Just warming up for tomorrow's Party. I used some random photos that I found on the internet. Of 4-year-old girls.

Good thing that I did. Because my first inclination was that my client might be wanting 'pretty' Caricatures (whatever That is ~ I just take it to mean sort of fill in the blanks ~ face with eyes, nose, mouth, hair). They came out okay.

But not as much Fun as a real Artist's interpretation. Based on feeling.

Here are 2 my first 2 warm-ups. First attempt at each one was me trying to be 'tame'. Then I played around with an aspect of what I was looking at. Redrew each picture Much Better. Now we're having Fun with Art. Play.

Art is Not supposed to be work. Artwork makes no sense. It's Either Art, OR it is Work. Can't be both.

Oh no! I had to go to the Dentist. This is Not a party.

I'm able to distract myself about the Oh no ~ Dentist by drawing in the Waiting Room. Today I drew Caricatures of people whose photos were on a brochure on the end table.

Really into it, I lol felt disappointed to interrupt my successful Caricature drawing when it was my turn to go in to the dentist.

whew. done. i feel okay.

a good experience at the dentist

Good job. Good Caricatures. And I also drew this same Caricature 2 more times when I got home from the Event. I like this style that naturally evolved with me, but I was trying to tap into the New Style that I had been developing. That would have been Simpler. More geometric. More cartoony.

I don't know if I'm trying to force it (my new style which you do Not see here), OR if it will just take time before it becomes 'me'

Let's See. to be continued.....

This was a really interesting job. I had been hired to draw Caricatures at an Assisted Living Facility. It was well lit, and quieter than the usual Parties where I work. That meant it lent itself to small conversations with the Residents as I drew them. Elders, they said some very interesting things.

For instance, there was the (80-year-old?) man who had been affected by Agent Orange way back during the Viet Nam War. It sent him down a difficult path for the next (60?) Yeeears. A lifetime. Affected by the experience he had lived through I asked how he felt about War. I asked how he felt about the government. I wrote his answer on his Caricature. It felt like a good attitude for avoiding all sorts of situations in which we might feel tempted to Second-Guess-Ourselves. Peace. And there was a sweet lady who seemed troubled that she wasn't being a good enough hostess. (even though the facility had hired me to Work there). She kept saying that if she knew I was coming, she would have baked a cake. And more.

I only spend a few minutes with each Person that I draw. We usually don't chat, and when we do, I wonder why Guests say to me 'How long have you been doing this". Or 'My Aunt paints pictures.' And I'll say just about anything to get them to be animated so I'll see something interesting to draw. But sometimes

Sometimes people are intense. without even trying. They are just 'making conversation.' And if I keep my mind open to it, I find intense blessings in a nary a moment