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Mark N the Caricaturist

From : £350

Located : Devon

An introduction

Mark is an award winning Irish cartoonist and caricaturist. After 11 years drawing for newspapers 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! In the past 20 years he's drawn 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 entertaining. 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 was voted Best Entertainment in 2009, 2010 and 2011 at the West Country Wedding Awards; in 2013 he won the overall Judge's Choice Award from a field of 138 entrants!

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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 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 was voted Best Entertainment in 2009, 2010 and 2011 at the West Country Wedding Awards; in 2013 he won the overall Judge's Choice Award from a field of 138 entrants!*

Extra Info

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.

Testimonials

Miss G Barrett | Wedding | Cornwall

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

Gail Bonner | Private Party | Dorset

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.