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Now Let’s Look At The Smiling Mouth

Step 1 Box Shape

Step 2 Inner Box

Step 3 Divide Upper lip


Step 4 Put in curved lines

Step 5 Add darks and tonesSmiling Mouth Complete!

NB. Notice that the lines that separate the teeth don’t go all the way to the top of thegums. This makes the white shape of the teeth more appealing. Try doing one with thelines going all the way up and you will see what I mean here.


Now Let’s Look At Noses in 3D!

Click on the above Nose image and drag to rotate the nose.When you have it at an interesting angle do a rough sketch. Make specialnote of the different planes of the nose as indicated by the grey shadingpanels of the nose.

Print Screen and TraceDrag to reposition the nose and take a screenshot (Windows “Printscreen” button MacCommand + Option + 3) print this off and use your tracing paper to draw the nose indifferent positions.


The benefit of learning about the nose this way is that you can see the different planesthat make up the nose.

When you have done this for 5 or 6 different angles you can try the 3D drag to anotherposition and then do the exercise “freehand” just by watching the screen. Your noseswill improve out of sight with this exercise.

Ears Made EasyEars are quite easy to do when you understand the basic principles of the ear.

Firstly there are two main categories of ear.1. Ear lobes2. No Ear lobes


As you can see the ear is around the side of the head when viewed straight on so itdisappears around the line shape of the face. Note the gap on the ear 1.that has thelobes.

In this second drawing of the ears you will see there has been some tone added withthe chalk pastels. You basically have a cone shape that goes into the side of the headso you can put in some shadow to indicate that “valley” effect.

So grab a pencil and a brush pen and copy this exercise a few times. Whenyou are happy with your progress, you can put some chalk pastel on top toadd that extra level of form with the presence of shading to indicate the cone

effect of the ear going into the side of the head.

Ears come in all different shapes and sizes but just like noses, we are going to be verycareful as you drawing their ears too large or even too small can offend people. Justmake sure that you draw “Lobes” or “No Lobes” ears on the correct face or head.


Page Design

Here is a quick but important part of your job as a caricaturist, and that is page design.Just where the image should sit on the page, how big or how small is what we aregoing to look at.

To make this the easiest way of doing a caricature, remember we are using the bighead on a small body style, the head is going to take up the most part of the drawingand the page. So plan carefully just how big your head is going to be and where youare going to place it on the page. Also remember that the bigger the drawing the bettervalue for money that people believe they are getting!

Your TurnPractice this now by grabbing a piece of paper and doing the caricature fromabove in the correct proportions as demonstrated above. It need only besketchy, position is what we are focusing on here.

Read Me: Suggested Further Head StudyFor further reading you may like to consider the following book,“Secrets to Drawing Heads” written by Allan Kraayvanger that isavailable on Amazon by clicking the image to the right.

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=happycusto-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1402747438&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrhttp://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=happycusto-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1402747438&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr


Day 4: Basic PosesThe Cartoon SkeletonEvery face, head, body or pose is constructed on the basis of a skeleton. Just like thereal human body our drawing is going to stand or fall depending upon the sturdiness ofit’s skeleton or basic underlying structure.

The idea of constructing a pose that is not in front of you as most of the timeyour subject will be seated, is a daunting task for most novice artists. Don’tworry we are going to show you how to overcome your fears by a few simple

tricks that are based on the drawing “skeleton” that will guarantee you can’t go wrong.So grab your tracing paper and do the above simple 3 step sketch.

When you get used to drawing these simple poses you will no longer have to draw askeleton first but that will be done the track when you feel confident that your sketcheswill do the trick.

Also we will show you how to practice and make perfect simple little skeletons firstbefore putting on any flesh or clothes.

The biggest mistake that the novice artist makes is to skip this vital step. In so doingthey are missing the point of the cartoon pose, “Gesture”.


Each little skeleton that you draw will have a suggested feeling or projected emotionthat at the heart of the matter is a simple “gesture”.

Take a look at the above two-step gesture based cartoon. Notice that you can reallyread the emotion of the sketch in step1. If you never saw (the rough sketchy) step 2,you would probably understand that this was cartoon of man in a bold stride.

o You would know from this that he is not depressed.o You would know that he is not sneaking or acting shy.o You could probably guess he was having fun.o The one thing that is missing is the facial expression.

Now the only thing apart from the loose details of the clothing that has been added, isthe face detail and expression. This man is happy, he is in a dashing stride, maybe hehas just won a fortune or maybe he is in Broadway production. To let people in on thegag completely you simply add in some background elements.

So lets take a look at two different sets of background elements that will do just that.

The first image is going to show you the same man with a background suggesting hehas won a fortune, the second one unchanged apart from the background again, theman looks like he is part of a Broadway production.


Fig 1. “I’ve just won a fortune”!


Fig 2. “I’m in a Broadway production!


So this is a very important thing to remember, if you get your set lot of poses practiceand rehearsed well, then it will be a simple matter of deciding which one you willchoose to “attach” to your “big head”.

Remember, Graeme’s style of “big head - facing straight ahead”, can be used inliterally dozens of pose types:

o sittingo standingo dancingo runningo walkingo ridingo jumpingo flyingo landingo sneakingo struttingo falling

Now if you had the person doing a side-on or 3/4 view, you will be limited with your setposes as to how to make them work easily.

Happy Smiling Faces

So it comes down to the gesture or pose and the expression on their faces. Now mostof the time the expression is NOT going to change. Everyone loves to see themselvessmiling when they look in the mirror and the caricature is a mirror type expression ofsomeone, so happy smiling is what you are going to do most of the time.

Body language is all about the gesture. Lets look at the following examples of stick(skeleton) men.

Can you pick which one is:

1. Falling2. Sprinting3. Creeping4. Golf Swing5. Horse Ridding6. Twisting7. Flying8. Football Run9. Sitting10. Walking11. Standing12. Skiing

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