From a wedding reception in The Abbey, Athy. First drawing of the night
wedding caricature artist caricature brendan o’rourke
Live Wedding Reception Caricatures
At the drinks reception of Antoinette and Mark , at Marco Pierre White, Donnybrook.
Wedding Entertainment
Beautiful sunny day at the Westgrove Hotel in Clane, for the wedding of Tracey & Paddy. I was there for the drinks reception. As the weather was so nice I set up outside on the terrace.
Unfortunately in a lot of the photos I took, the bright sun washed out the drawing. I hadn’t thought of that. Oh well, live and learn.
I still got a few nice photos. And everyone who wanted a caricature got one I think, which was the important thing.
I received an email enquiry the next week that started with “You were recommended to me by the Westgrove Hotel”, which was nice of them.
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Live Caricatures (Wedding)
At the Clanard Court in Athy, for the wedding of Grace and Paddy. I was there to entertain the guests for the drinks reception. Here are a few of the caricatures I did
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And the mother of the bride was nice enough to leave a review …
Live Caricatures
I was drawing at the Picnic In The Park event in Maynooth Sunday 18th June. A queue formed pretty quickly and after that there was a steady stream of sitters, but I got a few photos
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Live Caricature Drawing (Corporate Event)
Caricatures I did at a Staff Awards Day for Thinkbait, in The Iveagh Gardens Hotel, Dublin.
What is a Live Caricature Artist Exactly?
Someone who comes to your event and draws exaggerated light-hearted portraits of the guests, on the spot. Artist sets up like this, with two chairs and an easel
Guests sit for about 3 - 5 minutes each …
And they get a drawing like this to take home …
Hopefully there will be laughter all round!
There are exceptions, but usually …
The drawings are done with quick-drying markers, so no risk of smudges on hands or clothes. Some artists start each sketch in pencil first and then go over it with marker.
Paper will be either standard A4 size, or the larger A3 paper (A3 is double the size of A4)
Artist normally sits at the easel, but a few like to walk around among guests
Takes about 5 minutes for each drawing
Guest get either an elastic band to roll up their drawing to take home, or a clear plastic sleeve like this …
You can usually arrange with the caricaturist beforehand to have your logo or a message put on each sheet. Eg if you are having a live artist at your wedding you can get (“Wedding of Gary & Elaine”) printed on the bottom of each sheet.
Most caricature artists you can book by the hour.
Caricature artists are suited to work at parties or corporate events. Often a caricaturist is booked as the unexpected wedding entertainment, waiting for the guests at the hotel to entertain them while the wedding party are having the photographs taken
[CLICK to see examples of my live work on this page] and elsewhere on the site.