You’re going to want to pay close attention here as getting a likeness between what’s on the page and the person you are drawing is often a tricky problem that can stop you from getting the success with your drawings that you are looking for. The head is broken up into 5 basic components and each and every one of them is important.  The parts of the head that you need to focus on and pay attention to are:  The nose, the eyes, the mouth, the hair and the general shape of the head.  Notice that I didn’t include ears in this list, and to be sure there are some wacky looking ears out there,...

I’ve been getting quite a few emails asking what the easiest way to get started drawing caricatures?  Luckily its not as hard as it may initially seem.  Even though professional caricature artists can spend five, ten or even twenty years developing and honing their skills, I’m going to give you the nuts and bolts of getting started right now.  Drawing caricatures isn’t that different than many other things in life in that if you take a complex thing and begin to break it down into its basic elements, it suddenly becomes manageable and easy to understand.  Let me show you a...