#1k37 Wilhem

Charcoal caricature of American actor Wilhem Dafoe. 12x18 inches. Newsprint. 

I tried my best on being consistent on applying the lighting principles across the face. Hopefully I gave justice to it. I gave the background a painterly effect as painters would treat it- that v-shape. I just thought of it to see if it would look good. 

I was at Vegas that time when I did this. I could not help separating work from leisure so I brought my art materials with me ,that I have to wake up crazy early to give time to my art. It's a big sacrifice when I realized I tend to doze off at daytime. Hey, but no regrets. It's worth it.

#1k36 Jeremy

Jeremy Renner caricature in charcoal. Second attempt. 12x18 inches newspriint. 

Ritmo charcoal is my new fav now. It's so soft, with grainy effect, I don't even have to use a stump to smudge it (a finger does the trick).  It gives me this painterly effect -easily! No problem on sharpening, it doesn't break easily. I use HB for lighter drawing and 3B for the kind of darks I want.   It works perfect with smooth newsprint  paper.  I used white compressed sticks for my highlights. You should try it.

#1k35 Ben

Ben Stiller caricature in charcoal. Newsprint. 

#1k34 Jeremy

Jeremy Lee Renner, American actor, is appearing on the latest Mission Impossible sequel. Carbon on newsprint.

I'm more comfortable rendering the backgrounds for my subject from now on because of the concept I just learned from artist Stan Prokopenko's video. He said toning down the edge suggests depth to the back end of the head, and enhances the focus of interest on the foreground. It makes s lot of sense. Thanks Stan!

 

#1k33 Kirk

Kirk Douglas, American movie icon. Carbon in 9x12 ins. newsprint. 

#1k32 Luis

Watercolor on 9x12 ins. Cold press paper.

 I try to make Luis interesting by adding a football jersey since he's big on football games and Raiders in particular. Here's a caricature of him.

#1k31 Fab 4

A rough sketch of Paul, George, Ringo, and John. Here I focused only the exaggeration of the faces and their lights and darks. I let loose of the hair and the rest of the figures. Graphite on 8x11.5 inches of sketchbook paper.