Gurney Journey: Portrait of Travis

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I had breakfast yesterday with Travis Louie, who paints a menagerie of fantastical creatures and curious people.

(Link to video on Facebook) I knew he wouldn't mind if I exaggerated him a little and made him into a slightly fictionalized character himself.

With a gouache sketch like this, I start off with big brushes, visualizing of the head as a mass of clay. I'm looking for the forms beneath the features. Once that's all roughed in, I can drop in eyebrows and other details.

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Travis Louie website.