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Caricature Workshop at Festember

Caricature Workshop at Festember


Caricature Workshop at Festember 2015 
by Caricaturist Sugumarje



The Festember 2015 team in NIT, Trichy; talks with me for their idea, to run Caricature workshop on past July onwards.  Everyone knows, it will be run on September month on NIT campus. Various students come to join on this Festember, one of the great events on every year.


I accepted and marked the date on my schedule desk after the long day’s discussion. The team set 25th September on their Festember 2015. 

On that day of 25th I reached NIT on my bike (PassionXPro) at that time, near to 9.30am onwards.  In entrance I inform to guards, write my details on their record. Then I reached Orion Building is located on the left side, opposite of the Canteen.

After some introduction with Team, they set LCD projector with my laptop and check the Wacom pen tablet with some Caricatures. Yes here, I used digital equipments for this Caricature workshop. We started the workshop First batch at 11.00 am. Second batch started on 3.30pm. Totally we are being with more than 90 students. I come to know and happy, they loved the Caricature and very interesting to learning something new from me.
I started the workshop with my work experience, how I start the Caricature, how I set it for me as a business, how the caricature makes an interesting on everyone with my bad English… I request all students to draw something on notebook for understanding their art knowledge level.  Sure they are superb in art. Most of students do best in line art, some students has jerk lines, but they did their best.

On lesson intro level, I clear them; What is art? How it explore our thoughts? How we use as a Language? Why we interesting on art and all  

On lesson level, I give the difference between the Traditional art, Realism, Modern art, Cartoon and Caricature with some sample art. Then I give the basic of the Caricature with sample drawing… How Caricature exaggerated the person’s identity? How Caricaturist understands the person or object? How they bring out in their Caricature art?

On Study level, I give an idea to understand the facial recognize with their own face, surely, every day they see themselves and record on mind when standing opposite the mirror.  And I did demo Caricature with on boy student and one girl student on stage. I explain to all students, how I see this boy/girl and what I seeing and how I exaggerate on the Caricature. I did live draw on my laptop with my Wacom Pen tablet. After some minutes they give great applause and happy with my result on Caricature.

On Study second level. I teach them different between with Natural object and Human created object. Actually Human Created objects are surely has the form, geometry and all. And I give some guide to, How you see the object and subjects? How you make a proportion? How is anatomy works?

On third level, I give a lesson for their fingers with Foundation steps of art, Human head parts, how we prepare, how to fix any face on that form, after compete that, I request them, “do draw yourself as a Caricature. If you not remind you in mind, do click, make a selfie and draw”

After 20 more minutes, I checked everyone, do some suggestion sketch, and educate them…
Finally I run a Live Caricature with Students. Really I was happy with them on the Caricature Workshop and I gave my best. The result it superb and every on love that. 

Thanks to the Festember 2015, Caricature Workshop team, Miss. Ananthi, Miss. Keerthana, Miss. Madhumitha, Miss. Rathika and Mr. Mahendran, are made this great event to NIT Students on Festember 2015. Thanks to all!