Central Park Caricatures

Here's some live caricatures I did in Central Park, NYC. The Black and Whites take about 5 minutes per head, and the color takes about 10 min. per head. They are done with a Japanese Brush- Pen, and the color is pastel.

I have a new blog!

Due to the disproportionate entries from "Go Figure" on this blog, I've decided to start a separate blog: http://yougofigurenow.blogspot.com/
This will showcase all of the drawings from Go Figure without confusing any possible clients of mine trying to see my caricature work. Check it out: I have a new post on there already of the Buddhist Monk and Doctor: Dr. Tenzin.

Dottie Lux at Go Figure

Here's the cool Dottie Lux at last night's Go Figure. She was a good model and we had some great food from Osha during the long break.

Joseph @ Go Figure

Here's Joseph from last night's Go Figure; he had great expressions as usual. These are all colored pencil- 1 min., 2, 5, 20, and 40 min.

Amy @ GO FIGURE

Here's 3 "blind contour" drawings from last night's Go Figure. I got out of doing these for a while, but I came back to it last night- I like doing them because the "mind's eye" tends to create it's own continuity of line, and it's always a surprise as to what exactly you are going to get. Surprises are what makes life interesting to me. These drawings are more about feeling and character than acurate depiction.

1 more of Erin

Here's one more of Erin- a 20 min. pose. I had a slightly different point of view with all of these due to the new floor chairs I bought- I was much lower to the ground.

Erin@ Go Figure

Here's Erin from last Monday's Go Figure. They are 1 min., 2,2,5, and 5 min. from the top. All colored pencil except the first- reg. pencil.

Cassandra @ GO FIGURE

Here's the elegant, amazing Cassandra from last Monday's Go Figure. It was a coincidence that I just bought a red colored pencil that day and that her hair was more red than usual... or was it? Go figure.

Viktoria @ Go Figure

Here's 3 colored pencil drawings of the retro-looking Viktoria from last night's "Go Figure".

Lady J at Go Figure

This is the 3rd time Lady J has been to Go Figure, and she didn't disappoint. She had some great shoes and a feather fan as props, and she couldn't help moving her hips a bit to the "Son Cubano" music. These are all colored pencil, starting with a 2 minute, 5 min., 20 and 2 tens at the end. One of these is a "blind contour" drawing- it's pretty obvious which one...

Carla @ Go Figure- 2

Here's Carla from last night's Go Figure- she's been once before...
She has a great expressive face and a long, skinny body- very interesting to draw. These are all colored pencil.
I was trying to heed Steve Brodner's advice about "swing". He graciously replied to an e-mail I sent earlier today asking for some creative criticism. This is partly what he said:
"I would love to see each element affecting all the other elements more. If one thing is bigger, how than does it change the other elements? Did I ever mention the subway car or elevator? When a new person enters everybody else stands differently. All the things in your piece are dependent in a way on each other. Your work is really good and you should be getting work. But I would keep working on this idea of integration, or Swing; something I always shoot for."

To me, the word "swing" rang true like music- each instrument depending on the other and integrating to create movement, energy, and rythm- like linework, composition, and the individual features of a face working together to create caricature.

Sarah on the Mic

Here's the last of the Sarah Silverman sketches (she gets the most out of her mic...) Now, which one to use?

More Marina

Okay, the real reason I didn't post more last night was because my scanner was giving me problems and I was tired. Now I fixed it, so here's a few more of Marina from Go Figure on Monday night; the first two are 2 minute sketches, and the last is a five minute caricature of her.

Marina @ Go Figure

Here's the sophisticated Marina from the last Go Figure. I had a few good ones, but this was the best, so I'm just including one this time.

The Return of Go Figure- with Marianne

Here's a few sketches of Marianne from last Monday night's "Go Figure" which just made it's triumphant return. It's now located at my friends- Shea and Osha's apartment in Williamsburg. If you don't get my e-mails about it, let me know and I'll put you on the list.
The first 2 drawings are 5 min. poses, and the last is a 20 min. They're all colored pencil.

Sarah Silverman

Here's a couple of preliminary sketches of Sarah Silverman for my next painting for Faces and Names. I'm in the middle of one other and might do one more after that. Unusually, I found a lot of good reference material for her, so I want to do as much as I can.
First I have to finish another Rolling Stones painting, which I'm almost finished with.

Punta Cana

These are a few quick sketches I did in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic where I was vacationing the past week with my family. The first one is at the pool-bar where the bar stools are underwater; all bars should be like this.
The second one is of the beach outside our resort hotel; there is an old ship-wreck about a mile out from the beach. My niece, Grace, is in the lower left hand corner.
The third one is at Suana Island- about 2 1/2 hours from our hotel, and features my Dad, who turned 70 this month. The water here is amazingly clear and warm. Apparently, this is where they filmed the Blue Lagoon. About half-way out to the island is an area of water in the ocean which is really shallow and clear- it only goes up to your waist- it's really interesting.

Samuel Leroy Jackson

This is the Samuel L. Jackson painting I did for Faces and Names (159 w. 54th St.) last Fall. I just got a good print from "Baboo" which is my new photo and printing place. No more Duggal- they're much too expensive and didn't give me what I wanted last time.
This is oil on wood and I think it's 3' x 4'.
He's one of my favorite actors; I hope he can come in and see it...

Preliminary drawings of Stones

Here's a couple of preliminary drawings I did for the Stones painting of a couple of years ago. I have to search for the other ones...