Mark N The Caricaturist

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Mark is an award winning Irish cartoonist and caricaturist.

After 11 years in London he moved to Devon in 2003 and now works all over the south west - even as far south west as the Caribbean for P&O Cruises!

As well as drawing caricatures Mark's cartoons have been published regularly by the Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Irish Times, The Sunday Business Post, The Evening Standard and many more.

*Mark has been voted Best Entertainment 2010 (for the second year running!) at the West Country Wedding Awards*

He's won awards from the Guardian newspaper and the Botswana Press Trust and is a member of The British Cartoonist Association (BCA), The Professsional Cartoonists Organisation (PCO), The Political Cartoon Society (PCS), Cartoonists Club of Great Britain (CCGB), Federation of Cartoonists' Organisations (FECO).

Mark has been voted Best Entertainment 2010 (for the second year running!) at the West Country Wedding Awards.

Miss G Barrett, Wedding Event, Cornwall
What a talented man. Sketching while dealing with tipsy wedding revellers. His sketches were outstanding, we would recommend Mark 100%.

Gail Bonner, Party, Bournemouth, Dorset
Hi Matt, Thank you Matt for arranging Mark to come and entertain our guests at my party. It was truly a big hit everyone went home with great picutures and I would recommend Warble Entertainment to all my friends when they are having partys. Your service was great thank you so much and will be in touch again in the future.

Mr and Mrs Dearlove (Bowles)
What can we say? .. FANTASTIC! Although we hardly saw Mark, we have had great feedback that he kept everyone entertained and a couple of our friends have actually had their caricatures framed, so that says it all.

Nigel Morton, Cdr RN
Sorry not to have e-mailed earlier, but wanted to say a sincere thanks to Mark for his work at our Dinner last Wednesday evening. He did a tremendous job, and was much appreciated by all. Will you please pass our thanks on to him - and apologise for the lighting conditions, which I know weren't ideal!

Recent clients have included: Autoquip 2007, Bideford Round Table, Canon UK, Cheltenham Racecourse, Citibank, Computer Corporation of America, Crewkerne Round Table, Damovo, Energy Industries Council, Exeter Airport, Exeter University, Fanfare 3000, FIS Software, Greene King, Hucke Ltd, Hyder Consulting, Imperial College London, Ing Bank, Integrated Education Fund for Northern Ireland, Interior, JCB, Jones Knowles Ritchie, Kier Western, Leapfrog International, Letherby & Christopher, MAN ERF, MGI Luxury Group UK Ltd, Microsoft, Network Housing Assocation, North Devon District Council, Old English Inns, Ove Arup, Paradigm Services, Peach Personnel Services, Pfizer, Philip J Milton & Co, Real Asset Management Plc, Redrow Homes, Rees Bradely Hepburn, Sarcen Housing Association, Savilles Estate Agents, SG Warburg, South West Telecom, Standard Chartered Bank, Strutt & Parker, Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust, UBS Investment Bank, UltraVox, University of Plymouth, WKD & Wyvern Waste.

Venues Mark has recently worked at include: Celebrity chef's restaurants are top of the menu with Mark working at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Cornwall, Rick Stein's St Petroc's Hotel in Newquay and Anton Mossiman's restaurant in Belgrave Square, London all within the first two months of 2008.

