MY PAINTINGS, drawings and caricatures are still being displayed at Bel Gelato cafe in Barnet. The exhibition goes on until the end of December and I am sharing wall space with fellow artist Qing Qi. The exhibition consists of may of my #RIP2016 paintings plus some others and they are all for sale. There are […]
[foogallery id=”1812″] OFTEN A Caricaturist is referred to as a ‘Sketch Artist’ because of the speed at which we work when drawing at live events. But many of us persist in pursuing ‘proper’ sketching in our spare time. It pays to keep practiced at observing and trying to accurately depict scenes with the correct proportions […]
THE SKY ARTS Portrait Artist of the Year competition for 2018 is on our screens at the moment, for those of us who can watch Sky. As I don’t subscribe, I heard about this competition through a friend on Facebook and immediately set about preparing to enter. The deadline is tomorrow (Monday 19th March) and […]
Caricaturist at Exhibition SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD to get away from the constant treadmill of cartoons and caricatures to soak up some fine art and to gain inspiration from the works of professional artists. So it was when fellow caricaturist Ian Parratt invited me to join him at the Tate Britain’s latest offering, All Too Human […]
CORPORATE ENTERTAINMENT and private parties have discovered a new attraction to add to their events in recent years. That is, the Live, On-The-Spot Caricaturist or ‘sketch artist’ as some people call us. Of course, the capital city, London sees an awful lot of these events throughout the year and the companies throwing parties for their […]
I WAS BORN in Clapham, South London and after a brief time in Tadworth, Surrey, we moved to Hendon in North London. So, I have always been a cartoonist in London. As you can see from the above, I used to brand myself as The London Caricaturist as well; a soubriquet now shared with several […]
How can a caricaturist get on page one of Google? I AM OFTEN asked: “How can a caricaturist get on page one of Google?” Okay, it’s me asking myself, as it’s a problem I have struggled with over the last three or four years. My domain name, caricatures.org.uk, has been active for more than eleven […]
Caricaturist or Cartoonist? THE MATTER OF definition of whether someone is a caricaturist or cartoonist is sometimes perfectly clear and sometimes a bit tricky. It’s a discussion that derives from trying decide exactly what is a ‘caricature’ and and what is a ‘cartoon’. Opinion varies wildly, particularly amongst caricaturists and cartoonists themselves. When you search […]
