Picture this...the Art of Anthony Pascoe

Pull Up Banner

2011-06-29T15:40:00.000-07:00

Here's my new retractable banner that I'll be using at Live Caricature Event's and Shows from now on. It's printed on Canvas with Waterproof Inks......so I should get some mileage out of it. The Tomb Raider Caricature was done specially for this.

Speed Painting

2011-06-23T04:39:00.001-07:00

Here's a quick digital Caricature of my brothers housemate Michael. I spent around 2hrs all up.

Mr Bean !

2011-06-15T17:35:00.000-07:00

This was done as part of some self promo material i'm putting together, hence the white background.

Completed in Photoshop of a scanned sketch, I wanted to try something different by adding some photographic elements, sort of like a Collage effect. Everything is painted in PS except the fabric on Mr Bean's suit and the dart which I photographed from one I had at home.

Online I found a fabric swatch close to Mr Beans and using the cloning tool & such in PS I built up the rest of the suit and layed it over the original sketch.

I'm happy with this effect and I'll continue to play around with it here and there

Sydney Easter Show Caricatures

2011-05-24T23:27:00.000-07:00

Leonardo DiCaprio Caricature

2011-03-30T19:45:00.000-07:00

Since my Intuos 3 Arose from the dead, i thought I might as well finish this one off..

Nick Cave Sketch

2011-03-03T20:45:00.001-08:00

Luke Watson Caricature

2011-02-21T01:33:00.000-08:00

A 30th Birthday present for my friend and fellow Artist Luke Watson......I'm expecting payback, with interest ! (A4 Acrylic on pre primmed canvas)

Merry Christmas

2010-12-22T15:43:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas ( Gift Giving Season ) to everyone !!
Here's a WIP that has ground to a halt. A couple of weeks ago the Intuos 4 stopped working, I think the power cord is the cause, something I'll sort out in the comming weeks. I havn't had much luck with these things this year, My Mac blew up and my old Intuos 3 died of alcohol poisoning early in the year when one of my mates spilt beer on it.....maybe it's the digital gods giving me a sign to buy a Cintiq.....I'm not sure...

Acrylic Portrait

2010-11-04T16:50:00.000-07:00

Here's a recent Acrylic Painting that was commisioned for a Birthday present. My aim was to keep it loose and more painterly than I normally do. Painted in Acrylic on a canvas block (12 x 16) in about 6 hours

Royal Melbourne Show Caricatures

2010-10-04T01:46:00.001-07:00

The Melbourne Royal Show in September is the time of the year when get to park my rear end down in one spot for 11 days and draw nothing but Caricatures. Had a great time drawing along side Sydney Cartoonist Josh Spencer and all the people we got to meet & draw.

I was lucky enough to sell a couple of colour ones too

In the mornings to warm up & before we got busy....was the time to goof around and let loose on some of the other stall holders at the show.

....Li the boss....

Gift Caricature

2010-09-04T15:38:00.001-07:00

This Caricature was done for a family member Willem who's house & bar is the ultimate shrine to all things Jim Beam. I'm honoured to add something to the collection.

Vladimir Putin Caricature

2010-08-01T16:06:00.000-07:00

Hi all...Here's a Putin Caricature I started over 6 months ago, got bored with it, shelved it for months but over the weekend I forced myself to finish it. I guess most Artists can relate to having part completed works clogging up their hard drives

Life Drawing Sketches

2010-07-29T13:34:00.000-07:00

Here's a selection of sketches from a Life Drawing class that i've been attending. Most of these were drawn with a worn down Black Prismacolor Artstik....I'll be experimenting with charcoal in the comming week

Benjamin Pascoe Sketch

2010-07-20T19:26:00.000-07:00

Hi all, In Celebration of my pride & joy Benjamin turning 2 this Sunday 25th, I thought I'd share this sketch I made of him late last night. I've always loved taking random photo's of Ben and there was something about the original photo and how it came about that inspired me to sketch it. I remember we were both at home alone and to keep an eye on him I took him and a bag of his favourite toys into in my studio, a place where it usually ends up with Ben tearing up paper, books and anything else he can get his little hands on. I was sitting at my computer desk engrossed in what I was doing and after about 20 miniutes or so I suddenly realised Ben had been unusually quiet and it wasn't until i swung my chair around that I found he had been sitting quietly on another chair watching me the whole time. I reached for the camera and before he had time to move/dispute having a camera in his face, I managed to snap a few pics.

