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…

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Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Caricatures at Snow Valley's Staff Christmas Party in January

I believe it was my 4th time back drawing caricatures at Snow Valley’s Staff Christmas Party! Feeling a bit like home when I go to a Snow Valley function! And always thankful when they invite me back. It’s always a treat for me to do it in January instead of the craziness of before Christmas. I think it’s great for people to have something like a party to look forward to once January hits. I got to draw some new and familiar faces. Someone I may have drawn before along side their new friend or boyfriend/girlfriend.

Remember to head to Snow Valley to get some skiing in. Such a great thing to have, handy to get to in the middle of Edmonton. It’s always been easy for us to drop our teenage son and his friends off for a day of skiing. A safe, family oriented place for all to enjoy.

Snow Valley’s Staff Christmas Party

Snow Valley’s Staff Christmas Party

Snow Valley’s Staff Christmas Party

Snow Valley’s Staff Christmas Party

Snow Valley’s Staff Christmas Party

Snow Valley’s Staff Christmas Party

Snow Valley’s Staff Christmas Party

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Merry Christmas 2014

Merry Christmas 2014

This image was inspired by my good friend, Dan, who dresses up as Santa each year and does numerous kid's Christmas parties. He starts by not shaving, starting sometime in the summer to achieve a fantastic beard and moustache. Now that's dedication to the cause! I hope everyone enjoys time with friends and family this holiday season. Peace on Earth! Merry Christmas!



Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

One of my last Face Painting events of 2014

This weekend I was face painting at one of my last events of 2014.  It has been a fun year and this young man had a fun twist on getting his face into the holiday spirit.  I love the smirk too!

Christmas Face Painting

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Christmas Card for the Northern and Southern Jubilee Auditorium staff

I was asked to do a group caricature Christmas Card for the Northern (Edmonton) and Southern (Calgary) Jubilee Auditorium staff. As you can see, I was lucky enough to work on some great faces! I was really pleased at the process using my tablet. I so love using my Cintiq Companion and being able to draw directly on the screen. It really is such cool technology. All the advantages of hand drawn art while throwing in advantages of a computer.

Group Caricatures for a Christmas Card gift

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Christmas window painting for Tim Hortons Edmonton

Christmas window painting for Tim Hortons Edmonton

170 Street at Stoney Plain road

Santa taking a doughnut break at Tim Hortons

Window painting of Snowman enjoying a Tim Hortons doughnut 

Close up of Tim Hortons Christmas Tree

A sparkly Tim Hortons doughnut for Rudolph 

Christmas Tree Window painting for Tim Hortons

Gingerbread men on Tim Hortons Window in Edmonton

Christmas Elf is enjoying a break and a doughnut

Tim Hortons restaurant is with  Christmas theme 

Mrs Claus enjoying a Tim Hortons doughnut

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Edmonton Tim Hortons Christmas Window painting

Edmonton Tim Hortons Christmas Window painting

I have painted the windows at Edmonton Tim Hortons on 184 Street and 111 Ave

Edmonton Tim Hortons Christmas Window painting

Edmonton Tim Hortons Christmas Window painting

Edmonton Tim Hortons Christmas Window painting

Edmonton Tim Hortons Christmas Window painting

Edmonton Tim Hortons Christmas Window painting

Edmonton Tim Hortons Christmas Window painting

Edmonton Tim Hortons Christmas Window painting

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Caricatures at Investors Group Christmas Party, Edmonton

I had a really great time with a fabulous bunch of people of Investors Group for their Christmas party! They were nice enough to feed me supper along with great conversation at our table. Once back at the drawing board I drew some of these great people …

Investors Group Christmas Party

Investors Group Christmas Party

Investors Group Christmas Party

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Window Painting for NewWest Travel in Edmonotn

It was great to be back at NewWest Travel for another year of painting their windows for Christmas. Each year I try and come up with new images for their windows that are both travel and Christmas themed. I wonder if I will run out of ideas one year? So which plane ticket of these would YOU choose? Give them a call and choose your own destination!

Why is it that I, all of a sudden, have an urge to go on a holiday? ... It MAY have something to do with hearing the travel agents all day, talking to people over the phone about different holiday spots!

