Charles Kaufman is an American artist known for his crushed can art. After years of freelance cartooning and illustration work, he began painting full-time in 1995. His original paintings and other works are exhibited in galleries in the US and Europe. The document then provides instructions on how to begin cartooning, including starting with basic shapes, using different types of lines, and placing features like eyes in relation to guide lines. It describes a project where students will design a cartoon animal and paint it on a crushed soda can in Kaufman's style.
2. About Charles Kaufman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK6ZiYCeHfg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK6ZiYCeHfg Charles Kaufman is an American artist with art studios in the U.S. and Germany. After creating freelance cartoons & illustrations for many years and working as the Creative Director in an ad agency, Kaufman picked up the paintbrush to start painting. He has been painting and exhibiting his work fulltime since 1995. His original paintings and other works of art are exhibited in galleries and other venues in the United States and in Europe.
