Tag Archives: Draw It! London

Sally Kindberg and penguins

Posted on December 14, 2021 by SallyK

Lat weekend I went to the Bloomsbury Jamboree .  How lovely to see people I hadn’t seen for ages, including artist and ceramicist Bex Shaw, who was an Instagram Covid ‘buddy’ last year when we both had the dreaded Covid … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s RLF podcast includes an avian visitor

Posted on October 9, 2021 by SallyK

Another very short podcast for the Royal Literary Fund, about the writer and nature.    

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Wildlife in London

Posted on September 5, 2021 by SallyK

Walking round London is always a delight, especially when you spot some of its wildflife … clockwork pigeons in the Museum of London shop, a flock of Elizabeth Frink sheep in Paternoster Square where real pigeons cheekily land on the … Continue reading →

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Delightful small relatives, a sloth called Marilyn, and my Draw It! London book

Posted on April 11, 2018 by SallyK

Lovely young relatives came to visit me en route to London Zoo, carrying copies of my Draw It! London book, which amongst many other things has a drawing of my favourite sloth Marilyn who lives in the zoo.  Very exciting … Continue reading →

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Workshops at Heathmere Primary School

Posted on March 16, 2018 by SallyK

Last week some of the Heathmere Primary School classes went on a visit to central London and the City.  Yesterday they told me all about it using story maps, after I showed them different ways people have used map making.

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A Visit to the City of London

Posted on December 19, 2017 by SallyK

Last week I called in at the Bank of England Museum, to check if my work all about gold was still being displayed – it was.  Still wish they’d paid me in gold though. My visit to the City of … Continue reading →

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My Draw It! London book at the Museum of London

Posted on August 15, 2017 by SallyK

Good to see my book Draw It! London (published by Bloomsbury in 2014) still going strong at the Museum of London bookshop last week.  Maps, rivers, mini-interviews, plague-pits, pelicans etc.  Lots of fascinating things to see and draw!

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Sally Kindberg’s workshops at Wembley Primary School

Posted on April 3, 2017 by SallyK

Busy day last week at Wembley Primary School (of about 900 pupils) running five workshops with five different classes of enthusiastic Year 4 children, showing and talking about my Draw It! London book and The Comic Strip Greatest Greek Myths, both … Continue reading →

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Review of my Draw It! London book

Posted on December 21, 2016 by SallyK

A great review from Miku M (aged eight) of my Draw It! London book. Available from the Museum of London shop amongst others.  And here. Thank you Miku! ‘I loved this book !!! This is a half drawing book and a half … Continue reading →

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My children’s book about London

Posted on November 12, 2016 by SallyK

Great to see copies of my Draw It! London  book (published by Bloomsbury Childrens Books) at the Museum of London shop today! I so enjoyed (over) researching this book … waiting for low tide so I could see where the Fleet flows … Continue reading →

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