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Post by Draw4You on Nov 16, 2004 7:07:56 GMT -5
Why I enjoy caricatures........
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I would like to share how lately I have had some time to think about what really gets me excited about Art. (Not that I’m any good!)
My self and this guy at work were talking and sharing about what he and I enjoy about art, and why I enjoy caricatures. I do like a lot more, the art forms of things that capture the spirit of something, or bring out something of the charter of someone or thing.
I could draw a lot more landscapes and bowls of fruit but some of this would fall under the theme to me of copying. I still can get excited over landscapes, bowls of fruit, flowers when the artist is very good with creativity knowing their medium and using it to move in to the spirit of the object. I like different styles and I enjoy the flow of good composition. These are some of the things I really get excited about.
On a personal level I am a man that believe in a creator, and to see all these many, many different faces, to me is a miracle of life in it’s self. So I feel blessed and enjoy drawing what I see reflex this powerful reality. To me the reality that you can take a face you know and pick this face out of a crowd of million or even more. This is amazing to me. And I have the joy of caricaturing a part of this wonder every time I choose to sit down draw someone.
Now take this thought and add it with the one I shared at the beginning. We can take and draw a celebrity a 101 ways. Yet, still everyone can tell right away who it is, WOW! So on one side we can pick any friend out of the crowd of a 101, and we can draw that friend a 101 ways and yet still have a likeness! Is that cool or what!
This is to me the joy of drawing caricatures.
So maybe, what is your drive to caricatures (besides the money)?
Your Thoughts?
Mike N.
P.S. The NCN Conventions are the best for bring this home, I plan to be there again this year.
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Post by jriley on Nov 16, 2004 8:05:04 GMT -5
ive tried drawing most things and have been happy with some of my work,but since i started mauris class seven months ago learning about caricature and how to draw them i now know that this is the area of art i want to be good at ,as you say when on the odd occasion i feel i have nailed some one,i feel a great buzz knowing there are 101 ways of caricaturing a face, and i had just drawn an original,my aim is to get betterat it, and improve my batting average and try to stretch them as far as is possable for me,but when you nail a person theres it feels great.
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Post by donpinsent on Nov 16, 2004 8:44:32 GMT -5
mike, if it was all about the money, i'd hate caricatures.
my two favourite forms of artistic expression are through caricature and cartooning. i think this is because, like you said, while i admire people who are able to realistically portray... well, reality, through portaraiture, still-lifes and landscapes (mauri's wildlife paintings, for example, blow me away!), i just find that, for myself, this kind of artwork just doesn't fulfill what i turn to art for: escapism. i want to use the creativity i was given to get away from reality for a while. cartooning is a great way to do this. what i especially enjoy about caricature specifically is that it gives me a chance to distort that reality, while keeping some semblance of it there. there's something about that that makes it that much more fun, for people to be able to see the basis my drawing has in reality, but at the same time, to be taken out of the real world into a bit of humourous entertainment.
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Post by Caricature Shop on Nov 18, 2004 21:02:14 GMT -5
It may have been mentioned here in various forms, but it's the special place we all go that makes caricature so very unique.
For me I turn on the tunes and slip away into my own private place. The minutes and hours fly by and I lose myself in the work at hand. It's true, there is nothing like it.
Oh, I don't claim that this euphoria is exclusive to our craft, but it's simply wonderful.
For party gigs the feeling increases in bucketfuls - because it is shared. To see the look on the victim's face when the paper is flipped in their direction is worth it all or as they say...priceless.
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Post by toonMom on Dec 3, 2004 5:29:18 GMT -5
For me, caricatures is the one art form that I am always relaxed while doing it. Even when things aren't going well and I just can't seem to get a good likeness, it's still enjoyable. I can't say that for realistic portraits, pet portraits, etc. Of course, I've never done live drawing at a gig, but I can see where an off day wouldn't be so much fun.
~ just my 2 cents
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Post by WATCHTHEBIRDY on Dec 4, 2004 8:29:37 GMT -5
Let's not forget the adrenalin rush you get when you have to show your work to the face sitting opposite you at the easel. It's always FACE the music time.
In a more serious vein, I think the job is so rewarding because we spend so much time putting smiles on other peoples faces ;D
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Post by pagmatic on Dec 18, 2004 12:33:33 GMT -5
I find caricaturing enjoying. It's when I can do what I release any anxieties and draw like a mad man. Sometimes I don't get the best expression down; but that's what pratice is for.
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Post by corky on Jan 6, 2005 18:42:45 GMT -5
I've always loved art, but most especially, I've loved caricatures and comic books. (Yes, I'm over 35...never mind how old! and I still read comics!). When I was a kid, I would copy every panel out of Mad magazine, just so I could see how the artist did it. I learned so much from that.
I've never liked landscapes. Where I come from, there's a lot of artists who paint landscapes. Landscapes bore me, because there's a lot of flat prairie here and not much else. You'd be lucky to see a tree once in a while. Faces thrill me...I'm fascinated by the idea that we can look so different from one another, by virtue of a millimeter or two! I have two younger brothers, identical twins, and I've studied their faces carefully. I see the differences plainly, while others are still confused.
I am also amazed at the similarity and differences, just by that scant millimeter or so, between children. Think about it...my son and daughter have the same two parents, but yet look very different from each other. Mine and my husband's DNA hasn't changed, but somehow, it worked differently for my kids (aside from the obvious gender differences!). My son is the spitting image of his dad, but has the blonde hair and light eyes of my side of the family. My daughter is my "twin", but has her father's dark hair and eyes. So I find myself studying people's faces and wondering, What made them a blonde, or why is their nose longer than a sibling's? Or why is that person considered beautiful, but another is thought to be ugly?
I agree with Mike, it is amazing to think that our Creator has given us such a huge variety of people. I think people are God's way of painting caricatures!
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