One of my favourite paintings in the National Portrait Gallery looks like this.
And this Christ always makes me stop:
This is MuMu…
This is a cardboard cutout of Mumu who is a character from a new picture book from HarperCollins which is out in 2015. It will be in glorious colour and in two dimensions.
Scissors, paper, flock...
Dozens of pigeons are underway and will be available in the near future or sooner. There is also a turtle dove and two budgerigars but they're more tricky for some reason.
Common or garden pigeon with typical markings in acrylic. Shoes: model's own.
Lake interior…
Have been painting all of my books. My favourite is the Veronica Lake hardback because she is one of my favourite film actors.
Featuring Veronica Lake in Acrylic
The Forest is on the case.
Position, Position, Position…
In the Barnes Bookshop my book is front out. FRONT OUT! That's rare, picture books take up lots of space and so spines rule. I was pleased to see this alright.
PS: I didn't reposition it like this.
LUCKY screen prints are available…
Today, to coincide with the publication of LUCKY, I made a limited edition of 50 two-colour A2 screen prints. The print shows Leo's brother walking through the cafeteria, thinking. They sure are fine. They look good in a frame, or tacked to a wall. If you'd like one let me know.
Or you can watch the musical trailer instead (it's free).
Unexpectedly Good Graffiti…
Hammersmith, London.
Trial and error…
My old A4 inkjet printer has a lot of life left in it. I went out and left the printer to print a whole lot of pages and now I have these beauties. If I tried to screen print something like this I'd never get it right.
Two pot screener…
Today, on the hottest day since records of hot began, we started printing a limited edition of LUCKY screen prints, to coincide with the book's launch in a couple weeks. The inks were pretty close to the test proofs, and Chris Ratcliffe got them looking fine. I wish I'd taken a picture of the green ink in its plastic pot.
All you ever need to know…
We have just posted a new film about making picture books, in particular LUCKY. Thanks go to Anne Sinclair and Neal Apel for their groovy sound patterns. Please turn off your mobile phones.
Quiet in the front.