Drawing Caricatures all year has been such a source of joy for me, and after the reduced events of the past two years, it was so much fun, doing caricatures at parties, weddings, festivals and graduation events! I think I have had more gigs this year than before the Pandemic, which is really meaningful to me, since this is my tenth year doing caricatures!
Below are photos from a few of my Fall gigs!
Some people always ask me what part of the face I choose to exaggerate first and how I decide that. I don't really think about it consciously, because I'm used to doing this. But If I take the time to think about it I would choose to increase or reduce whatever stands out to me first when I look at a person. Large ears will be larger, small eyes smaller, long hair, longer- all compared to the rest of the face.
Each caricaturist does it a different way but, I draw the face from the inside out. I found out that if I draw the outline of the face first I have trouble making the features fit, so I draw the features first. There is no one right way to do it.
That's just the way I do it!
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| I did this caricature at Eliot Festival Day in Eliot, ME, September 2022
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| I had so much fun doing caricatures at KidCon in Portland, ME. in October! |
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This was also done at KidCon.
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| I drew this happy guy at a town Halloween Party at Kittery Community Center in Kittery, ME. |
Here are some of the custom works that I did in the studio this year! There were ordered through my Etsy Shop.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/portraitsbylee
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| A color caricature of a brother and sister. |
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The customer wanted a caricature of her father as one of the Lollipop Guild
guys from The Wizard of Oz. |
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Three Roommates and Their Cat! This is the sketch, the final is forthcoming!
What a great Christmas gift! |
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