• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8Tmz6crROo

    I love this video! Every time I pick up a pencil I wonder how they are made and this video show how they are made at the Derwent Factory in the Lake district. see their website here

  • The Rise of the Planet of the Apes open in britain today and to celebrate I thought I would show you how to draw Caesar. Have fun!

  • I have a lot to do in a very short time! I seem to have been very distracted by the Youtube NextUp Competition in the last few weeks. It’s a good thing I won, as I put an awful lot of work and effort into it!!

    That leaves me with a very short amount of time to finish my Olympia series. Printers are scheduled and I have to get everything finished on time. I delivered the artwork for book five on monday and pencil sketches for book six yesterday. So that’s three books to finish by the 12 of September! Today I’m doing a major rewrite to book seven and book eight needs a lot of rewriting too.

    Will I get it all done? I have a day by day schedule mapped out, so I know exactly how much I need to do each day. I always try and do a little more than I need to win myself time incase problems occur. I think I’ll do it – well, there is no alternative – I will do it!

    Then it’s off to Creator Camp at YouTube for a week. That is the big prize at the end, that keeps me inspired to finish a mountain of work on time. 🙂