• I had a great couple of days in Shetland Just before Christmas. Where’s Shetland? Here’s a google map code: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Shetland+Islands/@58.1488894,-6.6414739,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x489c14686803c3cf:0xd3639a2515cb557f!8m2!3d60.5296507!4d-1.2659408

    I had a wonderful time telling stories in schools and in the museum, mostly about Vikings – they are mad about vikings in Shetland and also space stuff too.

    Many thanks to Margie from Shetland Library who looked after me and took me round and to Scottish Book Trust for organising Book Week Scotland – my trip was part of that.

    Sit back and enjoy the views!

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  • In September of 2016, I went to the Wigtown Book Festival in Scotland and painted this sketchbook while watching author sessions and other entertainments. Just drawing the people and what they were talking about.

    I was going to make a printed book like I did last year, but I was so busy making a mural for the school that I ran out of time ad so I cancelled the kickstarter project to make it.

    You can find out more at the Cancelled Kickstarter page :

     

    This tells you all about the previous year’s successful sketchbook project

     

     

  • Learn how to draw a Hi Hat Real Easy for kids and beginners.

    The pen I use is a rOtring Tikky Graphic.

    You can get them here in the USA 
    And here in the UK

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