• Here are Seven New Valentines Drawing Ideas for you to use to make cards or messages to the one you love!

  • This is my Dug

    Does Nick Park read my mind? There are times I have thought so. It must be that we are of a similar age and think in similar ways.

    Back in 1990 Wallace and Gromit first appeared on TV. I was amazed, because my book, Santa’s Secret Diary, which had just come out, had a sold-out toy of the season, that Santa was having difficulty sourcing. What was the toy called? A Gromit!

    My Dad used the word all the time when he was rewiring the house. Gromits were little rubber rings that were used to soften the sharp edges of metal electrical boxes.

    I love watching Wallace and Gromit, but I often have moments when  I think, “Wait a minute! I thought of that!”

    But thinking isn’t doing. Ideas, contrary to what most people think, are two a penny. It’s what you do with them that counts. So I’m comfortable in the knowledge that Nick Park – who I’ve never met – and I, are must be connected to the same zeitgeist or idea-energy-centre that floats around us.

    This is Nick Park’s Dug

    But this time I beat him to it. My Dug, was first! My Dug is a Bronze Age boy doing the Bronze Age stuff that Bronze Age boys do. I called him Dug because he digs for tin, one of the constituents of bronze. Nick Park’s Dug is more of a teenager, I think.

    Perfect for Primary and elementary school projects on the Bronze Age, you can get my Dug books from the links below.

  • On DrawStuffRealEasy, I’m showing how to draw some of the pictograms of the different sports at this year’s Winter games in Peyonchang in South Korea, which opens today!.
    While researching the designs I began to realise how great the designs are. They are not only based on the shapes that make up the korean alphabet – itself a pictographic design – but it is so easy to animate for the TV people. Sometimes by drawing other people’s work, you appreciate their vision so much more and learn from them too.

    Below are five videos showing you how to draw winter sport pictograms. Enjoy!