Caricature?

 

I have never done a caricature before. At least not one other than a cartoonish drawing I did many years ago at school and it wasn't very good. This is my first real attempt at one and it really turned out more like a slightly exaggerated portrait rather than a caricature. I tried twice and decided that I had chosen the wrong

subject. I chose Johnny Depp because my son really likes him and he portrays so many interesting characters. Actually, I realized it before I was even done with the first one but wanted to finish it for Cyan. My son actually looks a good bit like Johnny Depp, thus his fascination with him. So, what I know I did wrong:

1. I think I chose the wrong subject.

2. I didn't exaggerate anything enough.

3. I exaggerated too many features.

4. I should have done a full body or nearly full body pose so I could play with the overall perspective a bit more, maybe made him standing in a quirky pose and made his body smaller and his head larger.

5. There should have been a hand and a cigarette involved. 

Hmmmm, I'm sure there is more, but these are all I can think of this morning. Last night I had a list in my head a mile long. I don't like it when I can't do something. I am very stubborn and I may try this again because I feel like it defeated me and I don't like it. Even though I really have no interest in doing caricatures I still want to make it work just because. Told you I was stubborn. But this is why I love doing MAD and IF, it makes me try to do things I would not normally do. What is really funny is my son and husband love these, go figure!

IF_Propagate

 

This is my entry for this weeks Illustration Friday. The prompt was propagate. I really love bees. I am allergic to their stings, so go figure, but he is so pretty.  Thanks for visiting and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. You are all so encouraging and supportive and I appreciate it so much!

MAD_ I won!!!!!!

 

I won a MAD challenge, yeah me! Thank you Mike for liking my work enough to give me this award. It means a lot to me. It is also fun to do your challenges whether you win or not. I loved painting the Train illustration. It was fun from beginning to end. I think it turned out so well I may add it to my portfolio.

MAD_Train completed

 

Here is the final version, unless I change my mind and keep playing with it anyway. Right now I am really pleased with it, but I may wake up tomorrow and feel differently. Thanks for visiting and for all your supportive and kind comments! 

Day Two_MAD Prompt_Train WIP

 

I probably won't get a chance to finish this until tonight. This is where I stopped last night.  I like the simplicity of it and it has been fun to paint with no problems or how do I make this work issues. Gotta love the ones that just go smoothly and easily. Although my husbands only comment was "it's nice, but what's the point?" He thinks there has to be a purpose or a reason for everything. So, my reason for painting this is because I wanted to. Just for the fun of it! My younger daughter and my son, who is the youngest, both loved trains. They both had large complex sets that had sound and were automatic,  but my favorite one was the simple wooden one that you had to push to make it go, with the magnets to hold the cars together. We had a big table with drawers and many, many pieces of track, buildings, little wooden people, trees and signs... But they usually ended up putting a small figure 8 on the floor with nothing but the train and a few cars and would play with it for hours. Thanks for visiting and thank you for taking the time to comment!

MAD_train WIP

 

I have a free weekend so I decided to do a Work In Progress for this piece. I've got the time to post unless something comes up and hopefully can work it straight through. This is the first sketch and a partialy painted version and it is for the Monday Artday prompt Train. I love trains, so I had plenty of ideas to weed through. I just liked the simplicity of this one. Thanks for visiting. Let me know what you think, because I love to read what you have to say. & As always thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!

IF_Adrift

 

Well, here is my IF entry for this weeks challenge, Adrift.  I made it, barely. It may need a little more work, but my eyes are crossed tonight so I am off to bed.   I'm really hoping that next week will be an easier week for me. This one was a crazy one. Thanks for visiting! & Thanks for taking the time out to comment! I know I say it a lot but I really do appreciate it.