How to Draw Caricatures

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Have you ever noticed the caricature booths at amusement parks, Las Vegas, or in shopping centers?  They look pretty fun, don’t they?  I’ve spent a good chunk of time amused and curious as to how the artist or caricaturist is able to capture the humor and happiness in rather normal-looking things or people.

Choose a subject

You can turn anyone into a caricature: a friend, family member, celebrity, or even your pet.

Get your pencils and drawing equipment

Make sure everything is sharpened and that you have some erasers on hand.  The types of pencils you use are going to impact your drawing’s line quality.  The line quality of caricature drawings is very important.  Make sure you have your lines vary as much as possible in your picture.  Flat lines are going to be boring, so make sure that your lines are thicker and harder in certain places.  For instance, they should be harder: under the nose, mouth, chin, eyes, and all of the outer lines of the drawing.  Softer lines should be applied to places in the drawing where there is detail, such as on wrinkles or other delicate facial features or structures.

Body

A caricature is meant to be an exaggeration.  Start by drawing a small body.  On the body, draw an outfit of what you think the person you are drawing would wear doing one of their favorite hobbies.

Head

This is where things can start getting funny.  For the head, you will need to draw a big and oversized head while making sure that you exaggerate the shape of the person’s head.

Hair

Time to stick some hair on your subject’s head.  If your person has very curly hair, then make sure you draw their hair 10 times curlier than it would normally look.

Eyes

Now onto the window’s to the soul.  You will need to exaggerate certain qualities of the person’s eyes as well.  Draw their eyes using as vibrant colors as you can and accentuate the person’s eye features.

Nose

drawing caricatureAs we mentioned before, you are going to want to exaggerate the person’s nose regardless of what shape it is in.  The shape will be pretty straightforward.  

Mouth

When starting to draw your subject’s mouth, notice how far the mouth is from the person’s nose.  The mouth of your caricature should start with the person’s lips.