Pen Jones

Doodles - a summary

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:43:00 -0400

I haven’t posted here a while, because my drawing hand has been occupied at events around the country, as well as drawing various lovely people as I travelled on the continent this summer.

So, here is the cream of this years’ caricatures from weddings, parties and life. ENJOY!

For information about booking me for your party, wedding, or other event or for gift ideas and commissions just e-mail jonesbendavid@hotmail.co.uk or contact me on 07515177374 for my availability.

Cambridge on the day of the deluge

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:19:39 -0500

On the day that the heavens opened and covered the world in a thick layer of dandruff early this month I found myself caricaturing at a spectacular union between an american navy guy(with all his gung-ho colleagues in tow) and the daughter of a millionaire entrepreneur, in whose grounds the wedding was taking place. Characters were not in short supply then, from the overbearingly flirtatious to the pompous to the frightening to the cute!

Here are just a few;

The Bridge

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:01:40 -0500

I must update this blog more frequently! Many cartoonifying-people japes have occurred since my last post. Like the time in january when I was caricaturing on Hungerford bridge and three friends get caricatured. I ask them ‘Where are you off to now’ and they tell me about a friends’ party in her flat just by the london eye. Ever cheeky I imply I should be caricaturing at that party. 3 hours later I’m there, at the party(!). Here are some of the results below;

Yes, that IS a bed

Yes, that IS the star of channel 4 documentary ‘The Hotel’

So I was SUPPOSED to be on holiday...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:38:43 -0500

…and I ended up working/showing off! Trawling through the 2011 archives I came across this photo, which is of artist Evangelos Kaimakis whose studio in Kerameikos, Athens I popped into with a friend(He was participating in ReMAP, where buildings over the whole area give themselves over to displaying art).

He was extremely friendly, and showed me a way of making portraits that involved a projector and enormous sheets of paper. Obviously I jumped in there and did a caricature of him. But as you can see he had a great face for it!

My band, ridiculed!

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:56:00 -0500

In honour of our continuing dogged existence despite living in separate countries(!), I have drawn all the members of my band, Ben & the Immigrants(lead singer sold separately).

GIORGOS - Drums

JORGE - Lead Guitar

KOU - Rhythm guitar

ALBERT - Bass

VASILIS - Keyboards

Help for Heroes Charity gig

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:38:00 -0500

Here are some of the caricatures from my ‘Help for Heroes’ charity gig I did before Christmas. Irrespective of rank, everyone got the same ridiculous treatment, as you will see below;

They asked for it like this, honestly!

The Mad menagerie that was the Regents College Xmas party

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:32:00 -0500

I can now say I have worked with a Marilyn Monroe impersonator, a magician(with insane ‘triple-beard’) a chorus of showgirls and one other caricaturist. I could tell he was good from the moment I saw him, he had a bowtie.

The Institute of Mechanical Engineers Xmas party

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:30:00 -0500

Mechanical engineers are fun. Let no-one ever refute this fact. I had a ball at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers christmas bash, a good 3 hours caricaturing(My hand! My hand!!), the highlight of which was caricaturing a boy who looked exactly like Justin Bieber(Who everyone in earshot had nicknamed ‘Bieber’ accordingly).

A right ol' regent affair in the Cotswolds

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:28:00 -0500

My longest distance caricature jaunt yet, to remotest Charlbury I did go, suited, booted, and ready for the Paradigm Services* Masquerade Ball!

Many hilarious headresses, masks, wierd hairstyles and cummerbunds were drawn that night, but here is the cream of the lot. Tonight’s prize goes to…..

…crazy georgian couple!!

*Not, suprisingly, the front for Dr Evil’s nefarious operations

WINCHESTER

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:26:00 -0500

It was a blast from the past to meet the whole staff of a primary school the other day for their xmas party, as it was about this time last year that I left working in a school myself. School staff definetly know how to have fun, and the crowd were in good form.

You can get your Christening caricatured now! What a world!

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:23:00 -0500

I caricatured my first ever christening party the other day!

Here is what Chanelle Hunte, the mum said about the caricatures;

‘Just wanted to once again say thank you for caricaturing at my daughters christening on Saturday! The caricatures added something a little different to the day and was well received by everyone!

Sorry about all the chaos on the day I was running around like a headless chicken however you got on with it and interacted well with everyone regardless.

I won’t hesitate to include you in my next event and to recommend your services to anyone!’

A Russian birthday on the bayou

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:20:00 -0500

As I walked up the foggy canal toward the Cornelius restaurant, it looked just like an old shack on the bayou, and I thought, ‘What the heck am I just about to walk into’?! As soon as I entered however I was greeted warmly by Julia, whose son’s birthday I then proceeded to chronicle through the medium of cartoon, and a right royal russian knees-up it was too!

How to Caricature(among other things)

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:19:00 -0500

The other day I was emailed by the How-to Website Videojug, and they asked me if I could present a short video on how to make a caricature. It sounded like an awful lot of fun so I jumped at the chance, and here are the results!

(P.S; The video should be out in feb!)

The Last Supper- Bumpkin restaurant in Kensington

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:18:00 -0500

I was invited to draw at a birthday in South Kensington last night, and upon getting there I was asked by the organiser if I could draw EVERYONE THERE. I took the challenge, and drew every 30 of them while they ate, though tricky, I cannot resist a challenge!

The EUROSTAR Xmas Party

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:02:00 -0500

Ashford, Kent, and caricaturing the very lively bunch who work at Eurostar was a blast. This time I bought Henry, my hedgehog mascot, and the caricatures improved considerably, someone even had a caricature with him in their arms!

"For information on commissioning an artwork, e-mail jonesbendavid@hotmail.co.uk or ring 07515177374."

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:34:44 -0400

“For information on commissioning an artwork, e-mail jonesbendavid@hotmail.co.uk or ring 07515177374.”

My caricatures for Romax Marketing

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:10:00 -0400

This week I headed down to London’s deep south to the Churchill theatre where Romax marketing were putting on a party for their company and clients. They had me, a photographer and other artists at hand and I got to caricature some real characters. Here are the images.

Ade!

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:06:09 -0400

Here is one of the aforementioned balloon caricatures of my good friend and bandmate Ade.

Ade plays sax in my soul band Different Thing and I because of down time in rehearsals, he seems to be the one person I’ve caricatured most!

A Christchurch wedding (or, the birth of the balloon caricature!)

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:48:00 -0400

Last weekend I got on down to Christchurch on the south coast for the wedding of Sarah and David.

Sarah asked me if I could do something for the kids at the start of the reception, so I decided to some caricatures on balloons. The tip with those; take a photo fast before they pop!

Here are some of the caricatures I made of the guests.

Back in the ring - A Chelmsford Wedding

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:47:00 -0400

Yesterday evening I joined the guys from the wedding entertainment co. ‘A Band and a D.J,’(http://www.abadj.co.uk/) to caricature at a wedding deep in the heart of essex.

So here is the fruit of the evening, enjoy and leave a comment if ya do!

(Also, try and spot the Peter Crouch and Kevin Bacon lookalikes)