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Snowy
Years ago I worked part-time at a Camden bookshop, before having my first series of children’s books published by Grafton. The bookshop is long gone, its site now occupied by a Tortilla takeaway.My Saturday task was to cash up the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Drawings, Events, Writing
Tagged Camden Town, childrens books, competition, Fascinating facts, handwriting, Herge, London bookshops, notebook drawing, Snowy, Somerset House, Tintin
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Teeth
Recently I visited Apsley House, once home of the Duke of Wellington, for the first time. Nothing to do with his teeth (featured above), but because I’m reading Laura Cumming’s excellent book The Vanishing Man about a lost painting by … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged Apsley House, dentures, false teeth, George Washington, Laura Cumming, teeth, the Duke of wellington, Velazquez
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Tricky Tricks
Yesterday experienced a bit of nostalgia … for when the world wasn’t quite so bonkers, and when you could actually go and visit a publisher with an idea and some pictures after talking to them on the phone. The publisher … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Drawings
Tagged book cover, Lutterworth press, magic tricks, Tricky Tricks
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Sally Kindberg meets Mr Doodle (briefly)
Meeting and chatting with Mr Doodle today on Primrose Hill bridge, where he was doodling away – part of London Mural Festival – reminded me of one of my Draw It! series, the Doodle a Day book.
Sally Kindberg and sloths
It’s funny how the same images and interests pop up again and again in my work over the years! This rather battered copy of ‘Fascinating Facts’ was one of four published by Grafton Books (part of Collins) when my daughter … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Drawings, Visits
Tagged children's non-fiction books, London Zoo, sloth
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Sally Kindberg and quails in space (again)
Thinking about quails again at the moment (as you do), and currently drawing a new story, a distraction I admit from a slowly ongoing and more complicated project. The comic strip above was part of an earlier iteration. Animal pioneers … Continue reading