Audrey Hepburn caricature

More Audrey, this time a caricature for a thread on the Drawing Board.

Audrey Hepburn sketches

I've had a number of people tell me that I should paint Audrey Hepburn, because she seems like my "type". I am a fan of Audrey, but always felt somewhat intimidated by her quirky beauty to try and capture it.

I've decided to bite the bullet and have a go but, before starting on a more involved piece, I thought I'd work up to it by doing some sketches.

Batmen part 1

The first three in a series of caricatures depicting the actors who have portrayed Batman in movies.

Adam West (Batman, 1966); Michael Keaton (Batman, 1989 and Batman Returns, 1992); Kevin Conroy (Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, 1993)

Diana Rigg

A portrait of British actress Diana Rigg

Universal Horror

Some quick portraits of three of the stars of the old Universal horror movies.

Bela Lugosi as Dracula; Colin Clive as Dr Henry Frankenstein; Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster.

The Fabulous Bridges Boys

Some recent caricatures of the late actor Lloyd Bridges and his two actor sons, Beau and Jeff.

Shelley Duvall caricature

A companion piece to my Jack Nicholson - Shelley Duvall, also from "The Shining"

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Gwen Stacy

A painting of Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker's first love in the Spider-Man comics. Her death in The Amazing Spider-Man #121 is one of the most shocking moments in comics' history.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A caricature of Jack Nicholson in Stanley Kubrick's movie of "The Shining".

I wanted to avoid the cliched Jack caricature of the iconography of Jack (forehead, grin, eyebrows, shades, cigar) and thought that painting him in character was the best way to go about it.


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Sylar caricature

A caricature of Zachary Quinto as Sylar from the TV show "Heroes". I got bored with the show somewhere in the middle of the first season, but always thought this character had an interesting face.

More Mathilda May

A couple of quicker, looser Mathilda May pictures.

The first is based on a still from the movie "Naked Tango", which isn't as pervy a movie as it sounds. It is a beautifully photographed film, though, and I would recommend it to fans of good cinematography.

I don't know where the second one is from, but I wanted to show an older, and still beautiful, Mathilda. The actual size close up shows how I attempted to capture the character that time has added to her face.

Mathilda May

A portrait of the French actress Mathilda May, probably best known internationally for the movie "Lifeforce"

Sketch; Finished piece



This is the second entry in my occasional series of European Actresses, and the third in my Alliterative series

Nicolas Cage caricature

A caricature of the actor Nicolas Cage.

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Silver Screen Men of Steel part 2

A portrait of Christopher Reeve.

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Batman

I always find it difficult to draw iconic characters such as Batman, because there are so many versions by so many artists that I like. This is the closest I've come to MY ideal Batman.


Initial sketch (the left leg wasn't really working)



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Harrison Ford caricature 3

The third of my Harrison Ford caricatures - young Harrison, circa 1976/77.

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