Danny boy :-)

for a weekly caricature contest over at Facebook

Some sketches from these last few weeks..

Seems like when I draw from imagination, I tend to make the eyes always the same, need to do a whole lot more eye studies ..

 

quick charcoal sketch, no refs

 

charcoal on paper, some refs used for proportions' sake

rapid 10-15 min sketch from imagination for practice and fun

sanguine on paper, no refs

messed up the eyes - sanguine on toned paper

a messy sanguine + acrylics portrait. A photo of Maria Mena was used for ref at the beginning, but I totally lost the resemblance at some point..

I got a few more on their way, hope I can finish'em this weekend, I'll post some more sketches pretty soon

 Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister

commissioned caricature

something I did this Saturday, commissioned caricature for a BDay present

J.K. Simmons

the pencil sketch

and the digital painting

Дядо Добри

Generals charcoal pencils - black and white

guess what - charcoal :-)

another one of the series - B&W generals charcoal pencil study - after a GREAT Russian painter Ivan Kuzmich Makarov

Another charcoal

Generals B&W charcoal pencils on toned paper - some refs used in the very beginning

Mark Twain

Generals B&W charcoal pencils

charcoal sketch from imagination