Political Cartoon Drawing Lesson: The Basics Part I

Change the World by Drawing Funny Pictures

You want to try political cartooning. You want to change the world. Perhaps you’re being idealistic. Then again, maybe not.

Political cartooning appeared to lose significance as newspapers struggled against on-line news. And new media tools, such as digital photography and video proliferated via internet. Who had time to draw? These new tools were faster, easier to learn, and seemed just as effective at satire and humor. Drawing took years to learn.

And then some Dutch newspaper had to go and ruin everyone’s day by publishing some crazy cartoons, because no one had a photo of Muhammad. Well, I guess there’s still some punch left in the pen.

For those wishing to learn the art of drawing political cartoons, each Saturday I’m going to take us a bit further along that journey. The lessons will alternate between practice and theory, skills and history. Some of the stuff may seem silly. I hope you try it out anyway.

So let’s start having fun at the expense of famous people who do stupid things.

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