Caricature Express

Well, I worked this Party last Autumn, but I haven’t shown you the photos yet.
I have thousands of them sitting here on my desktop.
I thought this might be fun to post today.

It was a Halloween Party in which everyone was to dress ‘cross-gender’. Much fun.
The people were so kind - it was fine to see how they played.
But actually, it put me, the Artist, into a cunundrum - Should I draw men looking feminine? Should I draw women looking masculine? Or should I just draw the male costume on a face that looks feminine if it’s really a woman underneath, sort of thing. And it was also difficult because they were already acting out - already trying to caricature themselves through their outrageous activity. Whenever that happens, it confuses the real Caricature that I would see. For example, someone with a small mouth might put on lipstick and open his mouth real wide - If I draw him with a wide mouth, it doesn’t look like him. But that’s what I’m seeing - that’s what he’s flashing at me.

Luckily I just like to be with people. The good thing about Real Artwork (my job) is that I can’t Know the answers before I draw them. Always. (An ‘artist’ who does that is just a ‘crank’).

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