Yes, I have several favourite places, depending on the weather and what I’m doing. I also work part-time in a library, so my days are quite split up sometimes.ĭo you have a favourite place where you work on your illustrations? If I get tired or stiff, I go for a short walk or go and run some errands, or hang up some laundry. It always starts with a big cup of tea, and many more cups of tea throughout the day! And there are always my two cats trying to get on my lap or lie on my work! I try to do as much drawing as possible before getting on with other jobs like emails or scanning images, or all the little bits and bobs I have to do to get my work ready to sell in shops and at craft fairs. I might see something beautiful or funny out and about, and that might trigger a story or a picture, or both. Where do you get your ideas from for your illustrations?įrom real life, usually, or memories, or sometimes from dreams I’ve had. Gradually I got better at it, and as time passed, people started asking me to do drawings for them. I realised that was the job I wanted above all else, and started researching lots of different illustrators, and looking closely at many different books. When I started work in a book shop after college, I fell in love with the illustrations in all the children’s books and something clicked. I have always loved drawing and knew that I wanted to be able to do it as a job. You must check out “Estella and the Falling Star” if you have a chance. She has been working on a new book with Devon author Coralie Sparkles: if you re-arrange the letters you get her other name, Amy Sparkes (well, nearly), one of my perviously featured authors.
It’s time for a very big “hooray” as our featured illustrator is Susie Tyler who works in one of our libraries when she is not drawing beautiful pictures.
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