Caricature relies on exaggerating some features while playing down others.
Drawing funny pictures of people counts as a favorite activity of artists who like to do caricature drawings or funny illustrations. If you're an aspiring artist and would like to get more practice drawing funny pictures of middle-aged women, numerous resources are available to you. These resources teach you exaggerate what you see so you can make a funny photo even funnier while still retaining the likeness of the person.
Instructions
1. Choose some reference pictures of middle-aged women. You can use photos or illustrations. Look for women with interesting faces and funny expressions. Flip through books about fantasy or science fiction drawings as well; these will give you an idea about exaggerate the features of the women to make them funnier. Studying caricature techniques will help with this as well.
2. Make some practice sketches of the middle-aged woman you'll be drawing. Sketches work in the same way that a rough draft for a piece of writing does. You can scratch out your ideas before you start your actual drawing. For example, see what would happen if you made one of the woman's eyes slightly larger than they appear in the photograph. Make a weak chin weaker or make wrinkles appear deeper and more pronounced. Give her a surprised expression by making her mouth into an "O" shape and raising her eyebrows.
3. Draw an oval shape to make the head. After you draw the oval, mark it with one vertical line down the center. Draw a horizontal line that crosses the vertical line halfway down. Draw these lines lightly. These lines will help you line up the features later. The vertical line will show you where to place the nose when you draw it. The horizontal line will indicate where to position the eyes; this seems counter intuitive, but the eyes are actually about halfway down the face. Most artists drawing faces have trouble positioning the features correctly; these lines will help you do that. (See Resources)
4. Refine the shape of her head. As you draw the middle-aged woman, notice how her jaw curves and recreate that curve on your paper. If you're drawing a caricature, make the curves of her face and head more pronounced.
5. Scribble in the middle-aged woman's features. This technique is also known as the gesture drawing method. It allows you to fill in the details of a drawing by stating and restating the lines of the object. As you notice the curved lines of the middle-aged women's face, block those in. Do this lightly so you don't leave heavy marks. Line the scribbles up with the cross.
6. Refine the drawing. You should be able to see the face of the middle-aged woman emerging despite the scribbles. Erase the extra lines until you see just the basic outlines of the features. Now exaggerate the features. Draw around the outline of the mouth to make full lips even fuller. Make big hair even bigger by adding layers. Draw large cheekbones so they jut out 3/4 inch more.
7. Use colored pencils to add to the humor of the picture. Give your middle-aged woman a dose of blue-green eye shadow or color in very pink lips with her lipstick bleeding into the lines around her mouth.
