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    Learn How to Draw Caricatures: For the Absolute Beginner
    Learn How to Draw Caricatures: For the Absolute Beginner
    Learn How to Draw Caricatures: For the Absolute Beginner
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    Learn How to Draw Caricatures: For the Absolute Beginner

    By John Davidson and Adrian Sanqui

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    To draw a caricature is to simply draw an image that is very distinguishable to your model/subject’s identity with or without being photographically identical. In early forms of this genre, the type of figures used was animals to represent a certain person. A painting or any type of artwork cannot be called a caricature if the piece does not involve an actual person, because involving a real person as a model is the critical part of this genre.

    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    Introduction
    Quick ink sketches
    •Caricature of a Child
    •Head in Profile
    Establishing Tones/Shade Values
    Drawing a Face in a Proper Proportion
    Drawing Caricatures with a Pencil
    •Using Simple Reference Lines
    •Starting with a Facial Feature
    Exaggerating Proportions
    Caricature of a Girl - Amplifying facial expression
    Caricature Samples

    So start taking pictures of your friends or ask for a willing volunteer to be your model and begin drawing caricatures.

    If nobody is willing to be your model, it’s okay. I have few pictures of my friends here and they are more than willing to be models for practicing, mess up their facial features. It’s totally fine, they don’t care.

    Follow the steps in this book and become a caricature artist in a short amount of time.

    Learn how to draw caricatures easily without any formal training. This book will guide you how faces take form step by step, how to base it on a model and produce a caricature portrait with ease.

    This instruction booklet will teach you how to draw caricatures quickly with the use of a simple pen and marker, and then move on to using pencil and start conveying shade values and produce realistic portraits with cartooned bodies.

    Good luck and I hope you enjoy reading!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJD-Biz Corp Publishing
    Release dateJan 24, 2014
    ISBN9781311212283
    Learn How to Draw Caricatures: For the Absolute Beginner
    Author

    John Davidson

    My coauthor John Davidson was a high school teacher for 25 years and volunteered for the Vancouver Crisis Centre. He recently passed away on November 7, 2021.

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      Learn How to Draw Caricatures - John Davidson

      Learn How to Draw

      Caricatures

      For the Absolute Beginner

      Adrian Sanqui and John Davidson

      ~~~

      Smashwords Edition

      HOW TO LEARN

      Book Series

      JD- Biz Publishing

      All Rights Reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including scanning, photocopying, or otherwise without prior written permission from JD-Biz Corp and at http://JD-Biz.com. Copyright © 2013

      All Images Licensed by Adrian Sanqui

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Quick Ink Sketches

      --Caricature of a Child

      --Head in profile

      Establishing tones/ shade values

      Drawing a Face in a Proper Proportion

      Drawing Caricatures with a Pencil

      --Using simple reference lines

      --Adding Cartoon Bodies to your Realistic Portrait

      --Starting with a Facial Feature

      Exaggerating Proportions

      Caricature of a girl – Amplifying facial expression

      Caricature Samples

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      Introduction

      To draw a caricature is to simply draw an image that is very distinguishable to your model/subject’s identity with or without being photographically identical. In early forms of this genre, the type of figures used was animals to represent a certain person. A painting or any type of artwork cannot be called a caricature if the piece does not involve an actual person, because involving a real person as a model is the critical part of this genre.

      So start taking pictures

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