Laurel Hawkswell is an Edmonton artist that specializes in incredible character drawing.
EDMONTON — I’ve been meaning to shine the spotlight on Laurel Hawkswell now for quite some time, but life and other news had gotten in the way. Finally, I am here writing about her incredible skill. She enjoys drawing characters of locals at special events, and she’s simply amazing at what she does.
Hawkswell has been drawing characters for many years, and it shows. Her work shows such great detail with so little detail – if that even makes any sense.
She calls them Caricatures, and they go for $10 per person, which if you ask me, is an absolute steal.
Without further ado, let’s take a look at just some of her most recent work:
Another day of meeting and drawing interesting people and faces. I love my “job”! #yeg #caricatures #specialevents pic.twitter.com/zMEMMeVm8H
— Laurel Hawkswell (@hilaurel) July 26, 2016
Drew a whole bunch of cuties at a birthday party today! #yeg #birthdaypartyideas #caricature pic.twitter.com/gtsLmgE7p9
— Laurel Hawkswell (@hilaurel) July 23, 2016
“You’ve made me a cartoon character!” he said. He sure made if fun for me! #yeg #wedding #caricature pic.twitter.com/kr8srH52PO
— Laurel Hawkswell (@hilaurel) July 18, 2016
Birthday party caricatures, cuteness overload! #yeg #kidsparty #caricature pic.twitter.com/IGWoPyPAed
— Laurel Hawkswell (@hilaurel) July 17, 2016
Even though it rained a TON today, I still met some nice people! #yeg #yegartwalk #caricature pic.twitter.com/K7pxE5Xmak
— Laurel Hawkswell (@hilaurel) July 11, 2016
A caricature of Kim of @ThePaintSpot Visit me this Fri/Sat/Sun 10am-5pm at 83Ave & 104St #yegartwalk #oldstrath pic.twitter.com/QrFytpWLmG
— Laurel Hawkswell (@hilaurel) July 6, 2016
Hee hee! Awesome! Thank you so much @hilaurel everyone should go to @YEGArtWalk and get one!!! #yegarts pic.twitter.com/saL2GHcUNA
— bridgetryan (@bridgetryan) July 5, 2016
Caricature of the best moustache EVER! A wonderful evening drawing at @UAlberta Faculty Club #yeg pic.twitter.com/L45Ji7QvdJ
— Laurel Hawkswell (@hilaurel) July 5, 2016
Drew caricatures for @CentralSH Staff Party! Thanks for having me there! #yeg #party #caricature pic.twitter.com/sIu5kTjR8R
— Laurel Hawkswell (@hilaurel) June 29, 2016
Best gift reaction opening 1 of my group caricatures! I guess they really do make great gifts! #yeg #caricature pic.twitter.com/dNhkolfNi6
— Laurel Hawkswell (@hilaurel) June 20, 2016
She does much more than character drawings, too. Here’s one of her latest paintings for YEG Art Walk:
My painting with its new Come by Sunday 10am-5pm #yeg #yegartwalk #painting pic.twitter.com/cTOCXwhdul
— Laurel Hawkswell (@hilaurel) July 10, 2016
We hope you enjoyed her lovely work!
Feel free to check out her Twitter page for more! She’s continuously adding more each passing week.
Hawkswell also has her own website which can be found at hilaurel.blogspot.com.
If you wish to hire her for an event or for some character drawings, I’m sure she wouldn’t mind hearing from you! She’s done work for birthdays, so that may be something she would consider.

Feel free to get in contact with her via Twitter or by e-mailing her at hilaurel@telus.net if you have any questions.
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