Category Archives: Famous people

It was 45 years and 342 days ago today…..

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

….that the Beatles released a record to play.  Like the band it was one of my all time favourites. Now you can draw your own Beatles or Lonely Hearts Club Band. Have fun and if need be get a little … Continue reading →

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Albert Einstein – general relativity speaking.

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Another simple cartoon ‘caricature’, this time of Albert Einstein. Einstein was a theoretical physicist, thinker up of the Theory of General Relativity and e = mc squared, all stuff I still haven’t a clue about. But he is easy to … Continue reading →

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Elvis has entered the blog!

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Here’s another ‘famous person’. Elvis, the King of Rock. As I have said before we are aiming at a cartoon likeness not a strict portrait. We use a shared knowledge of what features most people associate with the person. In … Continue reading →

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Twas the night before Xmas….almost

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

Have fun!

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Starry, Starry Vincent.

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

Another famous person to try. My favourite artist Vincent Van Gogh, best known for cutting off his ear. Again I haven’t tried to create an exact likeness but have mimicked his painting style as one way to reinforce who we … Continue reading →

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Justin Bieber

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

Another famous person to draw. Remember we are not trying to get a perfect likeness but a cartoon character that is recognisable as a particular person. In this case we use and exaggerate Justin’s well known and unique hairstyle. So love … Continue reading →

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Napoleon

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

In this post we touch on caricature in that we are drawing a simple cartoon character who is recognizable as a famous person because we include one or two visual clues that most people associate with that person. In this … Continue reading →

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