Spring Mixer & Art Show: Caricature Artist Laurel

Come on out May 12th to a fantastic Art Show and maybe find the perfect Mothers Day gift … or a little something just for yourself! I will also be doing caricatures for $12.50 per person. Admission is free. See you there!

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Friday, May 12 5 - 9 pm

Spring Mixer & Art Show

Urban Village on Whyte 

Recreation Room MAP

caricatures: $12.50 per person

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Spring Mixer & Art Show: Caricature Artist Laurel

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Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

UPCOMING PUBLIC CARICATURE EVENTS: caricature artist Laurel

Upcoming Public Caricature Events 

Spring/Summer 2023 

* CHANGES MAY OCCUR *

It’s a busy caricature season! Drawing caricatures at many private and public events in and around Edmonton, as well as a couple out-of-town events.

Here is a list of events open-to-the-public. Maybe I’ll see you there!

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Saturday, May 6, 2023 10 am - 2 pm 

IN the Hello Pretty Market 
AT St. Basil’s Cultural Centre, 
10819 71 Avenue NW 
CHARGING $12.50 PER PERSON

read Laurel in the Hello Pretty Market

Laurel in the Hello Pretty Market

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Friday, May 12 5 - 9 pm read more

Spring Mixer & Art Show

Urban Village on Whyte 

Recreation Room MAP

caricatures: $12.50 per person

 

Spring Mixer & Art Show: Caricature Artist Laurel

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Thursday, June 1, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Thursday, June 8, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Thursday, June 15, 2023 4 - 7 pm   

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Saturday, June 17, 2023 11:30 am - 3:30 pm 

IN Killam, Alberta MAP

sponsor: The James Insurance Group

5012 - 50 Street, Killam, AB 

AT the Killam Street Fair/Parade

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Thursday, June 22, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Thursday, June 29, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Thursday, July 6, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Friday, July 7, 2023   10 am - 5 pm  

Saturday, July 8, 2023 10 am - 5 pm  

Sunday, July 9, 2023   10 am - 5 pm 

AT the Whyte Avenue Art Walk. 

*** Exact location TBA ***

CHARGING $12.50 PER PERSON

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Thursday, July 13, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Friday July 14, 2023 10 am - 3 pm 

IN Hardisty, Alberta MAP

sponsor: Hardisty Street Fair

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Thursday, July 20, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Thursday, July 27, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Thursday, August 3, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Thursday, August 10, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Friday, August 11, 2023 5 - 9 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

Sir Winston Churchill Square 

(downtown Edmonton) MAP

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Saturday, August 12, 2023 Noon - 6 pm 

sponsor: the CariWest Festival,

Sir Winston Churchill Square 

(downtown Edmonton) MAP

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Sunday, August 13, 2023 Noon - 6 pm 

sponsor: the CariWest Festival,

Sir Winston Churchill Square 

(downtown Edmonton) MAP

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Thursday, August 17, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Saturday, August 19, 2023 10 am - 6 pm 

IN the Barr-tizan Arts Festival 

at Barr Estates Winery MAP

51526 Clover Rd, Sherwood Park AB

CHARGING $12.50 PER PERSON 

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Sunday, August 20, 2023 10 am - 6 pm 

IN the Barr-tizan Arts Festival 

at Barr Estates Winery MAP

51526 Clover Rd, Sherwood Park AB

CHARGING $12.50 PER PERSON 

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Thursday, August 24, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Thursday, August 31, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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Thursday, September 4, 2023 4 - 7 pm 

sponsor: West Edmonton Mall, MAP

near the Lego Store & Chapters

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* CHANGES MAY OCCUR *

PUBLIC CARICATURE EVENTS: artist Laurel

…. and then hopefully I take a bit of a break! 

Public Caricature Events: artist Laurel

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Drawing Kindergartners: Edmonton Caricature Artist Laurel

I’ve drawn at a few events lately where I didn’t take a moment to take any photos. Drat! But here a couple teachers/EA’s from my day of drawing kindergartners

teachers/EA’s from my day of drawing

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Edmonton Caricature Artist Laurel in the Hello Pretty Market AT St Basil's Cultural Centre

Edmonton Caricature Artist Laurel

On Saturday May 6th, 10 am - 2 pm I’ll be drawing caricatures (for $12.50 per person) 

in the Hello Pretty Market 

AT St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819 71 Avenue NW, Edmonton. MAP

St Basil's Cultural Centre, 10819 71 Avenue NW, Edmonton

I am Looking forward to drawing! 

BTW, the quality of vendors is fantastic! @helloprettymarket
https://msha.ke/helloprettymarket/

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Photos on my Laurel Edmonton Artist Facebook page

I post many photos on my Edmonton Artist Facebook check my pictures here 

https://www.facebook.com/EdmontonArtist/photos/

Laurel Edmonton Artist Photos

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NEW Caricature Events page on my blog: Edmonton Artist Laurel

Check out my new Events page on my blog

http://hilaurel.blogspot.com/p/event-caricatures.html

Edmonton Artist Laurel drawing a caricature

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Caricatures by Edmonton artist Lauel: Strathearn Art Walk

It was the first time I joined in with other artists at the Strathearn Art Walk. The Strathearn community is really nice with the event held in a big green space overlooking the river valley and Edmonton's downtown skyline. There were a lot of artists and a wide variety of art for people to enjoy viewing the artist's creations. There was a beer garden, kid's crafts, food and music. I saw artists I knew and met a few more. It's hard when you have your own tent set up, to be able to get away to look around. After all, if I wasn't in my tent I couldn't do any caricatures. I also displayed some of my paintings. I haven't had much free time to paint lately which kind of frustrates me ... I'd really love more hours in the day! I look forward to next year's Strathearn Art Walk. 

