Half-and-Half Caricatures Drawing Tutorial (ART ATTACK BOOK)

Me Drawing a
“HALF-and-HALF CARICATURES”
from the Art Attack Book (with Instructions)

“A caricature is a drawing that exaggerates a person’s features to make them

look funny or outrageous. Here’s a great idea to try!”

- From the Dorling Kindersley book: ‘Art Attack How to Draw with Neil Buchanan’.

From the “Art Attack How to Draw with Neil Buchanan” book by DK (Dorling Kindersley), pages 46-47: “Half-and-Half Caricatures”.

This was also used in Series 16, Episode 15 of the British children’s TV show “Art Attack” in 2003.

You Will Need:

1. Paper

2. Pencil

3. Pen

4. Old photos

ANDRE’S TIP: It doesn’t have to be an old photo; you can ask your parents to print a small photo of your friend.

5. Colouring pencils

*NOTE: I’m using regular “Crayola Colored Pencils” and special “Crayola Colors of the World Colored Pencils”. I got the “Crayola Colors of the World 24 Colored Pencils” from Shopee Philippines (on Shopee November PayDay 30 Sale in 2023).

*ANDRE’S ADVICE & TIP: The reason why I chose Crayola Colors of the World Colored Pencils is that you can get as many skin tone colors as you want for your drawing.

You also might need (ANDRE’S TIP):

6. Glue stick and also

7. Rubber/Eraser (optional).

1. Find an old photo of a friend, and cut in half. Move the bottom half to one side.

ANDRE’S TIP: It’s best to glue (with your glue stick) your photo first!

*Keep this as reference

2. Replace the bottom half of the photo with a drawing of the person’s face – but exaggerate their distinctive features!

*Why not really exaggerate their teeth and lips?

ANDRE’S TIP: If you make a mistake, you can use an eraser/rubber to erase your mistake.

3. Pay attention to their chin and mouth. Exaggerating these can really change the shape of a person’s face.

*This girl boy now has an extra-wide, cheesy smile!

4. When you’ve finished, colour it in. Try to match the colours closely to the original picture.

ANDRE’S TIP: Before you color your caricature, test your colors first by getting a scratch or separate paper then use it to test your colours for your colored pencils (as seen here), once you get the right colors you needed you can color it.

*Try to match the colours from the original photo

*It’s easier to match the exact shade with colouring pencils

ANDRE’S TIP: If you shade your colored pencil in a light pressure you get a lighter colour and if you shade the pencil with a hard pressure you get a darker colour; and here’s another tip if you blend your coloured pencils with two different colours lightly it’s not just that colors will blend well, the two colors will mix to a different color (before you can color your caricature: try experimenting first by testing two colors to mix into another color or make the two colors blend well onto a piece of scrap or separate white paper).

ANDRE’S TIP: To make a blush, color it in red lightly first and next layer it in with another colour, but this time it’s a “skin tone” color!

5. Draw a black felt pen line around the photo and drawing when you’ve finished, to bring it all together – and there you have it!

*Carefully draw around the edge

ANDRE’S TIP: If you want to carefully draw around the edge of the drawing: try turning the drawing around so you can carefully draw around it.

 *Impress your friends with your new skills!

VARIATIONS:

Why not draw a caricature of the top half of

your friend’s face instead? ...

*Caricature the top half of the face

... Or cut the photo in half lengthways,

for a side-by-side caricature!

*Side-by-side picture

ANDRE’S TIP: You don’t have to make a caricature of your friends; you can also make a caricature of famous celebrities (which is popular now!).

Try Making Your Own Caricatures

with These Photos! ...

PHOTO #1:

PHOTO #2:

“Half-and-Half Caricatures Drawing Tutorial (ART ATTACK BOOK)” Video Tutorial:

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... or follow this instead (from the

old Art Attack Website)!

Here's a great tip to help you draw really funny cartoon caricatures of people.

You will need:

• Paper

• Pencil

• An old photograph or magazine picture of someone's face

• Black felt pen

Cut the picture in half, and move the bottom half to one side.

Replace the bottom half with an exaggerated drawing of the person's features!

Use the bottom half of the photo to help you.

Pay particular attention to chins and mouths as they can really change the shape of the person's face.

When you've finished, try to match the colours as closely as you can to the original picture.

If you draw a black felt pen line around the whole thing when you've finished, it'll bring the picture together.

You could do a caricature of the person's top half instead.

Or even cut the picture out vertically and do a side by side caricature!

Try it yourself!

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*NOTE: The reason why I made this drawing tutorial is that it’s Erika Harlacher’s birthday on August 29th (which is the day the “Half-and-Half Caricatures Drawing Tutorial” video was uploaded on YouTube, this 2025). “Happy Belated Birthday, Erika Harlacher (voice actress of Ann Takamaki/Panther from Persona 5)!”

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Art Attack: How to Draw with Neil Buchanan Book: “FINISHING DETAILS” with Instructions

Here's how to draw: “hands”, “clothes”, and “glasses” from pages 18-19 of “Art Attack: How to Draw with Neil Buchanan” book by Dorling Kindersley/DK (“Finishing Details”).

You will need:

*paper and *pen.

1. “HANDS”

1. A lot of people find it difficult to draw hands. It's a common problem. For example, a lot of people draw hands facing forward and flat, like here. The hands just don't look quite right ...

2. ... because nobody stands like this!

3. It's more like this. The boy's hands look more like claws from the front. You can't even see all of his fingers.

4. So try the ‘claw’ tip! Draw the thumbs on the inside, near the body. Draw the other fingers from the side, and curved. You don't need to show them all.

Draw a ‘claw’ hand for someone facing forwards

5. Of course, not everyone stands facing the front! If you're drawing someone sideways on, then put in all of their fingers, and make the thumb point the way the person is facing.

Draw a full hand with fingers for someone facing sideways

Now you try! Practice!

Step-by-Step Video:

2. “CLOTHES”

The fabric looks flat

1. Add details to clothes to stop outfits looking flat. For Example, let's make this bride and groom, and the boy peeking at them, more interesting.

2. Add a tie and detail to the groom's suit, to make him look formal. Put a crease down his trousers to make them smarter, too.

Draw lightly over the bride's face to give her a veil

3. Make the boy a bit scruffier. For an untidy look, break up the lines and edges. Add some creases in his top, and in his jeans, where he's been sitting down. Don't forget his shoelaces!

Add flowing lines so the bride's dress material seems to drape

Now you try! Practice!

Step-by-Step Video:

3. “GLASSES”

To draw glasses, draw the bridge of the glasses onto the bridge of the nose. Draw frames around the eyes.

Add the arms of the glasses. Put two lines in the opposite corners of each frame, to make them look like glass!

The highlight makes the glasses look more realistic

For sunglasses draw frames as normal, but add a little highlight in the top corner, then colour the rest in with a dark pen.


Now you try! Practice!

Step-by-Step Video:

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