The caricatures went down really well, the queue was long and everyone had a great time, I was asked for my card a few times it must be something new at Indian weddings although I have done a few before.

The Grand hotel is such a splendid place, I would have loved to spend time looking round as each room looked amazing.

Caricatures at an Indian Wedding in London

I’ve worked here a few times and reports from the guests have always been very positive – so if you’re looking for a quirky location you should take a look it really is fun!

Set up to draw at the Elephant Hotel, Pangbourne

With the Hens moving on to their next club, the Indigo crowd arrived and I was in full drawing mode from the start, they were absolutely fantastic fun  I don’t remember stopping all night, but it went so quickly as they were all up for a laugh – they all had stunning hair cuts too, so if your looking for hairdressers give them a try.

For Christmas my wife kindly got me a great fountain pen and clutch pencil set. I had seen this guy at a local show in Bracknell he creates unique pens from wood or plastic. The designs are only limited by your imagination as he can use several different colours and types to create patterns and shapes. The quality of the work is second to none and the prices I thought very reasonable. I chose a light oak with an even lighter beech trim, the pen is well balanced and draws / writes really well. The pencil has a bit more width to the body and is nice to hold and sketch with. Pop over to his site and take a look at some of the wonderful designs he has created pensunique

I decided to draw two chaps for an advert which I am running to be shown on the TV’s around the ground – I chose Anton Ferdinand, a defender and Manager Steve Clarke. These were produced in my studio, I hand draw with a brush pen then either colour up using pencils or as in this case scan in and colour up using Photoshop. Caricatures from photos (using pencils) start from only £15 making it very affordable – the Photoshop ones start out from £85 which includes a frame so they are ready to hang or place on the sideboard.

It will be great to feel a small part of the Reading Football Club, I think a team caricature picture would look pretty good in the stadium

Happy Red Nose day.

Red nose team – Amanda Holden and Phillip schofield

The couple Barry and Kathy were surrounded by around 200 people when the caricature was presented and I left space for them all to sign around the outside of the picture.