Some years ago I decided I'd create a portrait as a gift to a couple of friends getting married. I really wanted to make it more of a funny caricature than serious. These are a bunch of sketches of the idea I had. I love this pen & ink/watercolor style, but I just don't have the patience to finish anything this way. (Half way through something always gets messed up and then I have to start all over again).


She is not quite this glamorous in person.



I ended up chucking the whole caricature idea and drew a portrait in pencil, straight from a photograph, and used a graph to make sure I got it drawn just right. If you stick a photo into a plastic sleeve, then draw a graph on the sleeve, then draw an enlarged graph on paper, it makes it a lot easier to draw from a photo.
I like the looser style better. I should go back to practicing this again... I hardly do anything anymore without help from my computer!
9 comments:
Jenn, you are soooooo talented, i love the color carciatures..delightful!
Good caricatures. Yeah, just letterrrip. Loose is good.
Michelle/Seeker, thanks.
Susie, Heck yes it did!
I LOVE the cartoons! But, the pencil is beautiful too.
Thanks Badoozer Dynamite!! ~giggling~
Jenn,
Those caricatures are fabulous. Where exactly is the tunnel of love? Is that at Disneyland?
They are great caricatures, and the pencil drawing is wonderful. I think it is time I learnt to draw !!! You are amazing.
Take care, Meow
Emma, I don't think I've ever seen a tunnel of love except in cartoons.
meow, you should read Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. That book can teach anyone to draw.
Jenn, you sure have a gift with drawing! And about not being able to do anything without the help of your computer...I can relate. I have a hard time writing a 5 sentence handwritten note, but I can type a couple pages on the computer. Go figure.
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