I had a caricature done in Budapest, as did the two friends I was travelling with. All 4 members of my immediate family have also had their caricatures done by the same artist in London (Covent Garden), over the course of several years.
More to the point, though, I love to draw, and for preference I always draw portraits. Generally based on photographs - the more detailed the better, so I tend to search through copies of the National Geographic, or through expensive and pretentious magazines, looking for really detailed photographs where all the texture of the skin is visible. I generally work in pencil, ranging from 2B to 9B, although occasionally I have a crack at coloured pencils or watercolour. (If it's watercolour, though, I generally DON'T do people.) Over the past few years, since I've got back into drawing, I've accrued a stack of portraits of total strangers whose faces have captivated me. (I've also had people commision portraits from me, a couple of times, which was rather wonderful and nerve-wracking all at once.)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-22 02:59 pm (UTC)More to the point, though, I love to draw, and for preference I always draw portraits. Generally based on photographs - the more detailed the better, so I tend to search through copies of the National Geographic, or through expensive and pretentious magazines, looking for really detailed photographs where all the texture of the skin is visible. I generally work in pencil, ranging from 2B to 9B, although occasionally I have a crack at coloured pencils or watercolour. (If it's watercolour, though, I generally DON'T do people.) Over the past few years, since I've got back into drawing, I've accrued a stack of portraits of total strangers whose faces have captivated me. (I've also had people commision portraits from me, a couple of times, which was rather wonderful and nerve-wracking all at once.)