Painting For Sale by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Acrylic Painting - For Sale. It would look great in your home/office

Vibrant as all heck! [2 feet by 4 feet].

Boy do I love the colour and depth in this painting. And if you do too and think you have just the right spot for it, then contact me for details. I will enjoy this in my dining room until a new owner takes it for their own. I started this painting just before my busy Christmas season started and so I finally got back to it and can now say that it’s done!

 

Acrylic Painting for Sale by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

 Paintings by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Flower painting for sale in Edmonton
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My cartoon digital drawing of Cali Lewis

My cartoon digital drawing of Cali Lewis while watching AutoDesk SketchBookPro GeekBeat.TV YouTube tutorial.  Renee Busse was a great teacher and I learned a few tips.  I feel that I can do a few more fun drawings on my Wacom Cintiq Companion now.

Digital Drawing of GeekBeat.TV's Cali Lewis using AutoDesk SketchBookPro

Graphic Art by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Refreshing to Paint like this!

I don’t know what got into me, painting with colour and no detail! But I love it! I’ve always loved colour but always gotten so into detail. Don’t get me wrong, I love painting that way but it’s so exciting to do something a little different. I’ll see where this takes me but for now …. 

Another painting FOR SALE! 

Canvas size: 16” X 20” Acrylic paint. 

Price: $150. plus GST (5%) Shipping extra

Canvas size: 16” X 20” Acrylic paint.

loose painting with great colours

 Paintings by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Fw: Face Painting at The Edmonton Garrison this Canada Day weekend

I'll be face painting this Canada Day at The Edmonton Garrison 1 - 5 p.m. I hope to see you there!
I may be doing more maple leafs than swirls!

Looking forward to celebrating this awesome country I am lucky enough to call home.

Edmonton Artist

Caricatures for Edmonton Hotel and Convention Centre

Edmonton Hotel and Convention Centre had their Staff and Family Christmas Party last night and they invited me to come draw caricatures for the evening! This is a daughter of one of the staff. Such a pretty smile!

I was taken aback (in a good way) when one lady commented to me, "You're so kind. I've noticed that you compliment people a lot." I had just told her that she had such lovely, high cheek bones. And I found it neat that someone had noticed … because I have to be honest and say that I know that I do tend to vocalise the positives in people when they are sitting in front of me getting their caricature done. I mean, people already feel vulnerable having me stare at them, staring at every piece of their face. So if I think that they have pretty eyes or a neat hair cut, I tell them! Most of us are too critical of ourselves to start with, it can't hurt to hear a compliment!

So, I guess that's my point today, go out there and say something nice to someone! They'll feel good and you'll feel good too.

On the topic of going out and saying something nice to someone:

The other day, as I was heading out of our neighbourhood, I stopped to tell a man that I loved the snowman they had in their front yard. I said that it made me smile every time I passed it. He gave me the biggest smile when I told him that. They could have built the snowman so that it faced their front window but instead they faced it out towards the street. Like a little gift to passers by.

caricatures by Canadian Artist Laurel Hawkswell http://hilaurel.blogspot.com

2 pictures from Staff Christmas Party

Friends with their Caricature

Man with his Caricature

I was invited back a second day to Design Group Staffing Edmonton to draw caricatures of more staff. The organizer said my caricatures were 'a hit' with everyone. I could hear people out in the hallway say,
"Let's see it. Oh, it looks just like you!" I guess it kinda goes without saying that I always like to hear that!

As you can see from these photos, sometimes something as simple as a great hair style makes it a lot of fun for me!

Oh, and one of the guys came back in later and gave me a box of Belgium Chocolates to show appreciation for his caricature! My son thought that was a great thing for me to come home with.

