A little bit of background information, just to set the scene.
Back in the early to mid sixties, and before the mini-skirt hit the scene, some of the fashions were ridiculous. The skirts were just on the knee and so tight that you couldn’t walk properly.  In order to climb even the smallest step, you had [...]

If you like great children’s books with brilliant illustrations throughout, you will be interested in this brand new blog.

The very talented illustrator, Lynne Chapman, is my niece. The text below is taken from her blog called ‘An illustrator’s life for me!’
“Sit on the shoulder of a children’s book illustrator and nosy into the ups [...]

It’s doodle week, check it out here, and I’m just joining in the fun. It bares no resemblance to me - except maybe the personality :O)

Just thought I’d break from the 1950’s and post something different. I used to do a lot of drawing and loved working in pencil. Not colour pencils, but plain black pencil. I just loved working with the varying softness of the lead.
Portraits were my thing. I started by copying faces from [...]