I don't know why I spend so much time doing this stuff. At least it usually has a good effect on my work. Since drawing and painting is something I'm always doing, it never feels foreign when I actually get to work. And I always have something that's been interesting me to bounce off of. Today it was men's facial hair. Not only the different styles like goatee or vandyke, but also different lengths and textures of hair.

Using a pencil. Haven't done this in quite a while.

I recently had a Request to make a more 'sophisticated' Caricature. A shadowed silhouette.

I understood what she was asking for, so I didn't take offense her wording about 'more sophisticated'. If you know about Caricature, you would know that Caricature is just as 'sophisticated' as Portraits. Because a good Caricature Artist is expanding on her Portrait skills. But a good Portrait Artist never needs to learn any Caricature skills.

But let's not get hung up on words. Communication is difficult enough, and I feel glad this this client told me what she wants Before I drew it up.

I never consciously set out to make a Shadowed Sillouette, although I probably did a lot of that in full-scene Oil Paintings. Based on my abilities, based on how I feel about it, I feel quite confident to make a beautiful picture. A shadowed silhouette. But we can't see the finished piece until I've spendt my time and supplies on it.

So before she orders it, I wanted to help her make an informed decision. I tried to show her some other types of my work. I sent her to a post that showed my confident Oil-Painting Style. And a post that showed my Pencil-Portrait Style:

http://caricatureexpress.com/2013/04/25/live-party-paintings/

https://caricatureexpress.com/portraits

And I sent her the followed pictures ~ One is a Caricature of a 'more serious' person, one is an Oil-paint sketch, one is a photo of my Studio wall, and one is a close-up of one of those Pastels that it on that wall.

Every Real Artist is different. Every new picture is unexplored territory. Most people like what comes out of me.

This is a Pencil-Portrait of my brother - I created it many years ago - before getting involved with Caricatures.

I used to do Portraits - primarily in Pastels, but they would be a big deal to scan. This Pencil Portrait fits on my scanner.

I used to do oil-paintings - first as layered transparencies, but then I started having the real painting fun by working 'limited pallette'.

I have been thinking for a long time about bringing my serious painting skills into my Caricature work, but I haven't gotten up to it. And once again, I'm thinking about it as I choose to go to sleep. I am taking the Action of posting this here tonight to make my thoughts a litl more solid. 2009 - will be the year that I actually take out my paint-brushes again!

Portraits. Show that Your Special People are Important. BTW, this portrait was created from a photo that Keni took of himself. See dspacer.com