Wednesday 28 September 2011

Illustration
School Dinners
Liver & Onions, Spam Fritters, Watery Cabbage, Lumpy Mash, Prunes, Semolina....Mmmmm!!

Monday 26 September 2011

Illustration
Juice Time!

© Jane Massey 2011
Inspiration
HOME





1. I absolutely love this mat which I picked up at a Vintage Fair in Brighton recently. Now the weather is changing I am drawn more and more to cheery reds and oranges.
2. & 3. Two favourite Pre School projects brought home by my youngest this term!
4. Wednesday - 'PE Day'.
5. This weeks harvest! Not self sufficient yet!

Monday 19 September 2011

Illustration
Illustration Friday-Mesmerizing

'My First Assembly'

Friday 16 September 2011

Illustration
Knight School
by Jane Clarke

My blog has been a little neglected over the summer as I have been flat out artworking the sequel to Knight Time. Knight School is due to be published in 2012.
I have finally updated my page on childrensillustrators.com this week. It has been on my To Do List for far too long! I have now added many of my published books.

Thursday 8 September 2011

Inspiration
Back to School

This Ladybird classic really takes me back to my school days. Warm milk, the smell of the canteen, the nature table and dancing in the school hall in big knickers!
Illustrated by J. H. Wingfield 1959.

©Roger Hargreaves 1980

I love the line and humour of Richard Scarry.
©Richard Scarry 1969
This image reminds me of trips to Woolworths for my new school kit. A geometry set, garish fluffy pencil case and new pumps!

My very dog eared copy of The School by John Burningham.
First published 1974. This image reminds me of my very first school. It was a victorian building in a small village in Suffolk.

Pieces from a wooden puzzle by Victory picked up at a car boot just the other week.