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.

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…

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In my office and getting ready for the week, I thought you all might enjoy looking at these caricature artists. 1. Steven Silver http://www.silvertoons.com/ 2. Jack Davis http://www.americanartarchives.com/davis,jack.htm 3. Mort Drucker http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2005/04/mort-drucker.html

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…

Interested in seeing our artists' depiction of celebrities? Click on the celebrity of your choice to see them all! caricature by Court J Check out our Bush gallery! caricature by Marlene G Check out our Saddam gallery! caricature by Dean M Check out our Marilyn gallery! caricature by Roger H Check out our Elvis gallery

Here’s another “Workshop warmup” 10-15 minute sketch from my St. Louis Workshop last weekend… action/comedy star Jackie Chan.

How to Draw Caricatures Drawing caricatures is very easy and a lot of fun. As you can tell, there is no proportion here. Draw how ever yo...