Portraiture is a Bitch

The Instigator
A stunningly beautiful girl is the subject of my latest project. Her name is Ronell and she has kindly allowed me to use her as a model for a large canvas.

The problem with this is her face: She is gorgeous and I don't seem to have what it takes to create a reasonable likeness of an actual person.

Why I'm a Useless Artist
This has raised the rather frightening realisation that I've never really worked at portraiture. It's always scared me because I feel like there is so little margin for error. I always make the nose too long, the eyes squiff or the mouth too small.

I was starting to really get comfortable with beating myself up for my incompetence when I suddenly realised that my "problem" was precisely what caricature artists abuse to create exaggerated likenesses of their subjects.

Ergo:
I have decided on my latest artistic experiment: I am learning caricature and cartooning. I don't see this as an end in itself but I think it will make an invaluable weapon in my arsenal of super-cool art skills.

My poor friends and family will just have to get used to the idea of being drawn with embarrassingly large heads, ears and noses.