Caricature Training 7 of 15: Oliver!

And now back to your regularly scheduled program. Oliver! I figured a Group Picture(montage) would make up for missing some days. But suffice it to say I still have three more to do to catch up by April 5th. I should be on #10 tomorrow. Expect more than one "Caricature Training" entry tomorrow. I've been listening to the Soundtrack and I couldn't get it out of my head. I'm also watching the movie now. And I should be going color for the last seven so expect that. Graphite on 9x12.

Special Coverage Continues: Backdrop 2-SPACE: The Final Toon-teir

This was finished Friday night at about 10pm. It took less time than the desert scene. I worked on it some on Thursday afternoon once I got it stapled up. I painted the sky and the mountains and then left around 9pm. The rest was completed on Friday. It was sprayed with a fixative on Saturday morning and hung just before lunchtime. This painting took about 15 hours to complete. Just like the other backdrop I had to paint several coats and deal with a wrinkled surface.
Fortunately, The wrinkles help the sky and ground on this painting.
This is looking at the picture from left to right. When I finished it reminded me of a Rock Album Cover for Pink Floyd or Led Zepplin. The stars turned out great thanks to white Airbrush paint. Thanks Ryan and Gene for the use of the airbrush and airbrush paint.
This view is from right to left. Again just like the desert scene the size is 11x6feet. I'd like to acknowledge my CD collection and Mom's boombox without which I would have gone mad in silence. Thank you "Weird Al", Dr. Demento, John Denver, numerous movie soundtracks, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Collective Soul, and TV Cartoon Soundtracks(just to name a few) you made painting along with music fun.

Meep! In the Window

And here it is in the WINDOW. Finished! This was put in on Thursday. There are still some props that will be added and a sand drapery for the floor. Come see it on opening day April 5th this Saturday!

meep! -- the color comps

Okay this what I had in mind before I started painting. Sometimes great things happen on the canvas. (In this case vinyl canvas.) Pastel 1x3 inches more or less.

And Now for Something Completely Different: meep! meep!

Okay so this is why I didn't post yesterday or today. Suffice it to say, I will be catching up probably on Sunday though. Consider this a special presentation like the Peanuts Christmas cartoon instead of your regularly scheduled programming.
So I am doing two back drops for Six Flags St. Louis for the Front Mall. This is the first. They wanted a desert scene for some of their figures that stand around 31/2 to 4 feet tall. The Back drop measures aproximately 11x6 feet. It took two days painting mainly to get the color scheme right. I'll post the color comp I made and worked from. The Backdrop measures about 11x6 feet.
The outcome looks great with the character placed in front of the peice.
Tomorrow, weather permitting, we are going to put the Backdrop in the window and place the characters. I'll post those pictures as well. Oh yeah, Ill be painting the next one tomorrow. The plan is to be finished by Saturday. Details and pictures to follow. Stay tuned!

Caricature Training 6 of 15: Oprah

Day 6. #6: Oprah Winfrey. This Caricature is an hour late, but you should have seen it an hour ago sometimes it happens. She was tough. Graphite on white paper 9x12. Revised version -3/11/2008.

Caricature Training 5 of 15: John McCain

Day5. #5: John McCain. Graphite and Pen on white paper12x9(about). You know, I just don't think we are going to get a Republican President in the next election. That's what I think. Maybe that's the New York in me talkin'. I guess we'll see.