Monthly Archives: August 2011
magic greenwich
If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll remember I was doing daily landscape sketches, mostly of the marvellous trees in Greenwich Park. I got bogged down in deadlines and stopped doing it. But yesterday I got into such a panic, … Continue reading
hiking thames marshes, or why you shouldn’t pop blackberries in your mouth without looking first
Aw man, isn’t this the cutest little snail you ever saw? Stuart’s finished hiking the Capital Ring around London, so he took me along on the first leg of the London LOOP (which stands for London Outer Orbital Path). Walking … Continue reading
edinburgh book festival 2011!
I thought I’d try to sum up the exciting whirlwind that was Edinburgh Book Festival in one picture. I started drawing this on the train ride home but was so overwhelmed, I fell sound asleep somewhere near Berwick-on-Tweed and work … Continue reading
silly pirate playtime galore!
I’m off to the Edinburgh Book Festival tomorrow (two booked-up Schools Programme events), but before I go, I thought I’d leave you with some treats I’ve been making for you! I’ve had so many people thank me for the other … Continue reading
withnail & ah, i know what to draw
Last night, I came home dog-tired and cheesed off about how my job description seems to have changed from picture book creator to professional e-mailer, when all I want to do is draw and tell stories. These chappies cheered me … Continue reading
klimb children’s illustration charity auction – 6 sept
Hey, would you like to buy this ink and watercolour painting I made? It’s a promotional piece for my book with Gillian Rogerson, You Can’t Eat a Princess!. It can be yours, possibly for a very reasonable price, along with … Continue reading
tues, 13 sept – big event, write it on your calendar!
Hey, guess what, it’s time for COMICS PEOPLE TO STORM THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS!!! And you authors and illustrators, STORM THE COMICS WORLD! Oh, YES. There have always been people in comics who’ve been part of the Society of Authors; … Continue reading
sarnies with chris riddell
Yesterday I had lunch with an illustrator I’ve always admired, at least ever since the Cartoon Museum opened and I studied the way he drew the bony knuckles of an old man’s hands in a political cartoon. He’s Chris Riddell, … Continue reading
fun and games in leicester
Look at the fabulous Summer Reading Challenge team I got to work with in Leicester on Wednesday! I know marvellous multilingual storyteller Jyoti Shanghavi from previous visits (blogged here and here) and Farida Mohammed, the fiery one on the right, … Continue reading
final installment of the china adventure comic
One last bit in Shanghai, over on the David Fickling Books blog. You can see a bunch of photos I took on the trip here in my Flickr set. It’s a roughly drawn comic in parts, but it runs for … Continue reading
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