Alright folks, it’s time to put your pencils down! It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for… MAMMALS! MONSTERS! MARS! (and DICE!) After months of hard work and amazing contributions from all the artists involved, we are super proud and super excited to finally show off the latest Tiny Pencil project: a special all-ages, all-comics, and all-activities mini-zine special! This extremel...
Kate Hindley is a children’s book illustrator living and working in Worcestershire, UK (home of the sauce.) Her latest book ‘How to Wash a Woolley Mammoth’ has just been published by Simon and Schuster. What appeals to you, or attracts you to, working in pencil? Pencil is very forgiving; you can very easily correct any mistakes or any bad choices you make as you’re doodling. I find it the least inti...
Hi Raymond, thanks for taking the time to talk to us about your work! Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? I was born in Groningen, totally up in the north of the Netherlands. My childhood was filled with tree climbing, secret spy clubs, ninja training and drawing. Luckily I grew up in a very green area, which allowed me to do all of this mostly outside. Nowadays I live in Amsterdam with my gold...
Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I write and draw kids comics and have been since 2002. Are you right or left-handed? Left. What appeals to you, or attracts you to, working in pencil? Immediacy, ease of use and it’s a medium I’ve used since I was a kid, so it’s very familiar. It’s mark making is very unique and I find it very inspiring when used by others. I remembering go...
Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to talk to us about your work. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? I am a children’s book maker. I write and illustrate them, and I try to invent new ways of using the format to encourage children to be creative, to entertain them and to help them overcome troubles and to stay curious, inventive and be excellent to one another. Tell us about your creat...
It’s been quiet at Team Tiny Pencil recently, but that’s because we’ve been hard at work on an exciting new project we’ve just been itching to share with you! Remember those sweet summer days of youth and yore when books still had pencil-worn pages, and were an invitation to share your most intimate marks? Do you still sometimes wish for just a few dots to connect, a shape to colour in, or a maze to master and feel a...
Nick Sheehy is an Australian-born artist and illustrator living in the south-east of England. After studying bronze sculpture in the wilds of Tasmania, Nick gave up on art only to re-discover his love of drawing whilst living in London, sparked by an interest in the city’s low brow art, illustration, street art and graffiti. In his work, Nick explores the dreamlike, sometimes semi-autobiographical scenes and oddball ...
