Success at local exhibition

I submitted two paintings to my local art club's exhibition last week.  The two watercolours that I selected were, Eastern glance and Claire.
I am pleased to say that Claire was sold.  Nice feeling to know that she is now hanging up somewhere.  I also started a blog page for the club.
www.ncac12.blogspot.com
Now the other artists will be able to keep up to date with what is happening at their art club.

Had a pleasant trip down to Morpeth this weekend too.  Longhirst Hall was the venue for the wedding that I was working at.  Been there before.  Lovely location.

Just back from a wonderful holiday in Canada.  Myself and my two grandaughters, Jessica and Niamh attended a family wedding in Ajax Ontario.  If you are reading this, Grace, Herve, Louise, John, Nicole, Steve and all the other people we met - thanks so much.  We had a ball.  I did some silhouette cutting and caricatures whilst I was there.

Today's painting is called Rasta Man.  Another loose watercolour portrait.  Hope you like it.

Silhouette artist at work

When I first decided to have myself filmed whilst cutting silhouettes there were only a handful of videos on the subject available on You Tube.  Now there are loads of them.

Wedding Caricature Commission

It's always nice to be asked to do a wedding caricature commission, but on this occasion the bride is a friend of mine who helped me immensely when I was writing my novel.  Michelle's creative writing and poetry is first class.  You can learn about and purchase Michelle's poetry works here.
There reception was at the Brig O Doon hotel.  Just a few yards from the Robert Burns Birthplace museum in Alloway.  Funny how all these blog updates seem to tie in with each other.

The way I tackle caricature commissions is always the same.  I do a light pencil sketch to begin with - add the colour using watercolour washes - then complete the picture with a fine nib pen.

Letter of thanks

Received a lovely letter of thanks from a customer whose wedding I worked at recently.  It is always nice to receive feedback like this.

Hi Brian,

Hope you are well. I just wanted to thank you so much for attending our wedding at Broomhall Castle on 28th April, we were absolutely delighted with your work, the caricatures were absolutely brilliant, you capture the details so well, and it kept our guests thoroughly entertained whilst we had our photographs taken! Many friends and family have already framed their pictures, a fantastic keepsake from our day! You are very talented and it was lovely to meet you and have you there as part of our special day.

Thanks again,
Kirsty

Thanks!

It has been a busy weekend so far. I must thank Nicole and Ross - and also Kirsty and Paul. Not forgetting their wonderful friends and families who have kept me busy over the last two days. It is the best feeling in the world for a caricaturist to hear laughter as you walk away from a group of guests. I am so lucky to have shared your special day with you. Off to Newcastle tomorrow for more of the same, hopefully.