Caricatures

The art of caricature has been known for centuries. Funny portraits that focus on subjects' features, simplifying or exaggerating them, constitute a popular form of caricature. Sometimes, this type of drawing can make someone appear foolish due to the presentation of certain aspects of the person's appearance. Today, we would like to introduce you to the art of George G. Williams, whose caricature work is on another level.

This series of “How to Draw Caricatures” tutorials are a just a small taste of a larger and much more in-depth book I wrote called The Mad Art of Caricature! The book is 175 full-color pages, lavishly illustrated and contains greatly expanded explanations of the concepts presented in these tutorials, as well and a great deal of additional material on caricaturing other facial features, posture, hands, expression and more, techniques on drawing from live models, doing caricature for freeplace…

by TeacherLem Iglesias Several months back, we organised a two-day workshop titled “Bonding through Art” as part of our school’s Professional Development programme. I was asked to present and faci…

PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING ORDER: 1. All caricature art is non-refundable once the order has been drawn. 2. These sketches are one-off drawings like you would get at a fair or festival. There are no proofs, changes, additions or subtractions, or collaborations. 3. If you are remotely self-conscious about how you might look, this might not be for you! CARICATURES are just for FUN! Likeness is not guaranteed but I do try my best with the pictures you provide. I may see a person different than…

The National Cartoonists Society, of which I am a longtime member and a past president, just released a fun kid’s activity book as part of their “Cartooning for Kids” program. Originally this was going to be a printed book that the NCS would have available for schools, kids organization and for our children’s hospital visits, but the coronavirus scuttled all that. Instead, the NCS has made it available as a PDF that anyone can download and print out (although they will eventually have a…

This worksheet gives students options for coming up with their own funny caricature face. I use this as part of a unit on caricatures and cartooning.

The Art of Animal Drawing, Construction, Action Analysis, Caricature (Dover Art Instruction) by Ken Hultgren

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