Kinsmen Sports Centre Kid's Den Sign Design

I'm excited to see this sign I designed and just delivered put up at Kinsmen Sports Centre for the City of Edmonton! It will be put up soon, going into their Kid's Den play room. I love their motto, "Where Little Athletes Train". I am proud of the diversity shown in this art. This truly symbolises what Edmonton is all about. And besides, I think all the little kiddies in the art are cute!



Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Kinsmen Sports Centre Kid's Den sign delivered!

Kid's Birthday Party Caricatures: Edmonton Artist Laurel

Drew caricatures at a very big, very busy kid’s birthday party! This first little girl (from my photos here), in the blue dress, helped me with my sign up sheet all afternoon. I was so impressed at how she took on the task and was un-wavered! What a huge help she was and she kept the kids coming so I could just concentrate on drawing.

Don’t you think that the girl wearing all the gold necklaces looks like a young Molly Ringwald from Pretty in Pink? I think so!

One lady was so pleased to be able to have gotten a caricature of all three of her kids. See the photo below

Kid's Birthday Party Caricatures

Kid's Birthday Party Caricatures

Kid's Birthday Party Caricatures

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Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Face and Body Painting at Christmas Party Edmonton

What do you get when you have a Christmas party and little girls in pretty dresses? …. You get several who want you to paint Elsa from the movie “Frozen”! They were so adorable all together.

Santas, snowmen, snowflakes, Grinch, gingerbread men …. it’s such a nice treat to paint Christmas things instead of the usual stuff.

Body Painting at Christmas Party Edmonton

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Look What a Nice Family Sent Me!

After doing caricatures at The Pop Culture Fair, I’d mentioned in my blog that one of the few pictures I took that day had come out blurry. A couple days later I received a nice surprise in my email box...  these two adorable kid’s dad had emailed me pictures of the exact kids and their caricature that I’d been talking about! Now I have a super crisp clear photo to look at for years to come! Little things in life mean a lot sometimes. Check this photo out and see why I was bummed out that the photo I’d taken didn’t turn out….

Children hold their Caricature

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Caricatures at a Birthday Party

Drew lots of little kids today at a birthday party. It was really interesting because the first little guy I drew was NOT interested at all in sitting for me, "When are you gonna be done, why is it taking so long" over and over again. So I thought that would be the last I saw of him the very second I said I was done but he ended up watching me draw and helping me almost the whole time. In helping me I mean, getting the next piece of paper, getting the next person I was to draw, etc. So someone who I thought I'd go home saying, "UGH, I had this kid who was so not interested in me being there …" ended up being a cheerful, bright spot in my afternoon! Never good to judge too quickly.

Birthday Party Gift Bag Idea!

Are you sick of trying to figure out what to put in gift bags at your child’s birthday party? 

why not Invite me to do caricatures of everyone invited like this couple did.  And at the end don’t hesitate to sit down and get your own caricatures done before I leave, like they did!  

Each person takes home their own caricature to remember the birthday by.  And as I have heard, their family like it A LOT better than a bag full of candy and useless dollar store toys that break!

sit down and get your own caricatures done

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one of the best pieces of art I've done...

The Masterpiece...

I personally think this is one of the best pieces of art I've done ...
This girl is close to my heart. I look forward to hearing about her future accomplishments. Hey, I'll keep you all posted!

- shaved her head to raise money for the BC children’s hospital
- put on a bakesale after the 2011 earthquake in Japan to help with relief efforts
- volunteered to cook breakfast before school at the Gospel Mission
- organized a “Help for Haiti” event to raise funds and awareness a year after the earthquake
- did many bottle drives to raise money for a clean water project in Kenya
- sold fair trade bracelets to raise money for drought relief in Eastern Africa
- collected food outside of grocery stores to donate to the food bank
- participated in a 24 hour vow of silence to raise awareness for child exploitation
- did a 24 hour fast to raise food for the local food bank
- currently planning a charity concert to benefit building a school in Ecuador
- going to Ecuador this summer for a volunteer trip to go build schools

WOW!

This girl is close to my heart. I look forward to hearing about her future accomplishments.

Caricatures of girls at Edmonton Valley Zoo

I had a lot of fun drawing caricatures of girls at the Edmonton valley Zoo's 4th Annual Dreamnight for Stollery Children for chronically ill children and those with disabilities from the Stollery Children’s Hospital was held June 3, 2011

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graphic/logo to advertise Leduc #1's Junior Roughneck Summer Camp

A graphic/logo to advertise Leduc #1 Energy Discovery Centre's  Junior Roughneck Summer Camp!  My favourite cartoon is the little guy in the middle.  He makes me smile.  Laurél

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location for Leduc #1 Energy Discovery Centre

a few upcoming events

Saturday, May 7th: Caricatures for Seniors Assisted Transportation Society at their SENIOR IDLE event. A minimum $10. donation to the society per caricature, per face. South East Edmonton Seniors Center: 9350 - 82 Street. I will be there 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (with a lunch break in there sometime hopefully!)
Sunday, May 8th: Face Painting at the Sutton Place Hotel for their Mother's Day Brunch, 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.


Saturday, May 21st: Caricatures at MillCreek Pool's Opening. I will be drawing 12 noon - 4 p.m. and I'm hoping for warm edmonton weather!

Saturday, June 11th: Face Painting at the Royal Bank at 804 Parsons Road. 11:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Again, hoping for great weather so this can be held in front of the bank like last year. I think I left a bit sunburnt!


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great fun doing henna art

My latest art medium: HENNA! Had great fun doing henna at the City of Edmonton’s YOUTH CONNECTIONS event on May 5, 2011.

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Busy painting...

I am busy painting as well this time of year. To respect the privacy of the children in the photo and the gift given, here are a couple photos of only part of the painting.

Portrait of Girl

Baby in Painting

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