quite of trip to get back into it for this painting that I am making as a Gift for 2 Dentists. Based on the photo that they sent me.

First I got involed with an Oil Painting. Remembering so much stuff that I used to do. Such as starting with a neutral toned base so the lights would immediately be lighter than the background, and the darks would immediately be darker than the background. The Colors turned out to be way off ~ Not what I had in mind at all. Maybe it's because I was using Old Unlabeled Jars of medium. It was probably hard to know for sure which was turpentine, which was linseed oil, which was a mix, or something else..... Anyway, my dreams for the Painting were not apparent.

I realized that I WAS IMAGINING A BIG ACRYLIC PAINTING! So I started all over again (Man, Canvas sure has gotten expensive since I last made a painting). I had to buy new Acrylic Paints.... What to buy.... Make some space to Set Up in the Studio.....

And Voila! This is only the First Painting Session on the Acrylic Painting, but I feel thrilled with it. This is just what I wanted it to be..... Just what I am envisioning.

It feels so good to be back!

,,,,, to be continued.....