WHAT DOES A caricaturist do when presented with a brand new diary at Christmas? I suppose I could have WRITTEN “Drew a caricature of Paul McCartney, went shopping; Woke up, drew a caricature of Brigitte Bardot, washed my clothes . . . etc” But no! Much better to SHOW the world what I do by …
RECENT CARICATURES from photos (above) have included two from long-standing clients and one (the black and white caricature) from a new one. Colour caricatures are drawn in black ink on paper at first and then scanned into the computer where I add colour in Photoshop. The finished product is a high-quality digital print. Black and …
WHAT IS A caricaturist to do when given a diary for Christmas? What better than to draw caricatures of celebrities born on each of the dates? Working in a variety of media, according to whim, I am trying to draw a famous person every day directly into the diary pages, looking forward to seeing a …
AFTER A CHILDHOOD of fairly constant drawing and intermittent painting, some form of art education was inevitable. I hadn’t taken Art ‘A’ level at school and this was reflected in a rather slim portfolio, and rather than offering me the Art Foundation Course, Barnet College enrolled me into the BTEC Design course. This was slanted …
From Painting to Caricatures and back to Painting! Read More »
I’M DELIGHTED to have received some more testimonials from happy clients. It’s hard to know what people think of your cartoons and caricatures when they’re paying for them. So, it’s great to receive a written response of glowing appreciation. it’s almost like a second payment! I have been using Simon Ellinas for over 25 years …
MY PAINTINGS, drawings and caricatures are still being displayed at Bel Gelato cafe in Barnet. The exhibition goes on until the end of December and I am sharing wall space with fellow artist Qing Qi. The exhibition consists of may of my #RIP2016 paintings plus some others and they are all for sale. There are …
WHILST SITTING in front of the TV, not really watching it, I’ll often be scribbling away, producing caricatures, from some photos on the iPad. On this particular evening, I decided to have a go at the Brit Artist of the Unmade Bed, Tracey Emin. Judging by the seventy-seven likes on Facebook, I seem to have …
Caricatures of Serena Williams TENNIS STAR Serena Williams has been making headlines recently and not entirely because of her defeat at the US Open. There has been a global furore surrounding a cartoon of her having a tantrum at losing the match. The critics complain that the cartoon caricatures Serena Williams in the same way …
Caricatures at a Party in Kent by Caricaturist in London WHENEVER I’M getting ready to draw caricatures at a party, I have to refill my pens. This laborious process consists of opening each marker I use and filling them from the refill bottles over a carefully positioned newspaper protecting my drawing board. This always makes …
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