Monthly Archives: February 2011
melancholy sailor
Here’s a Valentine’s picture for all of us today who are busy doing whatever we’re doing when we’d much rather be snogging someone.
the fleece station is under attack!
Today there was so much commotion coming from downstairs at the studio that I had to pull out my camera and go on a little reconnaissance mission. For the past two days, people in commando suits with plastic guns or … Continue reading
racing against the clock
The next few weeks are possibly going to be the most intense working weeks I’ve ever had. But already there have been some lovely little interludes, such as spotting a new speech bubble on our guard sheep at the studio … Continue reading
bishop’s stortford picture book award 2011
Yesterday morning I met Giles Andreae at Liverpool Street Station and we took the train up to Bishop’s Stortford, where last year our book Morris the Mankiest Monster won the Bishop’s Stortford Picture Book Award. (I blogged about last year … Continue reading
surrey kitchen table drawings
Saturday was very full-on, I ended up working a 16-hour day and almost falling to pieces. So it was great on Sunday, going out to the pretty town of Godalming in Surrey with Stuart to visit friends we knew from … Continue reading
vernon god little
The other night my lovely friend Emma got us tickets to go see the theatrical adaptation of Vernon God Little at the Young Vic. Emma and I actually saw the play a couple years ago or so, and we loved … Continue reading
playing consequences with some of britain’s best illustrators!
So my contribution to Polly Dunbar‘s game of Consequences has gone live on the Booktrust website! Now I can post some photos, and you can see the Booktrust gallery of the whole game here. Oh, and a bit about the … Continue reading
bird brain
This morning I was planning to draw one of the trees in our local park. But I got chatting with a neighbour on the walk toward the studio and he walked me almost all the way there, and I only … Continue reading
vern and lettuce get a special treat
It gets better! Following the last post, Viviane Schwarz right now is taking Vern and Lettuce out for lunch in Peckham, to one our favourite cafes. I told her that Vern likes watercress on his sandwich and Lettuce likes to … Continue reading
viviane schwarz’s tractor of many colours
Ha ha! Best thing ever! I’ve been buried under an insane workload and freaking out a bit about deadlines, and the amazing Viviane Schwarz just sent me these photos! It’s Vern and Lettuce’s tractor! And she found this fabric in … Continue reading
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