Layer Marney Tower

A wonderful wedding venue in Essex, set in the countryside in the district of Colchester. I took this photo on my iPhone 4 yesterday, at a wedding that I was drawing and entertaining for!

It was a great day and everyone loved the venue and enjoyed my caricatures!

I hope to get to draw at more events here at Layer Marney Tower!

Lost sheep?

Hope that you find this little cartoon an encouragement.

On the beach

A beach babe theme caricature that is always a hit with the ladies when I draw them!

Wedding Caricature Fun!

These pictures are from 3 years ago when I drew at Laura's wedding and we all had a great time!

Laura loved what I did and the guests at the wedding also enjoyed the fun of the caricatures!

Orchids

Yellow Orchids at the National Orchid Garden in Singapore.

I took this hoot when we were there back in March of this year, it was a beautiful Garden and we hope to go back some day!

As you can see, the weather was not that kind as it was raining all day but it made for a nice photo of the Orchids and I hope you like the photo as much as I do!

You can see some info on the garden by clicking HERE

Caricature sketch

Here is a caricature sketch of a boy that I drew in ZenBrush on my iPad the other day.

It's a really good way to practice and have fun drawing. Using ZenBrush as the drawing app is great as I really like the way it operates both smoothly and with ease.

If you have an iPad and are thinking about which drawing app to get, well ZenBrush is a great place to start and it's cheap to buy from the app store too!

Have fun!

Wedding Caricatures

Very popular and keeping me very busy and I am very pleased that is the case!

A great way to entertain at a wedding and also let the guests have a wonderful memento to take away!

I can drawn at anytime during a wedding, from the afternoon period while photo's are being taken, through dinner if required and the most popular, during the evening reception!

The big reveal when the guests see what I have drawn of them, is a special moment and as you can see above, a typical response if laughter, amazement and joy! A perfect recipe for a wedding!

I draw at around 100 weddings every year and have built up an extensive experience and knowledge of how to compliment a wedding with the fun caricatures that I draw. Everyone really loves them and that is why I am kept very busy all year round!

It is a joy for me to see so many people getting so much fun and enjoyment from what I do and almost all the time, the bride and groom tell me that the guests have loved what I have drawn and that it has really made their wedding so special. That is always a great thing to hear and is why I do this, to bring something special to such an important day for couples. The icing on the cake is that I get many really nice compliments form guests during the evening, lots of laughter, sometimes hilarious out bursts form guests and from time to time, the ladies have been known to laugh so much that they have to rush to the toilet!

As I draw non stop from start to finish I also bring, what I feel is great value for money. When you compare what I charge against another item, such as a chocolate fountain or maybe a photo booth or even a magician, I feel that you get so much more from my services!

But it is individual choice in what a couple wish to have to entertain at their big day and often I have worked alongside the other suppliers that I just mentioned!

From young children to the older generation of adults, I draw everyone and they all love their caricatures!

If you would like a glimpse to the info on my weekly schedule of drawing at weddings, then please do follow me on Facebook and also click on the 'Like' button on my page to show me that yo have stopped by and really do LIKE what I do!

http://www.facebook.com/SteveJHearn

I appreciate your help and support and you never know, I may be at your wedding one day, drawing and entertaining your guests!

Ti West

A rough sketch of the film director...

Pencil drawing with minimal caricature but an interesting face to sketch!

Joe Bluhm

A friend in the USA who I met back in 2004 I believe, Joe is simply an amazing artist and has gone on to create a very cool career for himself and this year he even won an Oscar for his part in the creation of an animated film for Moonbot Studios - click here to see how cool it is: http://moonbotstudios.com/

Joe has his own blog: http://joebluhm.blogspot.co.uk/

So I have to say how pleased I am that Joe is doing so well and I expect that he will continue onto bigger and greater things in the future!

If I am lucky, Joe will be making a visit to the ISCA convention this November, if he is free and as President, I will have the pleasure to give him a big credit on behalf of the organisation for his achievements!

