when i was younger, my family and i used to have portrait parties. we would congregate in the living room every few months and turn our attention from person to person, drawing everyone in the room. it was such a pleasure and so normal in my life that trading portraits became a regular event when i left for college, when i moved to new towns, when i met new friends or favorite artists. tommy kane suggested that it would make a good website. so, that's what this is... AND YOU'RE INVITED!
miriam stella (portrayed above) worried that her drawing of the portrait party's number one booster, kerstin klein, (below) might be the "worst portrait ever done in the history of art." don't worry, miriam. i have seen much worse (usually drawn by people who refuse to try).
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lol... i had to look up the word "booster" in the dictionary. i have another few portraits done waiting for the partner to get done. ;)
@miriam: i told you - no need to worry. :)
I like both.
To be honest, I think the more cack-handed/art brut/ outsider art pieces are sometimes more interesting and soulful than a perfect rendering.
Sometime's a kid's scrawl will just 'get' a person 1000 times better than the most artful portraitist.
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