Julia Gillard Caricature

2010-07-13T22:02:00.000-07:00

This was a private commissioned and an unusual request... and one that I grasped with both hands. The brief : A Caricature of Julia Gillard as a Goose. Well here she is ..."The Red Emporer" struttin her stuff...enjoy comrades !

Jack Black Sketch

2010-07-06T18:46:00.001-07:00

This is the JB sketch I posted over at the Facebook Caricaturama group.

The Fix it King

2010-03-30T17:42:00.000-07:00

From time to time I'll design business cards for clients....I don't do much cartoon character stuff so it was fun to do a job like this....

Gift Caricature Photo

2010-03-11T15:53:00.001-08:00

It's always rewarding when you get positive feedback from clients.....the Birthday boy was extremely happy with his Gift.

Acrylic Gift Caricature

2010-03-08T21:56:00.000-08:00

I've recently switched to painting with "Liquitex" Acrylics and I must say there far superior to most other brands I've used in the past. These are 16 x 20" on Canvas and took about 8 hrs to paint each

Acrylic Caricature

2010-01-11T15:14:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year everyone !!

2010-01-10T17:21:00.000-08:00

While on holiday I discovered that these cans are much more consumer-friendly than carrying around a bottle in a brown paper bag :)

Glenfiddich Live Caricatures

2009-12-04T20:49:00.000-08:00

Live Caricature at the Quiet Man Bar

2009-11-21T20:33:00.001-08:00

Some more Live Caricatures drawn at this great Irish Pub "The Quiet Man" in Flemmington Melbourne. I had the luxury of spending more time on these drawings, most were done in around 6-10 min.

More Live Caricatures

2009-11-15T15:00:00.001-08:00

Live Caricature

2009-11-03T21:59:00.000-08:00

I know I know....I've been slack with this blog thingy

Over the past few month's you could say I've been chasing my tail with deadlines (you all know what i mean ) ..personal stuff and Illustration work (that I can't share at this time)

Anyway , In September I was invited by some Sydney Artists to draw Live Caricatures at the Melbourne Show. Having never drawn Caricatures in a retail enviroment I thought I might as well give it a go for a few days at least to see if it's something I might consider doing again

Well, I did have a fun time and it was great drawing along side other Artists for a change as it's something I rarely get the opportunity to do. In the mornings for warm up myself and another Caricaturist Josh Spencer would draw each other, some more extreme than others. Here are some photo's I did manage to take with my phone

Josh Spencer aka: Nick Frost !

Herman Munster

2009-08-12T16:40:00.000-07:00

James "The Riff Master" Hetfield WIP

2009-08-05T23:38:00.000-07:00

Over the past several months i've been in a creative & motivational black hole and to try and turn things around I'm making an extra effort to sketch more, paint more, network more and what's helping is by throwing things up here for fellow bloggers to see, i'm starting to feel good about producing art again.

Anyway...I'll be using this sketch of Metallica frontman James Hetfield as the basis for another PS Painting. Over the next week or so I'll update the progress

Rat Bug

2009-08-03T06:15:00.000-07:00

This nasty looking Beetle is something I've been tooling around on-off for the past few months. The distorted perspective was the my main focus for this and like the Bus before I had to make it a Ratter

The guy from Twilight...Robert Pattinson

2009-07-30T04:01:00.000-07:00

This Caricature was done as a gift for a special young lady who happens to be a hardcore Twilight fan....and that's putting it lightly.

