Caricature Express

You can’t help it. If you’re a child, you’re cute.
You can’t help it. If you’re a human, you’re interesting. Fascinating.
It’s just the way it is.

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(516) 579-4706
optidust@gmail.com

Client: How many can you do per hour?

Alison: Each situation is different - It’s like asking how many words
are you going to speak per hour. But I tell people to estimate ten faces
per hour.

Client: I’m only having 8 girls.

Alison: It’s the same price whether you want one
or two hours. Would you like me to keep
drawing even after everybody is done?

Client: Maybe you can draw a group picture after drawing each girl individually.

I am so nice. She’s only paying the regular 11×17 price,
but I’m thinking I’d like to bring a larger paper (which also means
carrying a larger drawing board). I like to enjoy my work. Enjoy creating pictures.

AND I even decided to practice my lines before
going to the party. Hmm, 8 on a page, how can I practice that?

I just picked 8 photos at random and imitated Party conditions as much as possible. I’m even hungry and a litl uncomfortable and using a marker that I wouldn’t usually want. And it’s the middle of the night already. Of course, this sort of stuff doesn’t usually happen all at once, but a Party Artist has to be ready for it. To keep performing even if conditions aren’t perfect.

And I ended up enjoying the exercise so much that I’m thinking I might prefer to do the group
picture even before the regular individuals. I’m looking forward to this Party.

I did wish I didn’t put on any of the less important necks - until the end.
Because it caused a problem finding where to put the 8th face. Can you tell
which one was compromised because of that?

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

Sometimes I’m asked to draw very fast
and skip the color - to draw as many people
as possible in a large party.

Here are some samples of that.
Even though I love Color,
I also like the pace of Black/White.
Person, person, person, next!

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

Artist’s Choice
ARTWORK by ALISON GELBMAN
Contact Artist at:
(516)579-4706
optidust@gmail.com

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MOST OF THE PICTURES AT THIS BLOG ARE CARICATURES.
There’s also other Artwork including Face Painting.
I have another blog at facepaintingexpress.blogspot.com which
replaces caricatureexpress.blogspot.com, both of which are
mainly for FACE PAINTING,

Oh woe. I try to do such a good job. Really looking. Making exaggerations. That’s what Caricature is supposed to be. It’s not supposed to be pretty pictures in which everybody looks like some preconceived imaginary fashion model.

There I was at a party. I started drawing the first picture you see here. It’s unfinished because the Mother of the Birthday Girl, with good intentions, quietly asked me to put it away and make a ‘better’ one of her guest. I did that, and the girl is holding the picture that came out of shocked me. My Flow was halted. I did the best I could to please my client.

But the girl was cool. Fun-loving, she came to me afterwards and asked to see the first picture. I gave her a quick glance at it, and she laughed - fully comfortable with herself.

I think the girl knew what she looked like. And she sensed that there was no animosity in my drawing. And I think that the well-meaning Mother was actually giving the girl a message that it’s Not All Right to Look Like Herself.

We all look ‘Different’. It’s the ones that can accept their individuality and go with it that have the higher self-esteem. Self acceptance. Happier. And actually ‘look better’.