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Martin Brown Author & Illustrator1 week ago
It’s about time I did another drawing of Filby. This one is pretty sketchy. But that’s OK. You don’t have to be Rembrandt to have fun drawing. Have a go. Look closely at your subject (trust your eyes), start with some shapes - and keep going. (And if you try a dog lying on a pile of beds, you don’t have to draw all four legs!)
Martin Brown Author & Illustrator2 weeks ago
It’s World Book Day! And these are the books by my bedside - Mayowa and the Sea of Words by Chibundu Onuzo (THE utterly perfect World Book Day book). About to start - Mouse Heart by Fleur Hitchcock (I’ve been wanting to read this book for AGES). And always looking at – Lion vs Rabbit by Alex Latimer (because it’s joyous EVERY single time). I’m reading an adult book as well, but who cares. Children’s books are better.
Martin Brown Author & Illustrator3 weeks ago
Here’s another rough from the next Horrible Histories book. Due out on 24th April! You might be able to work out what it’s about – I couldn’t possibly say. All I can tell is that, in 1686, they passed a law saying that anyone buried there had to be wrapped in locally woven linen. It was quite an employer.
Martin Brown Author & Illustrator1 month ago
Here’s another rough from the next Horrible Histories book. Due out in May. You might be able to work out what it’s about – I couldn’t possibly say. All I can tell you is that things didn’t go according to plan there for Mary Queen of Scots.
Martin Brown Author & Illustrator1 month ago
Do you think the Indian Giant Squirrel has to use a hairbrush each morning for its tail?
