Caricature Express

I took photos as I did an Oil-Painted Chiarascuro today. Since I’m developing this new technique for Oil-Painted Caricatures, I took photos so I could remember the process.

First, I penciled thumbnails on paper until I got an idea of what I wanted to paint. Then:

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I brought my car in to the mechanic today -
Needed new brakes, so I sat in the Waiting Room
for quite a while.

Thinking about the Upcoming Superbowl Party -
because client asked if I could draw body/hobby
on some of the pictures.
Looking through magazines in the Waiting Room
with some people who were very unhappy to be
there. Here are some of the ideas that I drew.
I like to see if any of these ideas will come up
during the Party.

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Wouldn’t it be fun,
Wouldn’t it be fun, I asked myself
to redraw that woman who’s holding up the first Caricature in
the post I posted in yesterday’s Stony Brook post.
That expression that she made…..

It had just taken a moment to press the button.
I had been spellbound - watching a movie - “The
Day After Tomorrow”. Didn’t want to stay up all
night just watching movies, but I was still in shock
when I pressed the button to pause the movie.
Til tomorrow.

But what should I be doing instead? Having been
so wrapped up in the movie, I couldn’t think. So
I just pressed any buttons on the Computer - ended
up at my own website. And, well, I guess it would
be fun to redraw……

So that’s what I did. Another unnecessary picture.
But I’m lucky. It could be maturely accepted as
‘not wasting time’ - because I have to ’stay in shape’
for my career.

Still trying to move my old site to this new address. It makes me revisit past posts very often. And I see my old pictures with my new eyes. How high the bar? How many times can I leap higher?

Today I revisited my post of August 3, 2008 - just about a half-year-ago. Yet there’s so much growth since then. So I redrew one of the pictures that I had been so pleased with. Because I thought the exaggeration didn’t quite keep the likeness.

Here’s my new rendition. I think it keeps the likeness and emotion better:

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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?

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