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My sample wall ( Obama is Celestia's) has Jessica Simpson, a new Sarah Palin, a revamped Brangelina, and a reject of two kids. All caricature artists get rejects from time to time.
The boy really wanted a caricature, his mom was not really into it, but reluctantly gave permission. I drew them, and just as I was about to color it, she told me 'it doesn't look like my kids.' So I just smiled and said, "Not a problem." After they left, I airbrushed it and hung it up, because to me, it was a successful drawing and coloring, but not everyone sees it from my perspective!
This last "couple" had a unique situation; she wasn't there except on his Iphone!! Usually I prefer not to work from cellphones, but this guy had both a large screen and a close -up photo to work from.
This young lady patiently sat while my colleague Paul helped me with an airbrush clog situation. Her left cheek was a huge splotch of paint that occurs when you get a piece of dried paint in the tip. I was able to recover by quickly blotting it and using my artstix to smooth over the final result. We gave her a free plastic covering for being so sweet about it!
This mother and daughter were from Switzerland and spoke German, and a little English. The mom told me she spoke five languages, but none were the ones I could get by in ( Spanish and French). She also wanted me to put cosmetics on her, and showed me her Swiss driver's license with her fully made-up and coiffed self. Her daughter just giggled throughout!
My last one of a long day was this father-daughter couple, who were alot of fun to chat with and draw!
I'm looking forward to a busy weekend of airbrushing.
ve your airbrushed live work.That piece of tool got your skills rocketting skyhigh !
ReplyDeleteReally attractive work.Congratulations, bigtime !
Hans, THANK YOU! That means alot to me. And I must give credit to my mentors here, Celestia, Vlad and Paul. They've shared all kinds of tips and pointers on how to do this well.
ReplyDeleteAirbrushing is fun once you get past the technological intimidation!!