Secret Caricature Markets Revealed

Hi This Has Just Been Released!

I have just found this "weird" video from Artist Graeme Biddle where he reveals a SECRET money making way to do caricatures that is very lucrative. He mentions that he can do somethinglike $1,400 a day!

If that sounds like something you would be interested in then listen to this, it is all possible by learning his simple caricature style. Click the play button NOW!

To find out more please visit: http://www.learn-to-draw.org/SECRET

More a little later,

Cheers and Bye for Now!

GG.

Caricature Artist Retires Takes Secrets With Him...Almost

Here is some news from the trenches of hand to hand art combat that is sure to raise an eyebrow. 

Caricature Artist Graeme Biddle successful throughout the art world is finally ready to hang up the pens and pencils and retire to some warm beach somewhere out of sight. 

Graeme has been famous for his super fast sketchy caricatures that have kept audiences all over the world amazed as  he skillfully knocked out his subjects in funny poses that have attracted a constant hum of "ooohs" and "ahhhs" from curious onlookers.

He has had an incredible career that has found him drawing caricatures in places such as Italy and London, Africa and Australia. But now it is time to hand the reins over to the next generation of talented folk who wish to take up this fun and quite lucrative art form.

Graeme has had many private or secret markets for this caricatures that many artist wouldn't even think of pursuing, that have provided great financial rewards for a good many years. 

Now the thought of taking these trade secrets into retirement doesn't sit all that well with Graeme, so he has today released a home study course that spills the beans on the whole box and dice, for not only how to learn his unique style of cartooning that is easy to pick up but all the secret markets that he has had to himself for years and years.

His website contains examples of his work, which include a free video example of Graeme in action, along with the opportunity to sign up for a sneak peak at what you will find inside the home study course he has created.

So if you fancy yourself as a cartoonist or just want to pick up some pointers on how to cash in on a reportedly secret market for caricatures then head on over to the site. You had better hurry as Graeme tells me this home study course if only going to be available for a limited time to a lucky few who can act quickly and secure a place in this elearning class. 

Click here now to visit Graeme's website  www.learn-to-draw.org/caricatures.html

Great Tutorial on Computer Drawing

This Youtube tutorial is an excellent way to learn how to use Photoshop to draw and importantly color in your drawing.

Express Yourself, Uh Huh!

Just when you thought you had seen it all, along comes something to make you rethink.

Ever seen someone paint a picture with McDonalds ketchup and french fries?

Nope me neither until a moment ago.

This video just goes to show you that it is not what you draw but how you draw it that gets people's attention. A couple of million youtube viewers can't be wrong.

How To Draw A Vargas Girl

This image is an illustration I did some years ago now back in the day before the advent of the personal computer. Back in a time when illustrations were ALL done by hand.

The technique of choice for me in the 1980's and early 1990's was Airbrush.

You could achieve ultra realism by the smooth flow of paint that you could produce. But like all tools, fairly useless in the hands of the unskilled. This meant many, many, many hours studying other artists, reading books, and practicing before being able to produce anything worthwhile looking at let alone showing to another living being.

So what do you think?

Would you like to learn how to do this? Leave a comment.

Wow You Are Such A Good Drawer Honey!

If you were encouraged as a child to keep on drawing because your drawings were good, then it probably went something like this...

"Wow (insert your name here) that is a really good drawing darling! It looks just like your kindergarten teacher Ms Nesbit! You have to take that to school and put it up on the board"

Sometime later followed by...

"Your art is really good, you should consider a career as a commercial artist."

And then this one when you got your first job...

"Wow a commericial artist -  so you are working in an area you love, that must be so much fun!"

And of course this one...

"You get paid to do that 

(pointing at one of your paintings/cartoons/illustrations). 

You are so lucky to be able to draw like that. Gee I wish I could do that too."

Well, following is a video of Artist Graeme Biddle  a personal friend of mine busy at work (yeah right Graeme you call that work?) who has been doing the "art for money thing" for over 30 years now and has made somewhere between $2- $3 million dollars doing so.

Not bad work if you can get!

Enjoy.

What is Art?

Have you ever heard this one, "oh they are self taught" spoken in a derogatory manner?

I don't fully understand this line of thinking but it goes something like this. If you want acceptance into the art critics "inner circle" you have to be university educated with a degree in art.

None of this self taught nonsense, you must be educated before we will accept you as an "Artist".

Funny I thought artists were born and not made? Or have I been lead to believe a lie? Which brings us to the question of todays post, "What is Art?" anyway.

Is art something that comes from within and has an extraordinary plethora of expressions, from drawing and painting to installations? Is it something that "needs" to be expressed for the benefit of others?

The answer is art is art in different ways to different people. In its simplest form, art is any mark made on a piece of paper that gives expression to the human experience. If the art is successful people get what you mean. If it is mysterious and open to interpretation then this is also successful if this was the intent. But what if the artist creates something that is interpreted in a completely different manner for which it was created?

Doesn't that then add another dimension to what art is or can be? Which then if it be so completely wipes the smug off the faces of the art critics who assume they can determine who and what is art by looking at someone's educational history.

So the next time someone puts you down for not being a formerly trained artist or "self taught" remind them of these simple points:

* Art is for all

* Anyone can create art

* Anyone can be an artist

If they who hold the keys to the inner circle of success are to keep you out, then watch them stop you promoting yourself on youtube or on your own blog. Success in your art will be determined by the number of votes given you by the general public who afterall are the recipients of our intentions.