{"id":339,"date":"2008-08-18T08:09:58","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T12:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=339"},"modified":"2015-12-27T22:23:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T03:23:36","slug":"political-caricatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2008\/08\/political-caricatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Caricatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was an informative and funny article in The Washington Post on how three prize-winning caricature artists, Steve Breen, Signe Wilkinson, and Mike Luckovich, view the political candidates &#8212; through their art. I found the artists&#8217; creative process interesting and what they had to say was delivered with humor. I like to think, despite the stereotype, that artists think beyond politics and even though the political views of these artists, featured in <a title=\"Line by Punch Line. Washington Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/story\/2008\/08\/01\/ST2008080102787.html?sid=ST2008080102787&amp;pos=\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Line by Punch Line<\/em><\/a> (interviews by Michael Cavna), may be present, they seem to have an objective eye when it comes to their drawing.<\/p>\n<p>This is a fun and instructional illustration by Steve Breen on how to draw Obama. Just think of this during all the debates ahead and yes, you too can try it at home!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/draw-obama-by-steve-breen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-340\" title=\"draw-obama-by-steve-breen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/draw-obama-by-steve-breen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/draw-obama-by-steve-breen.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/draw-obama-by-steve-breen-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t help but think of when I first tried my hand at caricature drawing &#8212; back in 1983. (This is one for the archives!) I thought it was hard. Well, maybe because I was drawing myself. I drew this for a high school senior photo. (I can&#8217;t believe I found it!) I think mine is too flattering&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/my-caricature-blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-341\" title=\"my-caricature\/Casart Blog. Drawing &amp; Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/my-caricature-blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/my-caricature-blog.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/my-caricature-blog-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whereas, the one my friend Shauna drew of me, below, is way more on target!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/shaunas-caricature-of-me-blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-342 aligncenter\" title=\"Shaunas-caricature-of-me\/Casart blog. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/shaunas-caricature-of-me-blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/shaunas-caricature-of-me-blog.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/shaunas-caricature-of-me-blog-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I must have liked those earrings!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was an informative and funny article in The Washington Post on how three prize-winning caricature artists, Steve Breen, Signe Wilkinson, and Mike Luckovich, view the political candidates &#8212; through their art. I found the artists&#8217; creative process interesting and what they had to say was delivered with humor. I like to think, despite the stereotype, that artists think beyond politics and even though the political views of these artists, featured in Line by Punch Line (interviews by Michael Cavna), may be present, they seem to have an objective eye when it comes to their drawing. This is a fun and instructional illustration by Steve Breen on how to draw Obama. Just think of this during all the debates ahead and yes, you too can try it at home! I couldn&#8217;t help but think of when I first tried my hand at caricature drawing &#8212; back in 1983. (This is one for the archives!) I thought it was hard. Well, maybe because I was drawing myself. I drew this for a high school senior photo. (I can&#8217;t believe I found it!) I think mine is too flattering&#8230;. Whereas, the one my friend Shauna drew of me, below, is way more on target! I must have liked those earrings!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,53,97,12],"tags":[261],"class_list":["post-339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-creative-process","category-humor","category-sketchbook","tag-political-caricature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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