Caricatures: Oil and Watercolor

I just recently started trying my hand at caricatures, and I think they are a lot of fun.  I really enjoy looking at a person and taking the first thing I notice about them and exaggerating it.

Jean Reno as Leon the Professional before background

Chris Hemsworth as Thor in The Avengers

 Ben Stiller in Tropic Thunder before background

 Ben Stiller finished with background Ink & watercolor

Manny Pacquiao  Ink drawing

 Finished watercolor Pacquiao

 Ink drawing self portrait

 WIP oil Chevy Chase from Caddyshack

 Finished Chevy Chase

 Just starting out on David Bowie from The Labyrinth 

 Put some background in and finished the blond portion of the hair

 Finished, man that hair took forever

Watercolor

Watercolor is the newest medium I've picked up and and i really enjoy it.  Watercolor involves a lot of planning as well as knowledge about how each pigment works.  I never knew that some pigments create different textures.  I tend to layer my paintings with very thin washes, building them up to a textured finished look.

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Marilyn Monroe painting done with a travel kit and water brushes

 In class study of bottle done in one pass, not my usual style but i like it.

 another in class study of clear glass bottle, really happy with this one.

 cup study, again in class.

 1of 3 color studies for turtle faceted shapes illustration

 2 of 3 color study

 3 of 3

 Tarsier monkey WIP in watercolor and some colored pencil to add fur texture

 Ink & Watercolor stormtrooper taking a smoke break

 really old character the I drew in my sketchbook, then decided to paint

 Ink & watercolor quick sketch on illustration board

 Tarsier Owl creature creation.  Ink, watercolor, and colored pencil

 Pig illustration based on 5 words: Pig, Mask, Clock, Stick, and Tree

Oil Still Lifes, Portraits, And Figurative Paintings

Besides Illustration, oil painting is a passion of mine.  I have taken techniques from a few different teachers of mine, and incorporated them into a technique of my own.  I tend to finish as i go, starting on one section and only moving to the next section after i feel i have the color and rendering finished in the first section.

My first oil still life painting ever.  This was only a few weeks after i learned how to use oil

 A couple 20 minute oil eye studies from live models

 Another eye study, but this one was at home and from a photo

 Eye, nose, and mouth study put together

 In class torso study from life model

 workshop torso study from live model

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 Quick 3 hour portrait of Igor from Young Frankenstein 

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 Another quick 3 hour portrait of Mel Brookes in Space Balls

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 One more quick 3 hour portrait of Zach Galifianakis

 Drapery study with small pumpkin

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 Onion and brass still life study

 The Cowboy

 Starting out with the jacket WIP

 Getting the hair and face done WIP

 A view of the girl completed

Whole painting done. really happy with how she came out

 Chet Zar painting workshop piece. lots of fun, and really happy with it