I spendt too much time playing aorund in my Studio tonight. I meant to apply some simple shading to this Digital Caricature that I drew ~ based on a photograph of a girl that I peviously drew regular at a Party.

But I didn't. I shaded it the same way I usually do

I just love this Digital Equipment. While I Think I would want to develop a mindless way to do it, I guess I don't really want to do that. I just like to draw and color playfully. Update the next day ~ Oh yes ~ I did apply the new style Shading. I did. I didn't. It's all so subtle.

aaaand.... here I applied it withOut subtle Colors. hmmmmmm :

and Getting ready for tomorrow's First Event now ~ for Regular Caricatures.

I decided to redraw a Caricature that I drew a digitally a couple of years ago.

But tonight's drawing was drawn with Markers. The old one was Fine. But I feel like I can see my artistic growth. Regardless of the medium. This new one looks much more lively. And it felt better to draw it.

Getting ready for tomorrow'sEvent (that would be Today already). I figured I would draw a Plain Direct #Caricature because I will be working with other Artists who kinda 'fill in the blanks'. I used a photo from my website as reference ~ a woman I had previously drawn At a Party.

No predraw. No fuss. No thinking. No jumping in to the interaction. Takin it easy.

But there's always something that catches me. This time, I figured I would pay more attention to Values when I was Coloring it. I wanted everything Colored so the Whites would stand out as White. Here's what I learned from my experience:

1. You don't have to work so hard at an Event. They want it Quick, and my regular Color Application would have been fine. Would have been much Quicker. Even though it wouldn't have empahsized the Whiteness of the Whites.
2. Egads ~ I went for something unusual with the 'Eyes'. I wanted to show the Darkness that I see in the reference photo. Not a good idea. It looked awful. But the show must go on. So what did I do? What did I have here? Oh, just a Wite-Out Roller. That worked.
3. Never Never ever Color the Teeth with the skin-color. Even though I used a lighter touch with it on the teeth. No.
4. And the rest was all fine. I didn't have to Size it specifically for Her attributes. I could just fit in whatever fits in. Probably nobody can tell if I am IN the experience or if I am jus dwawing a pichur. So I can change my intensity based on whatever I feel like doing. For myself.

This is more what I had in mind for the upcoming Caricature Event for Cirque. I practiced this at home with a reference photo from a previous Party. Colorful and Playful. Hmmmmm....... I'm wondering now if it is enough.

Good thing I try out my ideas firt at home. For example, I photographed this Caricature before adding the darker accents. And the biggest thing I learned is that, regardless of whether I use this Simple Style or not, I would Not want to Color whole areas with the Markers. In the 2nd picture, the darker-yellow triangles were colored with the yellow marker. It looks blotchy and it felt difficult. I switched to the yellow color-stick to continue coloring the triangles. Much better.

This is the sort of stuff I like to do before a unique Event. Checking out what I think are great ideas. So I'm not taken by surprise when I'm 'On'