In Baby Ruby Bawled, published by Tamarind books in the UK, baby Ruby will not stop crying. All the grown ups try every remedy they can think of with no success. It is left to her slightly older brother to come to the rescue. The task, as I saw it, was to try to convey…… Continue reading The joys of parenting
Tag: painting
From The Sketchbook: Babies
It took quite a while to simplify drawings of babies. Their features are already very simple so it was always a question of giving the images the qualities that one feels when interacting with babies. K
Waiting Room
Life size
On Wednesday, 30th June, I ‘ll be painting a Giraffe with school children from Drayton Park School in North London. Nothing unusual about that other than the fact that we’ll be painting a(3m tall) giraffe on a canvas that’s 3 x 2.7 m (around 10ft each way)in size! Including this one I have done a…… Continue reading Life size
Summer
This image is from one of my latest books in the UK, ‘Lenny in the Garden’.
Using watercolours. Or, is it watercolors?
I have always admired ‘watercolourists’! I also always thought, deep down, that it is a classical medium and that there are only so many ways to use it. But after seeing a few ‘modern’ ways to use watercolour I was inspired, or courageous enough to use them for the sketches stage of a new book…… Continue reading Using watercolours. Or, is it watercolors?
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