Sketch O’The Week
January 7th, 2009 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch is a warm-up study of actress Gwyneth Paltrow. I’ve had to draw her a few times in MAD, specifically for the parody of “The Royal Tennenbaums” some years ago as well as last year in “Iron Man”. For some odd reason I find her somewhat hard to capture. She has smoky eyes with the lower lids either naturally or artifically dark. She also has a slighly wall-eyed look… by that I mean her eyes seem to look off in slightly different directions. Her nose looks different in almost every angle. She can look very glamorous and very ordinary in any given picture. READ MORE
December 31st, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
The final “Sketch o’the Week” for 2008 is of former child star Macaulay Culkin. I saw a small picture of him in a magazine and it stuck me how creepy he looks. He retains just enough of his 10-year-old features from his “Home Alone” days to be recognizable, but he’s now nearly 30 with this thick giraffe neck and long, bony nose. The reference picture was taken in pretty bright sunlight, which left some heavy shadows that were interesting. I’m not sure if he’s even still in the entertainment business, as his appearance in the magazine was a result of the tragic death of his… READ MORE
December 24th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch is a theme-park style study of Mary-Louise Parker of Showtime’s “Weeds”… another show I hear is good but that I don’t watch. My “theme park” style of drawing is spontaneous, loose and cartoony using a 3mm 4B lead in a lead holder, a blending stomp and a lot of arm movement. I’d make this into a park sample with a little work on the likeness but I’d have a tough time coming up with the “pot” gag that would get past the theme park police. READ MORE
December 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I did this warm up sketch yesterday and, since I am extremely busy with a few jobs that need wrapping up today it’s all I have time to post. The subject is actor Samuel L. Jackson. This was from a small picture out of an entertainment magazine that jumped out at me as a good representation of him. Often reference pictures just do not capture a subject in a way that really speaks to the viewer of the subject’s complete persona. This is especially true of certain “rubber faced” actors or ones who change their looks drasticlly from role to role. Jackson can look very… READ MORE
December 13th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
We bring this second installment of “Sketch Week” to a close with a long promised caricature of “The Office” star Steve Carell for my pal and fellow caricaturist Jim Batts in St. Louis. Jim asked me to take a crack at Carell some time ago but I never seemed to remember to look him up as a sketch subject until today. I’m not sure how well I captured him, because…. well, I have a confession to make. I have never seen one second of anything with Steve Carell in it. I’ve never seen “The Office” or any of his movies. That always puts the caricaturist… READ MORE
December 12th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Today’s sketch is of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” star Summer Glau. I had written a ways back that I liked the show and thought it was on the right track in the first season. There has been a bit of a sophmore slump, where the storylines seem to meander and are not connecting very well, but I think it has still got a lot of potential if the creators get more focused on a strong connecting storyline. Galu’s casting as the female “good” terminator was brilliant. She is perfect with the vacant stare but gives you just enough glimmer that there is something more… READ MORE
December 11th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I finally got to go to the theater a few days ago and see “Quantum of Solace”, the new James Bond film starring today’s sketch subject Daniel Craig. I liked it. Not as good as “Casino Royale” but there wasn’t nearly as much story in “Quantum” as there was in “Casino”. Craig is the best Bond since Sean Connery, and the updating of the character is welcome. Hopefully future films will continue in the same spirit and not regress into the slapstick antics that plagued the later Roger Moore films. READ MORE
December 10th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Today’s sketch is of former wrestler Terry “Hulk” Hogan. Drawing this guy is like shooting fish in a barrel. READ MORE