Gift Caricature

2009-07-21T15:46:00.001-07:00

Acrylic on Canvas Gift Caricature

Gift Caricature

2009-05-21T21:36:00.000-07:00

I came across this Acrylic Caricature while cleaning out the hard drive... so I thought I might as well post it on here. Completed in around November last year this was commisioned for a 40th Birthday present-Matted and Framed. I do remember the Birthday boy loved playing Golf (he drove his buggy from his house to the green !).. drove a BMW X5 and drank XXXX (*barf*)

Gift Caricature

2009-05-19T23:14:00.000-07:00

Here's a recently completed Gift Caricature painted with Acrylic on pre-primed Canvas. On a whole I spent 10 hrs from initial sketch to finished painting. Size: 50 x 40cm

Live Caricature 15/5

2009-05-18T14:30:00.000-07:00

..I rarely get the time to stop to take photo's while sketching live...or I forget to pack the camera !...anyway these are the 3 drawings I did manage to take during a store opening gig. I reasonably happy with these as I made an effort to keep each drawing under 4 min

The only time this guy smiled was for this photo...by the way he didn't like the Caricature

Andrew Demetriou - CEO of the Australian Football League

2009-05-10T02:49:00.000-07:00

VW Rat Van Caricature

2009-05-06T04:21:00.000-07:00

Being a fan of the "Rat/Ratter" hotrod... I thought it would be cool to Caricature an old VW Delivery Van ...one of my all time favourite cars to draw. This was completed in Photoshop over the past couple of weeks...in between paying jobs

Australian Cricket legend Richie Benaud

2009-03-20T12:37:00.000-07:00

I've got to admit I was alittle sad when I heard the news that Richie Benaud declared his innings over.... as Captain of the channel 9 commentary team he's been the face of Cricket for the best part of 40 years.

It's known that he hasn't seen an Australian winter in over 35 years so I really wanted to exaggerate the tanned skin tones by giving him an almost bronzed up complextion set agains't the trademark off white blazer and pastel coloured shirt.

I'm not to sure about the background at this stage, I was thinking of maybe adding a wicket backdrop or something.... but one great thing about Digital art is that I can go back to it anytime to adjust or change it

Caricature of what's his name......

2009-03-20T00:09:00.000-07:00

I've seen dozens of Caricatures of Obama, so I'd thought it was about time that I had a go...

This is a quick 15min sketch taken from my sketchbook

Kevin Rudd Caricature

2009-03-06T18:00:00.000-08:00

Since my boy's been ZZZ.zzz alot more over the past few nights I had a chance to get stuck into this one...Kevin Rudd

Completed using some custom brushes I created in Photoshop, I went for a more loose Oil Painting look

Ian Thorpe

2009-03-05T04:26:00.000-08:00

I feel sorry for the Thorpedo, always having to squash rumours about his sexuality, I wish the media would just leave the legend alone to grow fat in peace.

Anyway this was done in Photoshop over a couple of late nights with the help of a few Bourbons. I deliberately used only two of the preset brushes here but for the next one i'll be using some of the custom brushes that I created in Photoshop

Digital Sketch

2009-02-17T17:07:00.000-08:00

Done awhile ago now...Here's my first ever attempt at digital painting, a sketch of my good buddy and fellow Artist Spiro. For 2 hours and on one layer in Photoshop I basically grabbed a variety of preset brushes and scribbled away. Recently i've decided to give the digital stuff another crack so over the comming weeks i'll post some more

Gift Caricature

2009-02-17T16:22:00.000-08:00

Acrylic on Canvas

Benjamin Pascoe

2009-02-11T15:47:00.000-08:00

Here's two quick sketches of my 6 month old son Benjamin. The Day he was born I started an A4 sketchbook reserved for drawings of him. Some are sketched live while he's sleeping, some off photo's. These two were done from photo's (approx 15 -20 min ea). Someday I plan to present these drawings to him.....Did I mention that he's the best thing to ever happen to me

Gift Caricatures

2009-02-08T17:38:00.000-08:00

Another Gift Caricature completed in December 08. Acrylic on Canvas

Corporate Gift Caricature

2009-02-07T17:28:00.000-08:00

Here's Caricature done for a 50th Birthday. The guitarist here is a guy named Kevin Borich whom I'm told was pretty big here in Oz during the late 70's. I didn't leave myself much time to complete this one so there's a few things here and there I could have refined abit more more but overall i'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.

I actually took note of how long each stage took to do :

Concept sketch / line drawing 2hrs

Painting 11hrs

Matt and Framed 45min

Acrylic on Canvas 30cm x 41cm

Recent Live Caricatures

2009-01-27T21:55:00.000-08:00

Here's a selection of Live stuff drawn from various gig around Melbourne during the lead up to Christmas

Gift Caricatures

2009-01-27T21:48:00.000-08:00