Caricatures by Canadian Artist Laurel Hawkswell http://hilaurel.blogspot.com

My Day Drawing at Holt Renfrew, Edmonton

Yesterday I spent the afternoon drawing caricatures in downtown Edmonton at Holt Renfrew! I wasn't even done setting up when 3 brothers wanted their picture drawn. That was the start of a busy day. I was unsure how the day would go. You know, people busy getting their last minute Christmas shopping done. I enjoyed drawing and chatting with a variety of people. The 3 grown brothers were going to give the drawing to their mom. There was another couple young guys who were going to give theirs to their mom as well. Funny that the younger bother didn't want to get it done so he went second. After he saw his brother's drawing he must have decided that it'd be okay because he was a really pleasant young guy to talk to (while I drew him). Another young girl is an international student at the University of Alberta. She asked me to pose for a photo with her and her caricature so she could send it to her mom in China. I thought that was pretty cool. Then there was the couple that sat down and right away told me that they were going to use their caricature for their wedding invitation. Talk about putting a bit of pressure on a girl to perform! They were pleased with it so that was good. I also drew some caricatures for some of the staff who happened to have photos of their kids or from photos of their phones. I finished off my time at Holt Renfrew drawing the management team. That was a bit of a challenge because the only photo I had to work from had their heads about the size of my baby finger nail. I guess I was pleased enough with the result but I sure wish I would have got close up photos of them. Pretty darned hard to draw details that you can't see.

Oh, the wildest thing . . . . a man came up and told me that he is a realtor and has been using the same caricature to promote himself. He said that he'd got it done in The International Marketplace in West Edmonton Mall many years ago by a girl. He was wondering if I'd know her. So he took out his business card for me to  look at it. I said, "That girl would have been me! You really should get an updated version. I think I've improved since then." He is now working with his son so yes indeed, I'll be doing an updated version for him!

I was really pleased at how things turned out at Holt Renfrew. The staff were really friendly and happy to have me there. And I got a lot of people picking up one of my business cards. I probably should have been shopping for last minute Christmas gifts but it definitely wasn't a waste of my day!

My friend Ferly

Ferly my Friend in Art from Indonesia

This is a caricature of my friend Ferly who lives in Indonesia. We are friends in art and I am so impressed at how his own caricature style has grown immensely over the last while. I was a bit nervous sitting down to draw him because the caricatures he does of himself are fabulous!

The faces he makes are so animated that you can feel his personality come out in his FERLY drawings. One day I hope to meet him and we'll sit and talk art non stop!


Caricatures by Canadian Artist Laurel Hawkswell http://hilaurel.blogspot.com

Caricatures from two different events I drew at this week

Young woman with her Caricature

A guy with his Caricature

A young lady with her Caricature

A Boy with his Caricature at a Birthday Party

Photos from two different events I drew at this week. The blonde, curly haired boy is from an 8 year old boy's birthday party. I thought when I walked into the party that this group of boys wouldn't care one way or the other the fact that I was there to draw them but I was really pleasantly surprised by their enthusiasm for it. Each one sat and chatted with me while it was there turn and several came back into
the room to look at the progress of each other's caricature. One little boy (now remember, they were 8 years old ...) sat down and said to me, "You're small." I was taken aback a bit and definitely amused!
I replied that yes, I agreed that I was short. And he said, "But you're smaller than my sister who's in grade nine. You're really small!" Oh the funny things kids say! When I repeated the story today
to someone they said that it was way bettter than hearing that he thought I was old looking or something! AMEN TO THAT! The other photos are from Design Group Staffing's Employee Christmas Lunch. They even invited me to enjoy their catered turkey dinner which was absolutely delicious. I had a blast drawing people. Here are a few of them. The one dark haired lady isn't smiling in the photo which is a real shame because her smile is beautiful as you can see from the
drawing. I giggle when I look at the girl's caricature with the curly hair. Her whole face lit up when she smiled and talked and I wanted to get that animated feel to the drawing too. I think I got it! Loved
drawing her curls too! So the caricatures were such a success that they invited me back today to finish up ALL the staff! The atmosphere there was so warm and welcoming that going in today felt really
comfortable. I almost felt like an employee myself!

Caricatures by Canadian Artist Laurel Hawkswell http://hilaurel.blogspot.com

family portrait painting

This is part of a family portrait I recently finished. I’ve just shown one person from the painting and only a partial shot of him to keep the family’s privacy. This was done in acrylic and as you can see I took some artistic licence with the background colour and had fun showing some brush strokes and vibrant colour. After all, it is a painting not a photo! Quite the trick catching their essence but keeping artistic flare alive. Also tricky when working from multiple photos! It’s a personal success each time you set out to paint a person and you feel like I’ve nailed it … or at least nailed in in your own style.

family portrait painting 

Alberta Artist

Alberta Portrait artist