Week 10 - Gemma Correll

The first ten illustrators have flown by. So now the book finds its staying in Norwich to join a house of pugs and get drawn on by the fab Gemma Correll.

Gemma lives in Norwich with her husband and two pugs, Mr Norman Pickles and Bella. She is the author of “A Cat’s Life” (Te Neues, 2012) and “A Pug’s Guide to Etiquette” (Dog N Bone, 2013)
 Her greetings card and gift range, Pickle Parade, is available from various retailers, including Paperchase and WH Smith. She also draws a monthly Skycats cartoon for the Emirates Airlines Open Skies magazine.
 Her clients include Hallmark, The New York Times and The Observer.

You can see Gemma's sneak peeks of her spread and working doodles down below. To see more of her work visit her website, blog and stalk her on twitter and Facebook. Now on to the wonderful Neal Layton in Portsmouth.

Week 9 - Matt Robertson

The book has made its way to Norwich where it will be living for the next two weeks as Matt Robertson and Gemma Correll are practically neighbours! So for the first time the book was hand delivered instead of being posted (anything to reduce its carbon footprint!). So a little about week 9 and its fab artist, Matt Robertson...

Matt has always loved drawing, and following in the footsteps of his father and older brother he studied art at college. He went on to study Illustration at The Cambridge School of Art and it was during this time that his interest in picture books really began.

In 2011 Matt returned to The Cambridge School of Art and is currently in the second year of his M.A. in Children's Book Illustration. Represented by Advocate Art, illustration agency, Matt's past clients include The Sunday Telegraph, Random House and Harper Collins. His first book is due to be published in 2013.

Matt is a devoted bread maker and impatient gardener. He lives in the fine city of Norwich with his wife.

You can follow Matt on twitter and check out his fab work on his blog. And so the book stays in Norwich and gets passed on to the legendary pug lover, Gemma Correll. Until week 10...