So, well done Joe! Keep up the most excellent work!

Michelle Sibthorp

I am very pleased to share with you the new website of photographer, Michelle Sibthorp!

Michelle has been working as a professional photographer for over ten years now and last year in 2011, she had her own wedding, which I drew and entertained at for her and her husband!

Michelle is a lovely person and wonderful photographer and I am so pleased to know her and to have had the opportunity to work for her and also with her at other weddings!

Please stop by her website and enjoy all she has to share with you there!

http://www.michellesibthorp.com/

Caricatures

A few examples of the recent commission that i have now completed and the client said that they loved the caricatures!

On my desk

Current project for a client, drawing 7 members of staff for recognition of service with each one based on their hobby and as you can see here, cycling is this theme!

Created in photoshop on my iMac :)

Malta feedback

Whilst on Malta last month, I was able to draw some people in our hotel that we were staying in for the convention. One of them sent this email.....

Please click on the image above to view larger

Here is the caricature:

It is really nice to get these!

50?

First let me apologise for not posting here recently. I have been distracted by important family matters as both my parents have health problems and my wife's mother also requires a lot of care these days, so my time has been taken up looking after these guys. They need us and we are more than happy to be here to help them out.

Back in February I turned 50 and since then I can't stop thinking about what that means!

Tip of list of what it means to be fifty is, 'I made it!'

Sadly we have lost too many friends over the years who never were able to see their 50th birthday, so I count myself fortunate to still be here and I am thankful.

Another thought at the half a century birthday is that I have survived financially. When I was young I had a big worry about how I could pay a mortgage and bring up a family, supporting them in what they needed from day to day. I think most young men have this worry and today it even includes the problem of actually getting a job!

Well our family has grown up and we had a mix of some tough times but many good times when money was tight. Now I feel that I can breathe a sigh of relief as money is not such a big challenge as it was thirty years ago!

They say with age comes wisdom. I'm not sure if I claim to have any wisdom but life experience gives you something to fall back on in good and bad moments that come along.

At fifty I am very lucky to have many friends all around the world. As the line in a Genesis song reads, "I know what I like and I like what I know!"

Being fifty is just fine with me. The next decade should be lots of fun!

Back in the Shed

Hi everyone, thank you for your patience... my wife and I are now back after a fabulous trip to the Far East!

Shall be posting more about it soon, now its time to wrangle the jet lag...

"We are sailing.."

Just as Rod Stewart sang in his famous song, my wife and I are sailing a cruise in the far east from tomorrow and shall be 'out of the Office' for a couple of weeks. I am not sure if we will be able to connect to the internet so it may be quiet here for a while!

So look out for us and as soon as we can, I shall post pictures and an update on our journey with the cruise!

We are visiting lots of countries including China, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan and Thailand!

See you soon!

"We are sailing, We are sailing......."

Malta cartoon crazy

Just back from the Cartoonists Club of Great Britain's mini convention! We had a wonderful five days and had lots of fun and loads of drawing along with making new friends!

This photo shows us playing cartoon charades!

Birthday Boy!

Celebrating my 50th Birthday this weekend, yikes!

Having a great time and thank you for all the kind birthday wishes!

Please click the voice memo to hear a short message from yours truly!

Flowers

The Lily is both a beautiful and fragrant flower. It is also my wife's favourite flower and we enjoy having Lily's in our home!

Flowers are also a great subject to draw! One of the best ways to help an artist improve and or understand shapes and structure, is to practice drawing flowers.

In nature there are basic shapes and these can be seen in flowers. From circles to triangles, they sit together to make the basic structure that the human see's before it. An artist sometimes has to get behind the beauty and see the basic shapes. In flowers this is a good approach. It is easy to be over awed by the colours and texture of the flower and so miss the basic shapes that are there in front of you.

So next time you look at flowers, after enjoying the beauty, try to see the basic shapes that go to make up what you see before you!