Mark N The Caricaturist

Mark N The Caricaturist

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Location Devon
Starting from £479
4 Reviews

Mark is an award-winning Irish cartoonist and caricaturist working in Devon and the South West of England

  • Highlights
  • The perfect ice breaker for your drinks reception, party or other special occasion
  • Approximately 12 faces drawn per hour
  • Pre-drawn caricatures and commissions also available

About


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

He's won awards from the Guardian newspaper and the Botswana Press Trust and is or has been 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).

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! In the past 27 years he's drawn literally thousands of caricatures at almost every kind of event including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas parties, store openings, trade shows and exhibitions. He's quick, friendly and very entertaining!

COMMISSION A CARICATURE FROM PHOTOS
Get your own creation from award winning caricaturist Mark. Using photographs of the subject, Mark will draw an amazing caricature to keep forever. See some of the examples in the gallery section!

Performance Schedule


Working on the spot it takes 5-6 minutes to draw each person and in a 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 times Caricature artists work 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 and brings a stool for working round diners and lights for evening work.

Previous Clients

  • Autoquip
  • Bideford Round Table
  • Canon UK
  • Cheltenham Racecourse
  • Citibank
  • Energy Industries Council
  • Exeter Airport
  • Exeter University
  • Fanfare 3000
  • FIS Software
  • Greene King
  • Microsoft

4 Reviews

Award Winner
Top reviews

Cat Evans - Allianz Insurance

Event: Private Party
Location: Bristol
5/5

Mark arrived in good time to set up and was a very popular man on the evening! I was one of the first people to have my drawing done and was very happy with the outcome. We had good feedback the following week on how well it went with everyone who attended. Thanks Mark for your time and hard work on the evening!


Philip Bainbridge

Event: Other
Location: Gloucestershire
4/5

Very organised and a nice man too.


Gail Bonner

Event: Private Party
Location: Dorset
5/5

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 pictures and I would recommend Warble Entertainment to all my friends when they are having party's. Your service was great thank you so much and will be in touch again in the future.


Miss G Barrett

Event: Wedding
Location: Cornwall
5/5

What a talented man. Sketching while dealing with tipsy wedding revellers. His sketches were outstanding, we would recommend Mark 100%.


    Pricing

    We give you a bespoke price based on the exact location of your event. The pricing below is based on a central location for your area so you have an idea of what your price will be. The exact price will be given in the booking process after you’ve provided the location details.

    Foreign Locations
    • Europe £1,285
    • Rest of the world £2,525
    South East
    • Bedfordshire £727
    • Berkshire £727
    • Buckinghamshire £727
    • East Sussex £727
    • Essex £727
    • Hampshire £727
    • Hertfordshire £727
    • Isle of Wight £727
    • Kent £727
    • London £727
    • Middlesex £727
    • Oxfordshire £727
    • Surrey £727
    • Sussex £727
    • West Sussex £727
    South West
    • Bath £479
    • Bristol £479
    • Cornwall £479
    • Devon £479
    • Dorset £479
    • Somerset £479
    • Wiltshire £479
    Wales
    • Brecon £603
    • Cardiff £603
    • Carmarthen £665
    • Glamorgan £603
    • Monmouth £603
    • Pembroke £727
    West Midlands
    • Birmingham £727
    • Gloucestershire £727
    • Herefordshire £727
    • Shropshire £727
    • Staffordshire £727
    • Warwickshire £727
    • Worcestershire £727

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    FAQs

    Weddings: Mark offers 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 and which makes a memorable present for the couple or their parents.
    • draw Place Setting Caricatures for the Wedding Breakfast, which also make highly original Wedding Favours!
    • draw caricatures of the Bridesmaids and Best Man for memorable presents.

    Then on the day itself Mark can entertain your guests with his 5 minute on the spot caricatures. This is definitely where it's happening at the moment and in a typical performance of 2-3 hours he can draw 25-35 people. There are two times at weddings when this works best:

    • Immediately after the ceremony; Mark usually starts drawing just as the guests emerge from 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 usually fully occupied with greetings and photos and he can help break the ice for other guests who may be less involved.
    • Later on in the day he can provide the ideal lead into the evening entertaiment.  At this time he usually starts by works standing to help break the ice but then settles into an informal caricature studio he's set up in advance with lights and banners to draw couples.

    Mark can draw standing or sitting, all drawings are signed, dated and include the names of the Bride and Groom.

    PRE-COMMISSIONED CARICATURES 
    Get your own creation from award winning caricaturist Mark. Using photographs of the subject, Mark will draw an amazing caricature to keep forever. See some of the examples in the gallery section!

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