Mitt Romney Caricature

Had a go at painting a political caricature yesterday and decided on Mitt Romney, the Republican Partys official Presidential candidate. Seemed like the right thing to do and he was an interesting challenge as he doesnt get too much coverage of these election run-ups here in the UK till much later in the season.

So my excuse is I'm unfamiliar with his face. So there. Heres the process of painting him using a photo for reference, working against a dark background something like the brilliant Jason Seiler did with his Tim Burton caricature. Heres a link to a video of Jason painting: Tim Burton caricature and heres my process:



 
Overall I'm pleased with the result and am going to see about selling this image on various products over at my Zazzle store. I think I managed to exagerrate more this time and it feels more like a cartoony approach, more entertaining heolpefully.