Tag: art

  • How to go about illustrating children’s books

    How do you set about illustrating children’s books? Well, in a new series of videos, I’ll show you what goes into my process. Recently, I was asked to illustrate a book of prize-winning short stories, written by children, inspired by the style and themes of Roald Dahl – in the . Illustrating a single story involves…

  • Draw a penguin for #PenguinDay !

    It’s Penguin Day today – Twitter is a little mad with the #PenguinDay hashtag! I did my first penguin video in 2010! I’ve been doing videos on YouTube for some time, so this is a bit of a classic, from before I knew how to edit! Why not celebrate and think of penguins and while…

  • I’m working with Michael Morpurgo again!

    Twenty nine years ago, I illustrated a book for an up and coming author called Michael Morpurgo. He’s done quite well for himself since! The book was Mossop’s last Chance, a sad story about a farm cat that was past his expiry date. Fiona Kenshole, my editor at A&C Black, had a vision that she…