• RotringTikkyGraphicI’m always asked what pen I use. It’s called a Rotring Tikky Graphic and you can now get them from the I used to use the rapidograph in the old days. It’s a very technical pen that needs a lot of looking after and cleaning out. It also has a fine metal nib which I was always breaking.

    The Tikky Graphic is disposable – you can’t refill them, but I think they are good value for money compared with other disposable pens and these are so technically superior.

    I generally get my pens from Cult Pens who have an amazing stock of weird and wonderful pens from all around the world and they provide a very fast service in the UK. I think they send stuff worldwide too.

  • Hereford-PollyLast week I visited the Hereford Cathedral Choir School and spent the afternoon with Year 3 – who are mostly 8 years old – showing them how I come up with ideas for stories and characters.

    I devised two character’s based on a couple of children who kindly posed for me in their school uniforms. I showed the children how to draw them and you can see their fabulous drawings on the video.

    The story we thought up required the children to think of something near at hand they could use to reflect laser beams back at invading monsters! Amazingly, through a door in the hall we were working in, was a smaller room, used for ballet lessons! There was a mirror, Just the perfect size! I love it when things come together like that!

  • Eiffeltower-105x300This is not the easiest thing in the world to draw, but with a bit of practice I worked out the basics to get it looking right. Follow the instructions and see how you do!