| August 24th
2001 (picture at bottom) ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Your Every Other Week Caricature: George Clooney ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Hi all, today's caricature is of North American TV show's "E.R." George Clooney - the doctor women love to swoon over and men admire. Today's drawing was done in pen and ink after a quick pencil sketch. What's notable about Mr. Clooney Let's briefly go right down the list. His hair is close cropped, almost a "hat head" sort of look. I say hat head because of the way it hugs his head like he was just wearing a tight hat (so "hat head"). This look always seems to be asking for a small head - or shrunken 'top of the head' above the eyes. Speaking of the eyes, George has friendly eyes, open eyes, unassuming eyes. The big lashes, and apparent large eye size make them that way I think. His cheek bones are wide and round; the nose is smallish with medium strength angles (as opposed to industrial strength corners like a Clint Eastwood). Lips are full, but the overall span of the mouth is going to be small when you set it below the large cheek bones and the big strong chin and jaw. Mr. Clooney also sports an athletic look, he's got a strength about him so a thick neck seems to add to that air. Where this drawing got a little rough: Imposing artificial light I think I'm going to play with this picture a little more for the next issue. We'll see. Why? I want to play with the lighting and the exaggeration more. Imposing an artificial light source (which is what I did), doesn't always remain consistent. And you can see that in this picture and probably most obviously along the lower border of the chin, there's something that isn't quite right. The problem? The shadow runs unnaturally over the shirt collar where it ought to contour and seems to defy the overall direction of the light (which comes from the front and right). How to remedy this? Firstly, I have to draw what's really there (I think the photo was one of those papparazzi "in your face" flash shots that obscures the natural lighting as well as casts it's own shadows). Secondly, if I took a few breaks while drawing the picture, rather than steam rolling through, it would have been much more authentic, more accurate. Taking short breaks and taking a literal step back from your drawing - especially when you feel stuck - can do a great deal fro your perspective and give your subconscious a chance to identify the problem areas. So like I said above, I'd like to play with this picture a little more for several reasons. We'll see what can be cooked up in the next 2 weeks. Of course I reserve the right to draw anyone else if it grabs me. :-) Email : word from the technical department Ok, the "technical dept" (well that's just me with my frustration hat on), tells me they think the email is fixed, though I received a whole gang of emails with no messages - more than likely the message part of the email was removed at the server level. If you sent me a message in the last month, you got no response and the question is still pressing, by all means, please send me another note. This Weekend: Discovery Channel show on the face - looks great! If you live in the USA or have access to US or British television, or get the Discovery Channel, John Cleese will be hosting a fascinating show dedicated entirely of the human face. It runs Part I and II Sunday and Monday eves here in L.A. and looks fascinating. Check out the Discovery web site for more in-depth info and details for TV listings in your area: http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/humanface/humanface.html or check out the Yahoo TV listings for your area: http://tv.yahoo.com/ That's all for today. Keep on drawing and have a marvelous weekend. Warmly, Jeff K.
Executive Director http://www.YouCanDraw.com "Once and for all getting you drawing faces and caricatures" mailto:comments@youcandraw.com
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