Welcome to The Art of Caricature with Jason Seiler! In this first lesson artist Jason Seiler talks about the art of caricature, covering shape, weight, width and depth while sharing artwork of some of the greats! Jason draws Tony Soprano from start to finish and then shares his thought process step by step with another sketch of a civilian named Gary. Homework for this assignment will be five citizen sketches as well as a final pencil drawing of Kim Jong-Un. Photo reference will be provided.

I will spend this lecture mainly discussing shapes and their importance in caricaturing. My shapes demos will be based on regular people and a sketch of John Kerry. For the assignment, you will explore the head shapes of three people and do at least one sketch of each citizen that is provided. You will also finish a final pencil drawing of Jesse Jackson.

Understanding values are one of he most important principles in my work. This lesson starts right off with a value painting of "Civilian Gary" who I first sketched in lesson one. This lesson will cover my techniques for starting a painting and finishing a painting in photoshop as well as tips and tricks and new ideas to think about as you approach painting and drawing. For the assignment, you will use my sketch of "Gary" and after watching me paint him, you will then paint a black and white value painting of Gary.

This lecture will again focus on values as well as exaggeration and drawing choices that need to be made while working out a caricature. I start the lesson off with a sketch of a civilian and then continue with another sketch as well as a monochromatic painting of a friend of mine Don Yang. For the assignment, you will pick a citizen which I have provided and do a few sketches of them. Pick the sketch that you feel is your best and then follow the steps in the video and paint either a monochromatic or a value painting.

In this lesson, I share two different painting techniques that I use for my illustration work when painting digitally. I'll go over using a limited palette to better create harmony as well a split complementary palette, and explain what that is and why I enjoy using it. For the assignment you will do at least three citizen warm up sketches as well as sketch and paint a caricature of Bruce Willis. You will need to choose one of the two painting techniques discussed and paint Bruce by using a Split Complementary Palette. Hand in sketches and painting.

This lecture will focus on my technique for painting hair as well as understanding how important it is to see the skull within a person's face. In this lesson I sketch a citizen, as well as draw skulls over some of my drawings to better illustrate the importance the skull has in my own work. For the assignment, you will think about the skull as you sketch citizens and then after your drawings are complete, you will need to draw the citizens skull. Seeing what we are made up of is very important, but more important, is to know what it is that we are seeing.

Using my painting of Napoleon Dynamite as an example, I will discuss my techniques for illustrating a cover or senerio for a magazine. I will take you through every step of the job, from the Art Director's phone call to the final illustration. For the assignment you will pick any celebrity and do three to five sketches. You will also need to be thinking about a senerio in which to place your celebrity.

Using my painting of Tiger Woods as an example, I will continue to discuss my techniques for illustrating a concept or senerio for magazine articles. For the assignment, you will choose your best celebrity sketch for the final, you'll have to take photo reference and then sketch a full body.

Using my paintings of Bruce Springsteen and Hillary Clinton as an example, I will continue to discuss my techniques for illustrating a concept or senerio for a magazine article. I end this lesson with some marketing tips and ideas. The final assignment for this course is to take your final pencil rendering of your "celebrity" full body senerio and complete a final painting using any or all the techniques discussed during this course.