Caricature Express

Don’t say that my life is just one big happy Party. Just because I have to good fortune to work at Parties - where people are usually upbeat. We all Enjoyed, but this was a difficult event to work.

Not only was it very dark, but I also felt like it was too Wild. I know that a lot of people like that - that the reason they go to Parties is for a chance to let loose, a chance to be wild. I understand because I like to do that too. But not too often. And I’m not a guest. So I have to stay level-headed. I try to tap in to some beautiful music in my brain to keep me calm. Some of my favorite songs these days are:

Unchained Melody
(I’ve been listening to a version by Love Potions Instrumentals
on the way to my gigs)

Siren Song by Sarah Moon (my all-time Favorite!)

Dream a Little Dream of Me by Mama Cass

I Still Feel Love by Joy Shannon and the Beauty Marks

So there I was. Drawing in the dark. Loud music. Excited people.
It’s not just going to Parties.
For me, I’m going to Work.

And I was glad to be there. At my job. Where I had to carry my Supplies through some sort of a Fun-House entrance, and set up surrounded by ‘interesting’ stuff. I like to draw Fashion Sketches. Where the people are:

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Oh - this is funny. I made up a face last night, thinking about
that sides of faces thing again (see post of September 15, 2009).
It’s just a regular picture in which I was strongly aware of the side
of the face. I worked on the idea some more again this morning, and
I came here to post about it. So I looked for the original message.
It’s so funny - the face I made up is so similar to the face
I had made up that day too:

then, this morning, I drew ‘the same’ face that I drew last
night - but I pulled the side out longer. This is what I came
up with. Yikes - that looks too weird:

and I drew it yet a 3rd time. This time, making the side of the face
narrower. Here’s what I came up with:

Not quite sure where this will take me - Maybe, just maybe I might
want to draw a very thin person with a narrow face some day.
But I don’t think, unless perhaps I see a very skinny someone with
very weird big hair? Oh, what’s really wrong is the neck. It’s not
supporting that head at all. So I went back in with my mouse
and added to the neck (I want a Cintiq!):

I have to come back to this idea another time.
I’m still not satisfied that I studied it enough.

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An upcoming job is for a Wedding upstate.
Outdoors. In the country.

Regular Caricatures for the guests, but full-bodies
were ordered for the Bridge and Groom. So I got
to thinking about it today.

Never sure what I’ll actually See when I get to an
event. But I quickly drew this idea. Stay tuned to
see what actually happens:

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Here are seven more faces from that Corporate Picnic that I was
recently posting about. I’m as surprised as they are when I see
what came out. That’s what makes Parties fun. That’s what
makes Artwork fun.

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The Mayor of Sagg Main Beach is so good to me.
Actually, I see him being welcoming to All the good people who go there.

Once again, I drew at the Kitefly this past summer.
He sent me a photo of one of the beautiful people
holding the Caricature that I drew there on the beach:

photo courtesy of Lester Jay Elliston
The Summer Place
Bridgehampton, NY

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