Howard Stern Caricature

Almost finished!

Wip

More painting additions

Slow progress

Update to wip as I start to do more with the hair!

Big nose

A doodle in Zen Brush on my iPad to show a really big nose!

WIP slow progress

Getting more done slowly in-between everything else! But it's fun!

ISCA convention NEWS!

Time is flying past and we are getting closer to the convention this coming November!

Starting on Sunday November 13th for registration and our icebreaker event, it will be six days of pure caricature and art! You DO NOT want to miss this event!

Artists from all over the world get together to compete, learn, be inspired and make friendships that last for ever!

It is a unique event that has been taking place for the past 20 years and every year the convention sets new heights of excellence!

Click here to find out more, join ISCA and register for the convention!

You will not be disappointed if you can come, seminars taking place include such established speakers/artists as Tom Richmond, David O'Keefe, Lar DeSouza and Drew Friedman, plus others!

I really hope you can make it to our convention and I look forward to seeing you there in person!

ISCA convention

From last year where artists hung out in da 'zone' producing fantastic art!

Work in Progress

Watercolour of Howard Stern in process.

Tom Richmond

I am really pleased to share with you that Tom Richmond is running the Poolside Sketch Club at our upcoming ISCA convention in Florida this November!

Tom will be on hand to answer questions, give advice and encouragement to the group as we gather around the pool to sketch, learn and have fun!

Another very good reason why you should join us at the ISCA convention in November!

Click here to stop by the ISCA website for more details and to sign up for membership and the convention itself (you have to be an ISCA member to attend the convention)

Tom also has a new book out next month on how to draw caricatures and it is will be fantastic and must have for any caricature bookshelf! We have been waiting for this book for some time and it is great that it is out soon but you can pre order by stopping by the Richmond website by clicking here

If you want to know how to draw caricatures then this IS the book for you! Buy a copy NOW!

Come to the convention and meet Tom in person and partake in the sketch club to get some first hand teaching from Tom, based on his book as reference!

Hope to see you there!

Wedding Caricature

An example of my caricature drawings completed in under ten minutes on the spot at a wedding!

Caricature fun!

One from today!

iPad app caricature style!

There is now available a fantastic app that has been created by the wonderful artist John Kascht!

If you have an iPad this is a must buy app to have!

Click here to see the app preview on John's website

Click here to visit John's website

John has produced a body of work that is simply outstanding and he is a master of caricature! Working in water-colours and inks, he produces some beautiful art that I know you will love!

Not only has he mastered the medium of water-colour but he produces caricatures that exceed your expectations. His work is truly lovely to look at and also a joy to explore the caricature of the subject.

So enjoy John's website and buy his app now!

Caricature nose

Make that nose real big.....!

Rugby

A doodle based on the Rugby World Cup that is taking place in New Zealand at the moment.

Howard Stern

Controversy follow this guy where ever he goes, it must be Howard Stern!

Mike Carlon

My good friend Mike Carlon who just happens to be a great caricaturist and really nice guy, fun to hang out with! A doodle sketch in ZenBrush on my iPad.

Guess the golfer?

A rough sketch of who?

Odd cartoon!

Just a bit of fun playing around with a cartoon style!

House update

An updated version of my House caricature

The character still has a dark side to him...

Abe Lincoln

A little doodle on the iPad in ZenBrush of Abe Lincoln.

Gaddafi yet to be found?

An update to my Gaddafi caricature in this on going situation to find him and bring him to justice!

Influence in my life

Music has been a big part to my life and ever since growing up in the 1960's and 1970's, I had the joy to experience and hear so many new aspects to both pop and rock.

As an artist in waiting back then, I was attracted to certain record sleeves while spending hours looking through records in the local record store.

It was the art on the record sleeve, also know as an LP, that would catch my attention and at the early age of about 12 or 13, I saved up and purchased Tales From Topographic Ocean by Yes, because of the Roger Dean artwork on the LP. I had no idea what the music would sound like but I just had to have that LP sleeve!

Well that took me into a relationship with the music of Yes and more so with the singer, Jon Anderson.

His music both with Yes and on his solo projects, struck a cord with my heart, should and mind and ever since I have had to include the music in my life. I could not see life without it!

Jon Anderson also connected via his lyrics to my soul searching spiritual questions that I had. As a creative personality, spiritual matters were important to me and in the music is where I found solace.

Here is a YouTube link to a new piece of Jon Anderson music that I love:

http://youtu.be/K8nyL5ksJqs

Here is another YouTube Jon Anderson song that I really love and play to support my soul when I feel down:

http://youtu.be/5B2yQFUtbQE

I have to say that I enjoy many types of music and have many favourites that include classical, Jazz, Folk and New World. Music is a magical gift that we often take for granted!

I also have a knack to play drums, not that good as it has been on and off for many years and I have never dedicated myself to learning more and improving but I can knock out a good beat and often received some sweet words of encouragement about my drum playing!

Art is my priority but music is my rock that I lean upon.

Art and music together have influenced me in so many ways and continue to do so today and will do so, tomorrow and beyond!

I hope you enjoy Jon Anderson's music as much as I do and if this is the first time you have heard him, then you will be in for a treat!

Japan

One of my favourite cities that I have visited! Wonderful people and amazing artists who often lead the way! Many of our ISCA members are from Japan and they attend the convention each year in America. I look forward to seeing them there as many are friends and I really enjoy hanging out with them!

Start a drawing

Here is a drawing I started in ArtStudio on my iPad. Need to get it finished but why don't you download and finish it for me and let's see what you come up with? Should be fun!

iPad drawing

The doodle today was drawn on my iPad using the Zen Brush App. As you can see the background is a lovely brown shade. Zen Brush gives a range of choices for the background and this is something I really like about the app, as well as being very easy to use and fun to sketch with!

Yesterday I ordered the new Wacom Inkling pen. It is a pen that you use as any other pen to draw with and as in a normal situation, you sketch or draw on paper using the pen and it records your every stoker and line. You then upload it to photoshop or illustrator and hey presto, your sketch is there on the computer! Once I have the pen I will of course show you more here and pictures of how it works but you can visit www.wacom.com to see more about the Inkling Pen!

Caricature

I'm back! After a very busy summer, I now have a normal busy level on my calendar, that will allow me to blog every day, sorry for the gap folks!
The picture shows a project I did at the beginning of the summer for a bank in London. They liked the result!
It's good to be back after a gap! Hope to have lots of interesting things for you here each day!

Please stop by again!