Simon James's Blog, page 4
September 19, 2011
Nurse Clementine is delivered
The artwork for Simon's new book, 'Nurse Clementine' was delivered last week to Walker Books. Simon has been working on the artwork during the summer. 'I enjoy painting in the summer months most of all,' he says, 'I get a much better sense of how the colours are working on the paper when the days are bright.' The artwork is now being scanned and will then be positioned with the text on a computer, to prepare for printing.
August 26, 2011
At the drawing board
Simon is currently busy at his drawing board working on the artwork for his
next book with Walker Books, called 'Nurse Clementine'. The artwork will be finished in
September and the book will be published in 2012.
August 20, 2011
Coming Soon
'George Flies South', Simon's new book about a baby bird's unusual journey to discovering he can fly, will be available from September 2011.
Simon has illustrated this story with his inimitable watercolour and ink drawings and, for the first time in his books, there is a strong graphic novel effect which will delight all readers.
Exhibition
Plymouth City Museum is currently hosting a successful exhibition entitled Draw me a story – the art of illustration for children.
As one of the featured artists Simon has provided sketches, dummy books, pens and water colours to show how a picture book moves from an idea to the
finished product; as well as delivering talks for visitors to the exhibition about his work.
Ideas for the future
"I am always playing with new ideas for stories, sketching and writing little books to see if my ideas will work.
My favourite at the moment is a story about a little boy's first visit to the beach and how the events of the day leave him ready to eat a very large supper!"
