I had a lovely day, yesterday at Pillowell School, not far from me in the Forest of Dean, but well hidden down a tiny lane. You’s never know it was there if there wasn’t a sign.

At last, we seem to be coming out of the tyranny of Literacy and Pillowell have remembered that the story is important, not just the text, and that stories often have illustrations too!

A lot of the children had been on my drawing school website and had brought in their offerings. It was great to see that they had followed my instructions online, but had then gone and added their own ideas and personality too. My cute little kitten lesson had turned into a cute little vampire kitten in one case!

I love doing drawing with children. They all draw the same picture, but each is entirely different. It’s down to how they see things, hand-eye coordination, how much they do on their own – many different things – but they can all draw – even the ones who say they cant can, with a little bit of coaxing.

And it was a lovely sunny day too! Thanks too, for a great day.