Other recent venues include: 1 Lombard Street London, Army Training Regiment, Arundel Arms Lifton, Ashdown Park Hotel Sussex, Astor Hotel Plymouth, Batch Country Hotel Weston Super Mare, Battlesbury Barracks, Belmont Hotel Sidmouth, Berry Head Hotel Brixham, Bishopscourt Hotel Torquay, Blundells School, Bovey Castle Dartmoor, Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, BRNC Dartmouth, Brocket Hall Welwyn, Buckland Tout-Saints Hotel Kingsbridge, Café Delancy London, Cannizaro House, Carlyon Bay Hotel, Celtic Manor Newport, Clovelly, Combe Martin Festival, Combe Park Hotel Exeter, Corus Hotel Failand, Cromwell Lodge Hotel, Dartmouth Golf and Country Club, Durrant House Hotel, Exeter University, Exmouth Pavilion, Falcon Hotel Bude, Fifteen Cornwall, Fisherman's Cottage Bickleigh, Gala Bingo Plymouth, Ginsters Callington, Gonwin Manor St Ives, Guildhall Winchester, Hamilton House Hotel Greenwich, Harlequins Rugby Club, Hartnoll House Hotel Tiverton, Hatherleigh Festival, HighBullen Hotel Golf & Country Club, Hitlon Metropole Hotel NEC, HMS Raleigh Torpoint, Holiday Inn Taunton, Horn of Plenty Tavistock, Hotel Tresanton St Mawes, Huntsham Court Country House, Huntsham Court Tiverton, Imperial Hotel Torquay, Inter-Continental Hotel London, Kathleen & May Bideford, Lavender House Hotel, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Legends London, Lympstone Marine Camp, Mabuhay Kingston, Marriot St Pierre Hotel Chepstow, Moat House Hotel Plymouth, Mount Somerset House Taunton, National Museum Cardiff, NEC Pavillion, Northover Manor Yeovil, Norton Manor Camp, Ocean Village P&O Caribbean Cruises, Olympia London, Orchardleigh House Frome, Pendley Manor Hotel Tring, Pilton Festival, Plymouth Guildhall, Porchester Hall London, Pride of Bath, RAF Brize Norton, RAF Corsham, RAF High Wycombe, RAF Lyneham, RAF St Mawgan, Reed Hall Exeter University, Rick Steins' Seafood School Padstow, Riviera Centre Torquay, RNAS Culdrose, Roberts Barracks Larkhill, Royal Clarence Hotel Exeter, Royal Duchy Hotel Falmouth, Rumwell Lodge, Runnymede Hotel Surrey, Sainsburys Barnstaple, Sainsburys Calne, Sainsburys Plymouth, Sainsburys Taunton, Salisbury Racecourse, Saunton Sands Hotel, Skern Lodge Appledore, Somerset House London, St Audries Park West Quantoxhead, St Pedtroc's Hotel Padstow, Stirrups Country House Hotel Bracknell, Ston Easton Park Hotel Bath, Stonehouse Court Hotel Gloucestershire, Stoodleigh Court Tiverton, Stover School Newton Abbot, The Brewery London, The Carlyon Bay Golf Club, The Farthings Hotel Hatch Beauchamp, The Headland Hotel Newquay, The Hour Glass Restaurant Fordingbridge, The Kings Arms Winkleigh, The Landmark Hotel London, The Manor Yeovil, The Mint London, The Pines Hotel Slough, The Silver Dolphin, The Thistle Hotel Exeter, Tiverton Hotel, Tonedale House Wellington, Tors Hotel Lynmouth, Tortworth Court Hotel, Trago Mills, Trenython Manor, Trevigue Farm Bude, Trowbridge Civic Hall, Victoria Hotel Sidmouth, Warwick University Campus, Well Park Hotel Trevone, Wembley Conference Centre, Westway Studios, Whitbred Brewery London, Woodbury Park Exeter, Woolacombe Bay Hotel, Woolsery School, Yates Wine Bar Hounslow & Ye Olde Talbot Hotel Worcester.

Weddings: Mark can offer a number of services for weddings. Working from photos before the big day he can draw a caricature of the Bride and Groom for use on wedding stationery, draw a wedding caricature of the Bride and Groom as a memorable present for the couple or their parents, draw Place Setting Caricatures for the Wedding Breakfast - which also make highly original Wedding Favours! Caricatures drawn from photos can also be given as memorable presents to the Best Man and Bridesmaids.

Then on the day itself Mark can entertain your guests with his 5 minute on the spot caricatures. In a typical performance of 2-3 hours he can draw 25-35 people.

This is definitely where it's happening at the moment. Caricaturing on the spot at weddings is the latest thing! Mark usually starts drawing just as the guests arrive after the wedding ceremony and the first glass of champagne is being poured. From then until the start of the Wedding Breakfast family and close friends are fully occupied with greetings and photos but he can help break the ice for other guests who may be less involved.

The other popular time is between the Wedding Breakfast and the evening entertainment when Mark can keep the excitement levels up and the party bubbling.

All drawings are signed, dated and include the venue and first names of the Bride and Groom. Mark can draw caricatures standing or sitting. He usually works standing to start with in order to work quickly round the guests and spread his drawings. He can bring lights and banners to set up an informal caricature studio if required.

Working on the spot it takes 5-6 minutes to draw each person and in booking of 2.5 hours Mark would expect to draw 25-30 people, in 3 hours 30-35 and in 4 hours 40-45. When drawing one person there are always 4 or 5 others watching and being entertained. Mark can work standing or sitting and can bring lights and banners to set up an informal caricature studio if required.

The two times it works best are as an ice-breaker at the beginning of a function when Mark works standing and move quickly round the party drawing people individually on A4. Then, later on Mark usually moves to a seated caricature area set up earlier with lights and banners to draw couples and small groups on A3.

Mark often uses a combination of these approaches.

Please Note: The fees indicated below are approximate and based on a central location for each county. They are intended to provide a rough guide only and exact quotes can only be given once the date and exact location of your event have been provided.