Category Archives: Great lessons

Using Ink

  There are many pens on the market that you can choose from. Or if you are the adventurous type you may decide to make your own from feathers the way our forefathers did. You might also try different sticks, reeds, bamboo or other exotic materials. The crow quill dip pens and metal replacement pointsContinue reading “Using Ink”

LE GUN @ Worcester University

We were so lucky to get invited to join third year illustration students at Worcester University in working on a collaborative 20ft (!) piece with artists from LE GUN. The illustration collective LE GUN was founded by Neal Fox, Chris Bianchi, Bill Bragg, Robert Rubbish, Matthew Appleton, Alex Wright and Stephanie von Reiswitz. The graduatesContinue reading “LE GUN @ Worcester University”

Meeting Hunt Emerson

Currently Hunt is a freelance comic book illustrator and often works for the Beano on the characters Little Plum and Ratz. He lives and works in Birmingham so he really is a local success story. He has been acclaimed as one of the 75 European Masters of Cartooning of the 20th Century by the CentreContinue reading “Meeting Hunt Emerson”

Pitt Rivers Museum

Tom, Jemima and Sera. “There was so much to see, too much! I wished we had even more time” “What an awesome collection and a great way to experience history” “The natural history and science stuff was so clear and so much fun. Well worth the trip”   The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford isContinue reading “Pitt Rivers Museum”