Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Recommended Reading

There are numerous books out there on caricature, including many that are about how to draw caricatures. I feel that the best way to learn is through practice, and not necessarily through books. There are however, 3 books that I would strongly recommend you take a look at. Joe Bluhm's Rejects, Jan op de Beeck's Famous Corpses, and Jason Seilers Art of Caricature. These are not tutorial books, just pages filled with insperational drawings. I have included the links below to sites where you can purchase these gems. Take a look....


















http://www.art2books.com/books/rejects


















http://www.art2books.com/books/famouscorpses



















http://www.brandstudiopress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=70

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Live at home....




This is my Girlfriend's sisters fella Rob. They are over on holiday so thought I would give him a gift to take home ! Sorry about the reference pic, but he refused to pose for the camera !


Abu Dhabi Live caricatures - Eid




I managed to get through about 130 quick colour caricatures in 3 days at this event. I worked 3 hours a day, and had a que of at least 15 constantly. These few photos I managed to get were taken when it was still reasonably quiet !


Live work - Abu Dhabi Eid 2





















Gramps is finished


Finally finished... photo is terrible, will try and take a better one and replace !

I learnt a lot from this painting. Fairly happy with the result, but still a long way to go until I reach the standard i'm looking for !