Because it was Marc Anthony’s thirteenth birthday, he got his caricature in color. I drew everybody else—and 
that would be nineteen others ( in an-hour-and-a-half)—in black/white. Let me take this opportunity to contrast and compare. A line drawing (black/white) has all the humor, expression and likeness that a color drawing has. It is not inferior to a color drawing. In fact, I would say, a line drawing is more elegant than a color drawing. But then, elegance-shmelegance. It’s a caricature! So, now I’m going to contradict everything I said before. A caricature in color 
has that extra kick. The humor and expression really are heightened by color: blue eyes become BLUE, blond hair becomes BLOND, lips will be PINK or RED! Etc. The grass is always greener…in a color. I like working equally well in black/white and color. At a party, when the guest of honor gets the color drawing and everybody else gets the line drawing, the guests are gracious about this decision on the part of the parent/host. Nobody has ever complained about getting 
“only” black/white. Because– now we’re back to the beginning–black/white is just as good as color. The choice is always yours.
Thank you , Thera!———————————————
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