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By Marion Boddy-Evans, About.com Guide to Painting since 2002

The Thin Line Between Portraiture and Caricature

Thursday April 5, 2007
Portraiture or caricature So you've just finished that portrait and something doesn't seem quite right, or worse still it was a commission and the subject is viewing the finished piece ashen faced. What could have gone wrong?

Most people expect a portrait to be an accurate picture of the sitter, a snap shot made in paint. But this can go drastically awry. Read more about the thin line between portraiture and caricature...

Photo: © Roccoco (Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved)

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