Elf window painting for NewWest Travel Edmonton

Elf window painting for NewWest Travel Edmonton

Elf window painting for NewWest Travel Edmonton

Elf window painting for NewWest Travel Edmonton

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Caricatures for Shell Christmas Party Edmonton

I had a great time drawing for a Shell Christmas Party. They treated their employees to a jazz band, DJ, karaoke, a great dinner and me doing caricatures! It was cold night with snow from a recent big snowfall, but everyone was having a great time. I enjoyed chatting with those people I drew. Here are a few of my favourite drawings from the evening.

Caricatures for Shell Christmas Party Edmonton

Caricatures for Shell Christmas Party Edmonton

Caricatures for Shell Christmas Party Edmonton

Caricatures for Shell Christmas Party Edmonton

Caricatures for Shell Christmas Party Edmonton

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

Caricatures at the INTUIT Kid's Christmas Party Edmonton

This little girl was so super cute. She gave me about six different smiles to choose from!I loved her little sweater dress as you can see in the drawing. Another one of my favourite things: her hair style. I love drawing that crisp cut.

It was a day of drawing entire families. I don’t have any photos though because one family member would sit down for me while the rest of them were off getting their face painted, or a balloon animal made, or eating and then once I was done drawing that person, the member of the family would come over and the one sitting in my chair would head off to do the other activities too. Gathering a whole family up for a photo seemed like too much to ask. But I’m happy to have this little gem of a photo to show you ….

Caricatures at the INTUIT Kid's Christmas Party Edmonton

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Edmonton Christmas Window Painting

It’s that time of year again! I can’t believe how quickly time goes. It feels like I had just finished the Christmas season and here it is, back again. My first set of Christmas window painting was done at the Edmonton Hotel and Convention Centre at 4520 76 Avenue. Go check it out! You’ll find this pretty sweet looking’ reindeer and SIXTEEN other windows painted! It was quite the full day!

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Caricatures for Child Psychiatry Associates

Some fun stuff for the group at Child Pyschiatry Associates … individual caricatures that will also be turned into a mouse pad design for them! A unique idea!

Edmonton Artist Group Caricatures

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Last stop in at Microsoft for Caricatures

I had my last event in at Microsoft for the Christmas season and met a lot of great people. It was the night of gifts from several people of treats from Cookies by George. My son loved it because I brought them home for him since I’ve been too busy to exercise lately that I thought my son could burn off a cookie or two more than I could. It was so sweet of people to drop of a treat for me after I’d drawn their caricature.

 I drew a guy who’s mom I’d drawn at her company’s Christmas party a couple weeks ago! It’s a small world!

 Another lady had seen me drawing caricatures at The Edmonton Valley Zoo but the line up was too long so she was thrilled to be able to get one from me at the Microsoft Store.

 Take a look at this lovely little girl I drew with the colourful headband breads. What a dollie huh!

Friends with caricature  drawn by Edmonton Artist

Edmonton Artist Caricature at WEM

Friends hold their Caricature drawn by Edmonton Artist at Microsoft Store

Guy holds his Caricature drawn by Edmonton Artist

lovely little girl with her Caricature by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

I was in at the 184 Street & 111 Avenue Tim Hortons West Edmonton location last night painting their windows. When I walked it I could see that they definitely needed some window painting done to make the store a little more festive for the season! Mission accomplished I think since I did this sort of look on all the windows. In the next few days I will also be painting at the 102 Avenue-170 Street and 178 Street & 111 Avenue Tim Hortons locations.

I think I’m nearing the end of my Christmas window painting list! 

nearing...

Edmonton Tim Hortons Christmas Window Painting

 Window Painting by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Newwest Travel 2013 Christmas Window Painting

Dennis from Newwest Travel reminded me that this is my 5th year in at his office to paint windows at his travel agency. My how time flies! Each year I try and come up with a slightly different slant on Christmas and travel. And each year I think, “What am I gonna do this time?! Eeek! And somehow I manage. Here are a few of the windows I did.

reindeer window painting in Edmonton

Santa is ready for a vaction

Newwest Travel in Edmonton

 Window Painting by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell