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Rosa Walking on the Sky
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“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
I got eye in my Sand!
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So on the beach in Robins Hoods Bay the heat got to me and I felt like doing some doodling however I left my pad at the cottage so grabbed a stick and started walking round the beach. People looked at me like I was mad (fair enough) then after a while people started to stop and stare (pretty mad). Some guessed what it was but I wanted a photo – the only way was to climb up the cliff behind the beach which was a lot of fun until I turned by head around and realized how high up I was. Anyway I survived to tell the tale!
Ella & Rosa
Ella’s birthday card for TV!
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After failing to get Rosa’s card to Milkshake (a childrens program in the UK) in time Ella’s one is going in a a lot earlier. Check out the next photo to see the chaos that when around making this. Oh and if you don’t know who Peppa pig is you have to check this out: www.peppapig.com/ she very cute and funny – its like the Simpsons for small children.
Ella is 5 Birthday Card
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This was Ella’s card I made for her last year. Sadly Rosa’s card didn’t make it on to Milkshake this year (but I did get a nice email from the Milkshake team) so I will get cracking on an ‘Ella is 6′ card for the show in a couple of weeks.
In case you don’t know this is Oswald a really beautiful and gentle animation for children created by Dan Yaccarino.
Welcome to Planet Zog!
‘We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.’
Marshall McLuhan
At a North East London health centre some devilishly good illustration is hanging on the walls. A great charity called The Nightingale Project unveiled Quentin Blakes latest work. The charities objective is to brighten the dreary and depressing world of hospitals, with Quentins help and some bloody great big printing machines they have acheived just that.
Huge blow-ups of scenes from Planet Zog adorn the walls and Monsieur Blake was there to present his wonderful works.
The alien world of ‘Planet Zog’ is intended to warm the reflection of the world of the institution to the child. The vivid colours combined with the subtle details and minimal pen-strokes evoked smiles from everyone who cast their eyes on Zog.
Nick Rhodes the director of the Nightingale Project kindly took me on a private tour of the illustrations. There are no plans to publish them so unless you are a patient or staff at the centre its unlikely that you will get an opportunity to see the rest – so thats why I took all of these photos!
All the pictures are all hung at adult eye-level. I am sure the staff will absorb the good vibes. They just need a few steps for kids to climb up in to Planet Zog too.
Its a brilliant idea, more art in hospitals but I was told that convincing health-care trusts to put a line in their budget for art when its continually being stripped back is an uphill battle. Arts Council England should be throwing money at this!
There’s a great article about some other work Quentin did for the Nightingale Project at the BBC’s website here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6216758.stm
Quentin Blake on Planet Zog
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Still rocking at 75! To find out more about these exclusive Quentin Blake pictures click here.
express yourself… with cake
Quentin Blake in my Moleskine!
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You can read more about how I got Quentin Blake to draw in my Moleskine here.