Reminder

This blog shows a few of the things I do,
FACE PAINTING in particular.
I also show some CARICATURES
because some people complain that it takes too long to open my Caricature blog at
caricatureexpress.com/choice.html

Face Painting in Central Park

I just got some pictures back
from a lovely day we had recently.
It was one of the first
really springy days in NY.
I had a position to Face Paint in Central Park.

Caricature Balloons

When I got the Face Painting photos today,
I also had a picture in the batch of something else I do -
Caricatures on Balloons.
It's an extra fun Party Game I created myself.

If there's time, I'll draw Caricatures (or things) on round balloons.
Sometimes I even get a chance to help the guests enjoy
floating their balloon-heads around.
I wish I had more pictures of the balloons in action,
but at least I have this one that shows the idea.

Lots of People on the Subway

The Subway is a Caricaturist's Smorgasbord.
So many people - sitting for just the right amount of time.
I'll post some that I drew today.

Edit - Ooops - that was yesterday. Here I am at the Computer. After midnight.

Relaxing and Coloring

All I did today was to
design new taborets for outdoor Face Painting,
go swimming,
and draw pictures of people on the web - just for fun.
Eeeeasy day.

Here are two of the pictures I drew.
One of them was done on brown paper, something I just love to do because of how the colors look on it.
On the other one, the gum-chewer, I was disappointed in the way I scribbled in ugly colors. So I scanned it into PhotoShop and carelesly overlaid a transparent peach color. I'm amazed at how that worked to pull the original colors together!

Face Painting

Oh my goodness! I wanted this blog to be primarily for FACE PAINTING, but it's looking like

CARICATURE. That's supposed to be for caricatureexpress.com/choice.html


So I'll redirect it by posting some Face Paintings here today.
I have some photos of Cleopatra eyes, simple designs, and adults.

Me Again

Uh oh. Am I doing it again? Filling up all the space on my blog so quickly with pictures?
I have some more pictures here that I want to show. These pictures are a little newer - done in the past week. (But they're still not my latest - I always seem to be on to something else, but I can't post fast enough.)

The new thing I've been doing is Geometric Caricatures. It's fun and funny. But kinda easy - you can make the lines a little slower. So I've been enjoying doing them, but also studying more accuracy in representations.

In the pictures I'm going to post now, you'll see:
2 Geometric Caricatures,
4 people from the train,
one person I made up,
and one person that I drew real fast - fast lines.

I Felt Like a Celebrity

Man, I wish I could easily take pictures while performing. I was really on last weekend.
My work shone (shined?). And I wasn't just noticed by the people who enjoyed the experience. I seemed to be bigger than that - a celebrity of sorts.

Saturday I Painted Faces near the Children's Zoo in Central Park.
A man from NY Family Magazine parked himself a little away to observe and photograph me. He will be writing an article for the upcoming Central Park issue of the magazine - something about the interaction of families that enjoy the Central Park Artists.

Then, I took a train home. I happened to have been dressed like a flower for the Face Painting. Noticeable, but I was still pleasantly surprised when a man behind me said that he remembered being on the same train with me that morning. And another surprise came when I started leaving the train. A man in front of me said that he had noticed me on the train earlier this week - wearing a big hat he said. "A big-red-and-white-striped-cat-in-the-hat?" I asked. Yup - that's the one. Apparently, he remembered me from last Wednesday when I had been dressed like The Cat in the Hat.

Then Sunday, I was hired to draw Caricatures at the Baldwin Public Library. First, a guy came around photographing
me drawing and my subjects holding their pictures.
He was in charge of the newsletter for the library. So I was surprised when shortly after that, I was again photographed - this time it was someone from a local newspaper - the Baldwin Herald.

My subjects were happy. AND my work seemed to be a little bigger than that. I have become
NEWS!

So, I wish I wish I had pictures of some of the faces I drew and painted. But I hadn't brought my camera. It complicates the already all-encompassing experience of creating Art while entertaining People and handling Business. So I'll just illustrate this blog entry with some pictures drawn previously. Oh, and I have some studies I did for Thursday's gig. Last Thursday, I was hired by SUNY Stony Brook - they had a Pirate Event. While thinking up some special affects that I might want during that event, I drew a parrot and a man from the Post Office.

And here I am. Just being me,
studying,
drawing,
computering,
doing Yoga,
enjoying Essential Oils,
cleaning.
And thinking that this is the way it is. No matter what our level of fame, an apple is still just an apple. A kiss is still a kiss. A sigh is just a sigh.


As always, I hope you can check out my website at caricatureexpress.com/choice.html
I hope the page opens on your computer.

Building the Blog

I had to email 2 pictures to a client.
Went through the trouble of scanning them - might as well put them up my my blog. Smile.
Hi Y'all!

Face Painting

One of the reasons I started this blog was to have a place to show people that I also do Face Painting. So I'll post pictures of some of the faces that I've painted.

(You might also want to see caricatureexpress.com/choice.html)

Today

Whew! I did it. I figured out how to post here.
So now I'm going to to show you what I drew today.
I'm getting ready to work at a Surprise Party tonight - 8pm - 11pm.
so I figure it's going to be adults.

I usually do a predraw,
but I didn't feel like being bothered with that just now.
Not as detailed and careful as my drawings usually are,
but I'm even thinking of drawing like this tonight.
They're bold, simple, and created with no angst.
Do we have to suffer to call it Real Art????

New Artist

Friend - Your website takes too long to load.

Me - I have no problem with it on my computer. And just this morning a client called and told me that she was mesmerized for hours last night - just reading Everything at my website-blog.

Advertiser - Can I suggest that you don't send people to caricatureexpress.com/choice.html
(my website blog). It takes too long to load.

Me - But I don't like to send people to just caricatureexpress.com
That stuff is so old. I've gotten so much better already.

Advertiser - It's the better choice. I'm telling you, people won't wait so long for your page to come up.

Me - Friend, you were right. I'm waiting for my website designer to finish the semester at Cooper Union, but meanwhile I'm concerned about the advertising.

Friend - There's no excuse for that. Especially these days, you would have no problem making your own website.

Me - Yeah, maybe for you. But I don't have the time to....

Friend - You can just join one of the many blog sites.

Okay, okay. So here I am. Years worth of stuff that my viewers won't see
as I send them to caricatureexpress.blogspot.com
(You can still go to caricatureexpress.com/choice.html if you like).

Just starting this blog. I'm going to see what it involves to post pictures here. I hope it works.
First I'll start with some old photos that have been on my desk for about a year. I've been wanting to put them up, but time gets away from me. I guess I spend too much time working, cleaning, breatheing, yoga, swimming, hula-hooping, and friends.

This first picture is something I drew at a child's party:
Then there's a picture from a grownup party.
And two drawings from an unusual party where I was asked to draw fashion sketches.