Here are some of the people I drew ....

Caricature of Newlyweds

Father and daughter time!

Loved drawing her hair

Mommy and son keepsake!

Sister and brother and their happy faces!

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Edmonton Wedding reception Caricature gifts; Artist Laurel

A very fancy wedding with lots of things happening for their guests: dancers, photo booth and caricature artists! At big events it's often good to hire more than one of us to draw. A lot of the kids were excited to have their caricature done. The boys were sharp in their dress clothes but oh how I loved seeing all the girls in their beautiful saris! The colours, the details .... the colours! (yes I meant to write that twice).

I was surprised to get a phone call today from a girl that I'd drawn, thanking me for the caricature and saying how much she loved it and that she was going to frame it. I thought that was so sweet and such a nice thing to do.

wedding guest caricature

wedding party gift

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Kiwanis Place Carnival caricatures: Edmonton Artist Laurel

I drew caricatures for the residents at Kiwanis Place during their Carnival. The weather was perfect and the Recreation Coordinator had some really neat things for everyone. The petting zoo was a huge hit and I was really busy drawing as well.

I’d never been to a senior’s residence event where there was a petting zoo and judging from the amount of people petting the animals … what a brilliant idea! Here are some of my favourites from the day. Residents and staff. The lovely lady in the hat is small in stature so it was fun to draw her down at the bottom of the paper. I think she was the one to give me the idea actually! We laughed together when I showed it to her and I got the best hug from her too! I’m thankful that one of the gentlemen took the time to take a photo of the two of us and send it to me.

 The photo of the two ladies is pretty neat because it is a mother/daughter team. Her mom is almost 104 years old. I said, “I’m sure you get tired of hearing this question but, what is your secret?” She said, “Oh, I have no more secrets!” Her daughter said, “Hard work, right mom!” Her mom was so neat to talk to! Such a great afternoon for me!

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Edmonton Event Caricatures: Artist Laurel

It just hit me how many different kinds of smiles there are out there and how many I’ve captures on paper! Smiles and eyes are almost like fingerprints - no two seem to be exactly alike. It’s fun when you can draw someone’s and you say to yourself, “Ya! I got it! That’s them alright!”

And kids … it’s funny when their parent will say, “Okay, smile!” and they give you the most fake smile imaginable. So you accept it but you don’t draw it and before you know it, that fake smile relaxes and you finally get a glimpse of the real one. I’m getting pretty good at spotting the fake ones.

But the best smiles are the ones you get when you show people their caricature!

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Family Caricatures in Colour! Edmonton Artist Laurel

Still loving my Cintiq Companion artist’s tablet for doing coloured art work! Giving a clean, professional coloured caricature now makes it feel like years ago since I was doing them with markers. Thank goodness those days are gone. No more marker lines, accidental smudges that make me have to start from scratch. Now the shading quality is lovely and I’m proud to give this kind of final art piece. This way the final digital copy is also an option for the recipient. Here are a couple final pieces ready to be picked up…

100% Customised Family Caricatures

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Staff Appreciation Party Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel

It’s so much fun drawing curls and this lady has the most fabulous hair! Showing curls without getting to caught up in the details of all of it is tricky sometimes. I was really pleased with this one. This was drawn at a Staff Appreciation Party. Goodies, good hearted conversation and everyone enjoying seeing each other's caricatures!

Caricature fun at a staff party

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Birthday Party Caricatures: Edmonton Artist Laurel

Caricatures are a great idea for birthday parties. They are enjoyed by all ages and make great “treat bag” take home gifts. They are more of a keepsake than a bag of candy and dollar store toys!

This is a photo of the older siblings of the birthday girl. A nice treat for them as well.

Caricatures are a great idea for birthday parties

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Caricatures at EPS Victim Services Unit Advocates Volunteer Appreciation: Edmonton Artist Laurel

Edmonton Police Service Victim Services Unit Advocates held it’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon and I was lucky enough to be asked to draw caricatures. An afternoon of talking with people who volunteer on the Crisis Line, go out to council and care for victims of violence, help grieving families in any way they can, etc. Amazing people. When groups of people said they wanted to be drawn with their “team” it was pretty special. They support others and they support each other. There definitely are good people out there in our world. Here are just a few of them and the caricature I drew for them today…

Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon

Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon

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Caricatures for Landmark Homes Open House in Edmonton: Artist Laurel

I was set up in the spacious kitchen of one of the Landmark show homes drawing caricatures for people looking to purchase a new home. The lighting was nice and bright, seated right by a window with some breeze. The afternoon went by quickly with a nice stream of people for me to draw.

Check out just some of my favourite drawings from the day.

Caricatures for Landmark Homes Open House

Caricatures for Landmark Homes Open House

Caricatures for Landmark Homes Open House

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Day 2 at The Cheremosh Ukraininan Dance Festival

I have a lot of photos to show from the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival but I was there for 10 hours so it makes sense that I’d have this many photos to show you! I loved drawing at this festival because as you can see, the dancers were so good at smiling - they made it easy for me. I got to draw lots of braids and lovely Ukrainian attire. So here are only SOME of my favourites from the day … I had such a wonderful time but boy, was I tired at the end. You don’t realise how tired you are until you stop!

When I look at these they bring a smile to my face. Hope they do the same for you. I feel so lucky being able to do this for a living. 

Caricatures at Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival - Dad and Daughter

Caricatures at Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival - great smile

Caricatures at Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival - another great smile

Caricatures at Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival - love the head-dress

Caricatures at Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival - dancer

Caricatures at Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival - friends

Caricatures at Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival - girl

Caricatures at Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival - friends

Caricatures at Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell