Thursday, December 21, 2017

Portrait of Travis

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.

2 comments:

Steve said...

Travis has an amazing touch, right down to the way he signs his name. Wonderful likeness.

Meera Rao said...

wonderful :) Thank you!