The Power of Pictures talk at Foyles

Went to a lovely talk at Foyles this evening with Marion Dechaurs, Jean Jullien, Benji Davies and Oliver Jeffers.

Some conscious and subconscious doodling!

Eldest Nephew came to stay!

We had Pedro's eldest nephew come to stay a couple of weeks ago which was brilliant fun! We went to London Zoo for inspiration for his story ideas :)

Uncle Pedro came to meet us 'as Ben should see the Lions at Trafalgar Square' which meant that Pedro actually wanted to climb them...

The awesome thing about Ben is that he draws EVERYWHERE. 

Even I managed a doodle at Foyles cafe, and we got doodled by someone else drawing there too! :)

YCN Tell stories, Pick Me Up-AOI Pricing talk and Flying Eye Event at Foyles

I had a busy day yesterday and the day before! I saw Rachel Bright, Benji Davies and James from Made in Me Books do a talk at YCN, which was brilliant. So gooooood to hear how illustrators made it to being published and the winding ways it happened. Very inspiring and reassuring to hear actually! Here's a link to it from YCN (That's my shoulder in the red to prove I was really there! Ha!)

 I then attended the AOI Pricing talk at Somerset House in conjunction with Pick Me Up yesterday, and I managed a sneaky peek inside as I signed up to AOI!

Then it was off to the Flying Eye/Nobrow Press event at Foyles. Such an interesting talk hearing how they got started. I also may have bought a book I can ill afford, but the illustrations were lovely. I really wanted to buy Wild by Emily Hughes but it's not out til June!

The Enchanted Forest exhibition at Foyles

I went along to see the beautiful artwork displayed at Foyles before it ends tomorrow. It was super inspiring and I adore the Cinderella illustration by Emmeline Pidgen.  Unfortunately the camera on my phone is rubbish, so doesn't show them to their best!

Three Black Princesses Yelena Bryksenkova

Sleeping Beauty Karolin Schnoor

Hansel and Gretel Emma Block

Snow White Emma Block

Little Red Riding Hood Laura Barrett

The Horse with the Golden Mane Lesley Barmes

The Golden Bird Lesley Barnes

Cinderella Emmeline Pidgen

The Wren and the Bear Emmeline Pidgen