See the March issue here. But it's different each month with news of fairs, concerts etc. And picture samples of caricatures and illustrations. You may also see Bill's cartoons and anecdotes of the caricature biz..
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Lots of celebrities have been born in or live in Connecticut. Years ago, Dori Dougal was commissioned to draw them by Park Road Playhouse in West Hartford. About 33 where drawn. Subjects ranged from the elegant Katherine Hepburn to the quirky Gary Berghoff {Radar from Mash}. Dori’s art was line on 8.5x11 paper. At the opening reception we saw the final presentation with enlarged heads in a collage composition, with a multicolor background. Management changed and the mural is gone. But you can browse the faces on dougalfineart.com. Find the tab called "Celebrity Caricatures. Perhaps order a print or an original.

https://www.dougalfineart.com/store/c11/CELEBRITY_CARICATURES.html

Bill Dougal programs for libraries are listed on The Connecticut Library Consortium. Of course the programs are for more than libraries. Parks and rec, schools, senior venues etc. Anyone can view it without an account. How? Visit https://www.ctlibrarians.org/ Then resources tab. Then Program directory. Then "Bill Dougal". Se what Bill does besides caricatures.
The directory iis for performers and speakers who offer programming for Connecticut libraries, schools, and other organizations. You can find authors and artists, entertainers of all types, lecturers and expert speakers, and so much more.

I wear a beret at Fairs, so folks will know I'm an artist. {rare at a fair}, That's my uniform. I'm not saying that's ALL I wear. My beret is wool. It can get hot in the summer. I don't like to be hot headed, so look for options. I had a mesh one, but lost it. Couldn't find similar on line. I get berets from John Helmer co. They have an oversized french beret I wear. They say another model is fine gauge cotton. I got it in time for Brooklyn fair. I don't wish to berate the beret, but not as cool as I had hoped. Plus, it was a bit tight. I remembered a trick. Yank on the hem, every few inches. It worked... too well. Now it was loose. I tried putting some double sided velcro in the hep, but it wouldn't stick. I can't win. I joked with another vendor that my only hope was to garner lots of compliments, so my head would swell.
That would be a swell solution!

The Process (Political) Caricature.
 
I was asked to create a political cartoon recently. It involved a caricature, but surprisingly I didn’t know it. Every message cartoon does not use caricature. Messages are not inherent in caricature. However exaggerated drawings of particular public figures are often shown in situations meant to sway opinion. Caricatures of regular folks, ordered online for gifts is my usual work. Lawyer Randall Carrreira had an opinion and asked me to represent it visually for publication. My job was to draw a wide mouthed person shouting, “We don’t need no stinking supreme court.” His clever caption was, “The mouth that roared”. I remembered the Peter Sellers cold war film, “ The Mouse that Roared”. His rough sketch was primitive but informative.[fig 1]. I did six rough sketches with various options. [fig 2].  He picked the sketch on the top right.  I did a better preliminary sketch. [fig 3] I did the final line work [fig 4], since time was of the essence, and I guessed that that it would be approved. Ooops. It seems that I had overlooked his note that AOC would be the highlight. He said; “ I thought it would look like AC.” I said; “what’s AOC? A person?” “It stands for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
“, he said. I pay no attention to the news, so I didn’t know that. To re-do the artwork, I referenced the photo he sent with open mouth, but combined it with a ¾ view showing hair. [fig 5]. I thought I’d just re-draw the head, but the new one came out bigger, so I re-drew the podium.  I didn’t re-draw the microphone stand, but patched it on, knowing that it would work with the new scan. A clean original was not important, since the scan for print was all that was needed. I added the type in a graphic arrangement. Voila. [fig 6] I emailed it to the client. He was pleased. I also made a Photoshop variation, omitting the request Red Chinese flag, in case he decided to do that. Three previous ones were published in the Waterbury newspaper.