Developing Your Style by Studying the Masters
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Art of Caricature

Build Your Caricature Muscles(71 Lessons )

Developing Your Style by Studying the Masters

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Developing Your Style by Studying the Masters

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Your assignment is to choose a caricature by another artist you admire and do a study of it, focusing on copying the shapes and values as best you can. It’s not important to use the same materials the artist did. If the original is a painting or a sculpture, you can still use pencil or charcoal to do the study. The important takeaway from this exercise is in [studying how that artist exaggerated] his or her shapes and to a lesser extent, how they rendered the forms. And if you are able to find the original photo reference they used, that can help give you some additional perspective into the artist’s decisions as well.

After you have completed your study of another artist’s work, do an original caricature in the style of that artist, utilizing the exaggeration choices you learned from the initial study.

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Dima Jurf
3yr
Figure study after Kenyon Cox - Romance - Nude Study 1896. Coloured pencil on paper.
@dyngvold
3yr
Beautiful!
Dima Jurf
3yr
'Study 4 Inking Masters' is an October challenge created by Watts Atelier. These are my studies for the great masters Gibson, Frazetta, Booth, and Wrightson. It wasn't an easy challenge but an interesting and fruitful one, and I learned many many things! I am glad I participated in this challenge thanks to Watts Atelier, because I noticed a big understanding and a fast improvement in my skills. Hope I did a good job! Any comments are most welcome.
Thieum
3yr
I love these ink studies! Great hatching work and line control. There is a good feeling of movement, also good contrasts. Great job!
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Freelance commercial illustrator and caricature entertainer. He’s done a lot of editorial and product illustration and concept work for film and TV.
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