Caricature Convention

WOW! What a week i had. I went to the National Caricature Network Annual Convention last week in the beautiful city of Raleigh North Carolina. I would like to tell you that i visited all the attractions and saw everything there was to see but i didn't. I saw the hotel where i was staying and a couple restaurants. The rest of the time i was being amazed and educated. There was close to two hundred caricature artists there. I just tried to absorb as much as i could. It was awesome people, Joe Bluhm, Tom Richmond, Jason Seiler, Jan Op De Beeck, jsut to name a few. I could go on and on for hours about the convention, but I will leave that for another time. I did want to post a couple of photos. The first is a caricature of me. I am terrible with names but the man who did this was a real good duy and as you can see a great artist. I was a pretty popular subject if nothing else. There mist have been 15 caricatures of me on the walls. I would have liked to nab them but have to leave the convention before the last event so i missed getting them. In anycase It was a blast. Oh i did meet one of the workers at the hotel and I think got to be friends. So i can post a photo of her. Her name is Grace.

Now as soon as i got home, yes at 3 in the morning i wanted to draw. I have been drawing as much as i can and have kind f a new love and definate goals for the upcoming year. I have done a couple. One is of a man i met in Pittsburgh while attending school His name is Dave. He was in charge of alumni at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He was also a neighbor and lived right across the street from me. He is retiring or may be retired by the time of this post. First the caricature. After the caricature the reference photo, which i found online somewhere. Dave is a good guy who always treated me nice. I am sure he will be missed at the Art Institute.
I will have a lot more posts coming in the near future. Maybe not a lot of explaining what this is or what that is. Maybe just drawings. I really want to thank all the other artists at the convention that took time to explain and tutor me. I have plans for the next convention and hope to at least make a better showing than my face, whic is great for caricaturing (so i was told, "You have a lot to work with." not sure if that is good or bad). More coming soon!!