mark bardsley caricaturist & Illustrator

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MARK BARDSLEY
CARICATURE GALLERY

Pencil & wash barmaid Pencil & wash couch potato


Two examples of pencil & wash on water colour paper.

The bar maid was commissioned by her colleagues at the pub
and the young gentleman in the chair was described this way by his girl friend (what a flatterer she is!)



Full colour ink & wash, People and pets full colour ink & wash of Horse jumping scene

Full colour ink and wash animal mayhem!

Most of my caricatures are highly illustrative so you can let your imagination run riot!



pencil & colour wash Sian Lloyd in the jungle pencil &	colour wash Lembit Opik in Leprechaun garb

Pencil and colour wash portraits (the originals being A3 in size).

These two colourful characters are of course local Welsh celebrities, Sian Lloyd the weather girl
and survivor of "I'm a celebrity get me out of here" and (now not so close friend)
Lembit Opik MP of Eastern European stock and Irish upbringing (hence the Leprechaun gag).
Lembit always has his harmonica with him (which he rarely plays as he seldom runs out of words!)



pencil drawing of office staff in circus context

Pencil drawing A4

These boistrous young ladies wanted a present for their boss and imagined him
as a ring master making them jump through hoops, so that's just how I depicted them!

His hat is a reference to Noddy Holder from Slade to hint at his taste for seventies music.



pencil & wash of camping enthusiast with neopolitan mastiffs

Gone to the dogs!
(pencil & wash)



pencil & wash of camping enthusiast with neopolitan mastiffs

Love in the fast lane!
(pencil & wash)




pencil portrait of husband & wife

Detail from an A4 pencil drawing.The guy in this one is not related to Peter Kay, honest.





pencil drawing of tractor driver pencil drawing of train driver

Blokes do love their classic transport don't they?
Countryside themes always offer me a wealth of comic potential! ( A4 pencil drawings.)



pencil and wash of springer spaniels & gamekeeper Full colour pencil & wash of Rugby Player

Two pencil line and wash pieces. I love to show people in their natural environment.
A person's activities say just as much about them as their appearance!


full colour pencil & was of female hitch hikers guide fan

Pencil and wash, A4. I always enjoy building in lots of literary references.
Spot the "Hitch Hikers Guide to the galaxy" details in this one.


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