Caricature Express

This is a simple picture. I love it. Reminds me to Give Thanks for Everything:

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This you gotta see. I tiled the floor in my studio/office this year. During a time when I was juggling about 3 CaricatureGigs per week And traveling to Las Vegas. So I had to keep using my studio/office - couldn’t just close the place down while I was ‘remodeling’.

My space is back to its usual busymess, but the renovation was amazing. I was climbing over stuff, finding things in piles behind piles, and gluing tiles in my spare time. What had happened was that I had hired a contractor to work along with me - we moved some of the furniture/file cabinets/etc aside, ripped out that section of carpet, moved the furniture back. Again. Again.
Then I went out, bought the supplies he told me to buy, and arranged for him to come back - to do the whole big job again. But this time laying Down tiles instead of pulling up icky carpet. Wellllllll, the contractor worked with me for three rows of tiles, and then said that the job was too hard. He left my studio office in disarray. Well, too hard or not, I have to function.

So I got me a friend, we moved furniture and put down tiles every chance we got, and the place is neat(er) now. As soon as I find them, I’ll show you photos of the new arrangement. Meanwhile, here’s the outrageous mess I had to function in. Life can be stressful. I’m glad I now learned to take time find peace through Spiritual Nourishment.

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Let’s see now. I scanned these practice pictures into my Computer
several days ago. Been busy having a wonderful time, and now I’m
back -ready to post them as planned. But I don’t remember what
they looked like. So we’re going to see them together:

Oh yes - I remember now. These were drawn from photos of people
who post their photos on the World Wide Web (Yay). What really
intrigued me was that I had previously come across the very same
photo of the middle picture (above). I remembered because I had
drawn him as one of the Samples that I display in my Party set-up.

Of course, that Party Sample had been drawn several Years ago.
So it’s different. I wonder if you’ll recognize him if I end up using
that particular Sample at Your Party.

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Note to Self - Just Do Stuff - It’s Interesting. Good Title.
I’ll have to remember it. Perhaps even - Just Enjoy Stuff - It’s Interesting.

Aw, Sweetie - This is obviously not You.
Even my interest has gotten so far from the original girl
as I draw alone in my studio in the middle of the night.
I was just inspired to draw another picture because of
my previous Picture - not because of the person who
was the original subject.

I looked at my post here from January 3, 2010, and
I was intrigued to see what I could do if I curved that nose
all the way up - to match the nose-tip with the eyes. Just for Fun.

I like the Picture.

It’s just for Fun. I hope people understand that they are not
their picture. Actually, people look pretty much the same as
each other - eyes in the middle of the head - deviating ever so slightly
from Basic Proportions that are taught in any Portrait Class.
Caricature Artists are playing with Pictures - drawing Shapes,
not drawing Noses.

The girl that was the original inspiration for this picture
was as beautiful (or as funny-looking, depending on your point of view)
as any other human being. Remember - If you’re going to laugh at anyone else,
remember that You’re one of us too. I hope that my Caricatures will help people
to loosen up - help them not to take themselves so seriously - help them to relax
about what they look like. It’s Okay, people. It’s not possible to have a face
that doesn’t have two holes in the middle of it (a nose) - and that’s a funny design.
(Don’t get me started on Ears!)

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Insight by Alison Gelbman:

It’s not about what happens ~
It’s about How we Interpret what happens.

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