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Caricature Training Materials

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DON’T GO LOOKING FOR CARICATURE ARTISTS ONLINE.

If you want examples outside of the book, here are some real-life (not social media) ones:

And some great examples from real life (that aren’t edited for social media)

  • Caricature STL (black and white ones are great–look how fast and chaotic!)
  • Skipper Art (20+ years experience, so this is not the bar to measure yourself!)
  • Draw Like Crazy (lives ones, click “more” under the gallery)
  • Funny Headz (cute that they look at each other!)
  • Kurt Dreier (has a “gentle” and “not so gentle” mode, which isn’t required from you at all!)

SYLLABUS

Pre-Reading: Mad Art, Chapters 1-2

DAY 1

  • Discussion: What is a caricature? What are you most nervous about? What are you the most excited or curious about:
  • Workshop: T-Shape simplified (1min per t-shape, no details)
  • Homework: 2hrs of T-Shape drawing; read Chapter 3 head shape

DAY 2

  • Discussion: Review best and worst t-shapes
  • Workshop: T-Shape simplified + Head Shape (2min per drawing)
  • Homework: 2hrs of review drawing; read Chapter 4, Sections 1-2 (eyes and nose only)

DAY 3

  • Discussion: Review best and worst of homework
  • Workshop: T-Shape detailed + Head Shape (5min per drawing)
  • Homework: 2hrs of review drawing; read Chapter 4, Section 3 (mouth)

DAY 4

  • Discussion: Review best and worst of homework
  • Workshop: Face + Head (7min per drawing)
  • Homework: 2hrs of review drawing; read Chapter 5, Section 1 (lower face only)

DAY 5

  • Discussion: Review best and worst of homework
  • Workshop: Face + Head (7min per drawing)
  • Homework: 2hrs of review drawing; finish Chapter 6, Section 2 (upper face including hair)

DAY 6

  • Discussion: Different hair types, focus on 1-2
  • Workshop: Caricatures with types 1-2 hair (10min per drawing)
  • Homework: 2hrs of review drawing (hair types 1-2 only)

DAY 7

  • Discussion: Overview of types 3-4 hair and Black hair styles with Marissa
  • Workshop: Caricatures with types 3-4 hair (using examples as training wheels) (10min per drawing)
  • Homework: 2hrs of review drawing (hair types 3-4 only); read Chapter 7, Section 1 (neck and shoulders only)

DAY 8

  • Discussion: Overview of homework; discussion of time, confidence, tools, first parties; decide what to review
  • Workshop: 2hrs of timed practice on most-needed review points
  • Homework: practice 2hrs per week (using timer) until first gig

Resources for Drawing Black Guests’ Hair

Going deeper (and maybe too deep for our purposes):

  1. ISCA BLM magazine issue (not very helpful for us, but interesting reference)