Klaas Op De Beéck

Our Last Day at Oostende

August 30th, 2009

Today I went to Oostende to the last day of the “montmartre of the north” event. We, me and my nephew David had a great time drawing caricatures and portraits.

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In action.

Here are some examples of today’s work:

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I was quite hapy with this one, as for the likeness, exageration and color.

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This caricature made her day, she told me.

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Bart de wever

August 27th, 2009

Bart de wever web use

Bart de wever, a Belgian politician.

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Snoop Dogg

August 27th, 2009

Snoopdogg web use

Snoop Dogg.

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Live caricatures at Oostende

August 23rd, 2009

Today, just like last sunday I went to Oostende to draw live caricatures at the event montmartre of the north.It was again a nice and amusing day, the weather was extremely hot and sunny!

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In action!Man with caricature

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Live caricature of Hanzz by Klaas Op De BeéckFellow caricature artist Hanzz came to visit us. I drew him…

Caricature of me by Hanzz And he drew me.

If you want to read more about the event of today, make sure to visit the blog’s of David and Hanzz.

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Osama bin Laden

August 20th, 2009

Osama bin laden small for web use

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My Michael Jackson caricature is being exhibited at the international tribute exhibition in Bucharest. The Tribute Exhibition for Michael Jackson is an international project, including artists from many countries and is organized by Nicoleta Ionescu and Alexandru Ifrim. The list of participants to the exhibition:

Fabio Shin (Brazil), Klaas Op De Beéck (Belgium),
Gheorhe Matei (Romania), Bill Plympton (USA)
Oronde Kairi (USA), Ben Towle (USA)
Mike Greaney (USA), Joseba Morales (Spain)
Yamen Elgamal (Egypt) ; Kagan McLeod (Canada)
Scott Jones-McMahon (UK) ; Luis Eduardo Leon (Colombia)
Miroslav Gerencer (Croatia) ; Sal Navarro (USA)
Chris Wahl (Australia) ; Michaël Olivier (France)
Aswini&Abani (India) ; Jourdenais Jonathan (Canada)
Tónió (Hungary) ; Bogar Chancay – Ecuador
Jaime Ramirez (UsA) ; George Williams (UK)
Mark van Olmen (The Netherlands) Francisco Medina (Venezuela)
Ben Heine (Belgium) Alessandro Grandinetti (Italy)
Guaico (Colombia) ; Turcios (Spain)
Gergely Bacsa (Hungary) ; Daihaa Wyrd(Belgium)
Radu Raileanu (Romania) Nicoleta Ionescu (Romania) Alexandru Ifrim (Romania)
Dan Ionescu – architect

Make sure to visit the blog of the exhibiton

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First Live experience

August 16th, 2009

Today I went to Oostende to practise on live caricatures on the event “montmartre of the north”. I really had a great time and the weather was nice!

DSC_0005 for web useIn Action

DSCN5471 for web useThis Lady wanted a caricature done by the caricaturist of who she saw the samples of, but before I drew her she didn’t believe that I was the caricaturist (I was “too young to be the caricaturist). Afterwards, she was happy to have her caricature done by me.

DSCN5476 for web useThis guy said: “you made me look beautiful.”

Koen with caricature for web useMy brother in  law also came to the market for his caricature.

David with caricature, web useMy Co-worker and nephew, David Op De Beéck. The coöperation with him worked perfect, he drew portraits and I caricatures, in that way we had a larger range. Make sure to visit his Blog.

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