Whatagwaan? This phrase is essential of you are travelling to or living in a West Indian neighbourhood .(that’s ‘neighorhood’ to all the Americans in the house). It means, ‘What’s going on?’ in the Marvin Gaye sense. It has a few versions, namely Wa’ Gwaan, ‘Wa’pn’, and can be used in many situations. like the one…… Continue reading Word on the Street
Category: North London
Chicken!
It’s been an incredible few months.I’ve been slowly and steadily heading back to doing books full-time and it hasn’t been easy at all. The plan was to return to the days when there were only books and book ideas on my work list. I have a couple of titles to try as ebooks and started…… Continue reading Chicken!
Summer Events
I have two important events this summer. One is Pop Up 2013 and the other, running parallel to the announcing of the Carnegie Greenaway 2013 Medal Winner, is happening tomorrow, June 19 at Platform on Hornsey Road in North london. Schools have had the chance to look over the shortlist and will be making their own…… Continue reading Summer Events
Pop Up Festival of Stories
The festival should be a lot of fun. If you’re in London with a spare few hours, come along and join in!
Ring a ring o’ roses sketch
Complete with spelling mistakes, here is the solution for the Ring a ring o’ roses rhyme. I decided at the beginning of the project to show everything, or as close to everything as possible. Painting will start on Thursday. It would be great to get this one right because I know from seeing them that…… Continue reading Ring a ring o’ roses sketch
More Nursery Rhyme sketches
This was the first sketch for this rhyme. I don’t think there was a second.
The Illustrationist 