Jan Op de Beeck

Caricature of master caricaturist Jan OpdeBeeck. This was my response to the caricature below he did of me.

It all started with a mouse

Florian Satzinger: Feed Your Artwork!

An Indian parrot hatchling is fed by hand on this hilarious photograph. (via)

Which in turn fed my inspiration:

Wouter Tulp: Caricature sketch demo

Close up. Click image to take a close look at the brush strokes

 

In this video I recorded the process of sketching a James Brown caricature. At the very start of the recording, my computer suddenly ran slow, which caused the initial sketch to be a little rude and blunt. I decided to keep on going and use the heavy linework as a staring point for the rest of the painting. I usually create a more subtle basic sketch.

You can see that the basic sketch does not have the right proportions yet, and I chose to paint and correct this along the way. I used dark linework on top of lighter values and left some parts open to keep the painting vivid.