Day 033

A Caricature after a drawing from John Singer Sargent.

Day 032

A Caricature after a drawing from Peter Paul Rubens.
"Isabella Brant", Rubens first wife.

Day 031 Holger

I visited today the Atelier of Holger Kirste together with Torsten Wolber.
Both are fantastic artists, you have to see there works:

www.torstenwolber.de
www.holgerkirste.de

We did paint each other.
This here is my first caricature with oils that I painted live.
It´s still WIP. I hope I can finish it at the next meeting.

Day 030 Abraham Lincoln

Day 029

Private Commission

Day 028 George Washington

Day 027 Carl Barks

The one and only!

Day 026 Gustave Doré

Day 025 Leonard Nimoy

Day 024

A Caricature after a Portrait from Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Day 023 Ulf Graupner

Ulf is a fantastic Comic-Artist, "KNAX"-Colleague and also a good friend.

http://crosseyedrobot.blogspot.com/

Day 022 Boris Zatko

Talented Comic-Artist, Writer, "KNAX"-Colleague and friend Boris Zatko!
www.boriszatko.com

Jaqueline

My love, my life! Te quiero, Jaqui!

Day 020 My Grandma :-)

Day 019

Roharan, proud lvl 5 Draenei Shaman

Day 018

Eva Longoria

Day 017

After a bust of Voltaire!

lines and colors

WOW! I´ve been featured on "lines and colors".
That´s uber-cool!
Many thanks for the post Charley and for the suggestion Thomas.

http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/01/18/robolus-roberto-freire/

Day 016

...and another Holbein Caricature!

Day 015

...and another Holbein Caricature.

Day 014

After a drawing from Hans Holbein the Younger

Day 013

After a drawing from Hans Holbein the Younger

Day 012

NCN Member Matt Zitman!
http://www.zitmanart.com/

Day 011

This is NCN Member Stacy Pierce!!!
http://www.stacykakes.com/

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Day 009

This is a caricature of the phenomenal Fine Artist
William Whitaker!
http://www.williamwhitaker.com/




















Mist, drei Stunden zu spät.
Heute hatte ich einen stressigen Tag und ich mußte mich schwer zusammenreißen um doch noch was hinzukritzeln. Ohne mein "Versprechen" hätte ich nix gemacht.
Oh Mann, "nur" noch 356 Tage...

Day 008

Star Wars / Imperial Officer Oicunn
Oil on wooden plate / 30 x 20 cm

Day 007 Hal Foster

Prince of Illustrators / Father of the Adventure Strip

Day 006

Day 005

Alla Prima Oil Painting on wooden plate / 30 x 21 cm

Day 004

Day 003

Day 002 Robert Mitchum

Alla Prima Oil Painting 18 x 24 cm

Day 001

3 Heads

The right one is a caricature of NCN Member Jon 'Devereaux' Laing.

Joe Bluhm Caricature

This is a litttle Black & White Oil Painting that I did of the great Caricature Artist JOE BLUHM for the NCN Forums (National Caricaturist Network).

Go check out his fantastic stuff: joebluhm.blogspot.com

Ah, btw. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!

Live Caricatures from a Gig

Little "Good Morning" Doodle

Yoda Caricature

Qui-Gon Jinn Caricature

Bilbo Caricature

Young Obi Wan Caricature

Stefan's Modellier Workshop

Mein guter alter Freund und Super-Modelleur Stefan Niehues hat sich endlich dazu durchgerungen ein Fantasy-Modellier-Workshop zu geben. Das Ganze soll im Raum Frankfurt über zwei spaßige und lehrreiche Tage stattfinden. Eine fast einzigartige Gelegenheit in Deutschland einem Profi über die Schulter zu schauen.

Hier gibt es Infos:
http://modellierworkshop.blogspot.com/

Painting Notes from HARVEY DUNN

"Harvey Dunn was born on March 8, 1884 on a homestead farm near Manchester, South Dakota. The young man’s talent was first recognized by Ada Caldwell, an art instructor at South Dakota Agricultural College (presently South Dakota State University), which Dunn attended during 1901-1902. Urged by Caldwell, Dunn pursued his artistic studies at the Art Institute of Chicago under the instruction of Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware.In 1906, after two years with Pyle, Dunn established his own studio in Wilmington and immediately began a successful career in illustration. He was a prodigious painter, able to produce (on one occasion) fifty-five completed paintings in eleven weeks for various clients. A contemporary described his style in these terms, “He literally attacked a canvas&Sometimes I thought he would impale the painting with his brush.” In addition to his illustrations for books, Dunn’s work by then was appearing regularly in such magazines as Collier’s Weekly, Harper’s, The Saturday Evening Post, and Scribner’s.The years before the country’s involvement in World War I turned out to be Dunn’s most prolific period as an illustrator. His experiences at the front as one of eight artist-correspondents with the American Expeditionary Force in Europe were a turning point for the artist. Dunn’s interest in commercial illustration declined on his return to the United States. Instead, the artist envisioned working for several years for the War College committing to canvas his sketches of the battlefields of Europe. Unfortunately, demobilization occurred at a rapid pace, and Dunn’s project was rejected. It became the big heartbreak of his life. However, Dunn was able to salvage part of his ambitious plan; in 1927, he began to paint covers with military themes for The American Legion Monthly magazine. The majority of Dunn’s war sketches are now housed at the Smithsonian Institution in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.Later in life Dunn remarked: “The most fruitful and worthwhile thing I have ever done has been to teach.” Dunn became an influential and revered teacher; students referred to him as “Mr. Dunn” as a sign of respect and admiration. The majority of Dunn’s students were either graduate level painters or professional illustrators. Dunn was not interested in teaching painting techniques. His approach was philosophically oriented—he spoke about spirit, emotions, and discourse at length. He discussed his philosophy of life and art, offered group criticism, and strode from easel to easel discussing each student’s work in turn.Dunn’s most inspired teaching was probably achieved at the Grand Central School of Art, located on the top floor of Grand Central Station in New York City. His comments were captured by a student during a five-hour class session and were published in 1934 in a slim volume (printed in a edition of only 1000) entitled An Evening in the Classroom. Dunn was a demanding teacher and at times a harsh critic. He believed in preparing his students for the harsh realities and intense competition of the commercial world. Talent was not enough. As he once said, “If you ever amount to anything at all, it will be because you are true to that deep desire or ideal which made you seek artistic expression in pictures.”

Here is the little book for you to download as a PDF-file:
www.robolus.com/h.dunn-eveningclassroom.pdf

Thunderdome

My Last Man Standing Thunderdome entry for a Contest over at Conceptart.org!

Oil Portrait for Steven

I finished my first own Portrait as a Birthday gift for my good friend and artist STEVEN (www.wannabeartist.de)