• Lots of people ask me about writing a picture book. It’s just for kids, so it must be easy, right? lol

    I thought I’d make a video where I’d just talk about writing picture books and the difficulties you may come across. If you think you are going to make a fortune and be a famous author, you are better off working at Macdonalds – Honestly, that’s not a joke.

    It takes an inordinate amount of luck to have a best seller and a huge amount of work to make any sort of living at it. Author incomes have halved in the last 20 years – really!

    But you may just want to have a few copies of your book for your family, which is great. These thoughts apply to you to. Any questions? put the in the comments box and maybe you will inspire a new video?!

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  • Get ready for Christmas and making Christmas cards with this video showing you how to draw a  Perky Robin sitting on a fence post.

    If you want to draw even better get Shoo’s book, Everyone Can Draw, and follow a simple way of understanding drawing so you can just draw anything you like. Get the PDF download now, when you join Shoo on Patreon.

  • Another request, this time from Grace Liu, asking to draw an Aqueduct. This is never going to be the easiest drawing, but I’ve made it as easy as I can with step by sep instructions.