Caricature Express

I’ll be working at a small Party today.
I’ll be bringing a very large paper and drawing board because
I agreed to do the whole group on one piece of paper
in addition to the regular 11 x 17 individual pictures.
It’s supposed to be less than 8 girls.

Here’s a picture I drew at home to practice a large group.
It’s on 18×24″ paper, although I’ll probably be using 22×28″
heavy paper if I do these regularly:

And here’s a simple group that I did in my car
when I arrived too early to go in to the Party. From some reference photos that I had in the car.
Lol - it’s on 8 1/2 x 11 computer paper!
I was Ready!

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There was such a long line at the Post Office today!
I passed the time by drawing some of the other customers:

Jack LaLanne. He was a wonderful man. I have a quote from him here. It says: “Anything in Life is Possible If You Make It Happen.”

Okay. So will I go through all these photos here? All these people I’ve recently seen? I can make it happen. I can review the pictures I made, see what I did, show what I did, make sense of it all….. And it’s done one photo at a time. Let’s look at some of them tonight:

To Hire this Artist:
(516) 579-4706
optidust@gmail.com

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

To Hire this Artist:
(516) 579-4706
optidust@gmail.com

To Hire this Artist:
(516) 579-4706
optidust@gmail.com