Caricature Express

Tomorrow I’ll be drawing at a 50th Birthday.
I’m supposed to draw 20 (or more) people on a page.
Haven’t done that in a while, so I decided to practice
from photos of people on the web.

It’s a good thing that I do my homework. So I’ll ‘know
my lines’ before it’s time to go on.

Because the first picture I made,
started making, hmmmm, no way
am I going to fit twenty people on this
22×28 paper:

So I started again, figuring that I would make the
first person, the ‘Guest of Honor’ largest, and make
the other people smaller. But I kept forgetting -
kept making everyone the same size. Forced myself
to get smaller, but it was too late. Forced myself
to finish the picture with twenty people no matter
what size/part I made them:

I like these pictures. I feel comfortable to approach
tomorrow’s project. No predraw.

I sincerely hope the set-up is good - hoping
for a good spot at a good table. If I have to use
my easel, the drawing board is too heavy and cumbersome
to feel ‘right’.

I love my jobs. No matter how much I study and plan,
I can never control Everything about it. Yet I know
what my approach will be. Well, at least I know
what questions to ask myself.

Oh what to do -
Everyone upright? Or flipping around on their heads?
Wild predraws directing the faces? Or direct inking without predraws?
Color? Or Black/white?
And those are just general decisions about the Composition.
The questions continue as I figure out how to draw each face!

Creating Artwork is a way to Exercise the ability to make Decisions.

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