Week 24 - Kimberley Scott

Week 24 sees the book heading to the lovely Kimberley Scott in South London.

Kimberley is a professional Illustrator and Designer, and semi-professional pick-n-mix eater! After dipping her inkpen in a number of creative roles (including assisting in-house for a top British fashion label, designing and illustrating for a small stationery company and working in-house as a greetings card illustrator) Kimberley began her career as a freelance Illustrator and Designer. She regularly works with a diverse range of clients on a variety of projects including children's books, greetings cards, puzzles, stationery and calligraphy.

With a fascination for line and a slight obsession with all things inky Kimberley has developed her own quirky yet somewhat traditional illustrative style. She starts all her creations by hand, using a mix of pencil, pen and ink, and then either moves to her trusty Mac or takes to the watercolours to bring her characters and illustrations to life.

Thanks to Kimberley for a wonderful week. If you fancy seeing more of Kim's work check out her brill website, have a gander at her blog, be a fan on Facebook and follow her on twitter. Next up is the superb Katharine McEwen, with the book travelling to see her in Kent. More in a week's time!

Week 23 - Sarah Horne

The bear stays in London town for a second week while it makes its way to the wonderful Sarah Horne.

Sarah grew up in Derbyshire under a snowdrift. She studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts graduating in 200. Sarah now specialises in funny inky illustration and text for young fiction and picture books. She also works on book covers, magazine and newspaper editorials and in Advertising. She loves music, painting, colour, photography, film, scratchy jazz and a good cup of coffee.

Sarah is represented by Kate Johnson at Advocate Art. Her recent clients include; Simon and Schuster, Hodder, Orchard, Ladybird, Penguin, Pan Macmillan, Kew Gardens, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Quercus, Nosy Crow and More Than.

Sarah currently lives on a hill in Forest Hill, London.

Thank you, Sarah for a wonderful week and spread! To see more of Sarah's work check out her website, blog and follow her twitterings on her twitter page. And so the book stays in London for a third week to be posted to the lovely Kimberley Scott. Until next time bear fans...

Week 20 - David Roberts

We're in London for a third week and this time the book finds itself being doodled in by the great David Roberts.

David Roberts was born in Liverpool. He had many jobs including shelf stacker, egg fryer, hair washer, film extra and coffee-maker before finally realising his dream of becoming a children’s book illustrator when his first book ‘Frankie Stein’s Robot’ written by Roy Apps was published in 1998. This book was shortlisted for the 'Mother Goose Award' for emerging illustrators.

Since then he has illustrated works by some fantastic authors such as Philip Ardagh, Daren King, Julia Donaldson, Jacqueline Wilson, Tom Baker and Chris Priestley. David considers himself privileged and lucky to be doing a job he loves. His most recent works include ‘Jack and the Flum Flum Tree’ by Julia Donaldson, ‘The Dunderheads Behind Bars’ by Paul Fleischman and the classic book by Kenneth Grahame ‘The Wind in the Willows’.

David is also the creator of the ‘Dirty Bertie’ character about a little boy with bad habits such as picking his nose and trumping loudly!

David now lives in London. See David's images below of his studio and how he got on with his spread.

Thanks to David for a great week! To see more of David's great work check out his website. Now on to week 21, where the book will be making its way to the creaky cottage in Surrey to be with Sam McCullen. Until next week...

Week 19 - Jim Field

The bear remains another week in good old London Town as he spends his time with another animator and illustrator, Jim Field.

Jim is a lead driven, pencil pushing, 12 volt DC enhanced, 25 frames per second, illustrator and director of 2 headed dogs and hands with 3 fingers, caffeine filled, commission loving, led zeppelin fan. Amen.
His first picture book Cats Ahoy! written by Peter Bently won the Booktrust Roald Dahl-Funny Prize in 2011 and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway award. He is currently working on his third book with Peter Bently and MacMillan.

Jim lives in London with his three bikes and girlfriend.

So 19 down, 11 to go! Thanks to Jim for a superb spread! You can see more of Jim's work on his fab website and you can follow his cycling adventures on Twitter. And so the bear moves on again, but stays in London to see the brilliant David Roberts. Until next week!

Week 17 - Holly Surplice

We're keeping south bound as the book stays a week at Henley-on-Thames with the fantastic Holly Surplice.

Holly loves drawing animals because it makes her smile, which is probably why she does rather a lot of it! In between chasing around after her two very lively young daughters, she thrives on making bears balance on tortoises and guinea pigs bounce on pogo-sticks...illustratively of course, not literally as that would just be plain silly! The lovely publishers that she works with let her do all sorts of fun things with words, pictures and a bit of gold paint - which is why she loves her job as an illustrator so much.

Thanks for a great week, Holly! If you would like to see more of Holly's work you can visit her fantastic website, get to see what she's working on at her blog and follow her creative ramblings on her twitter. And so the book leaves Henley-on-Thames and makes its way back to London once again to visit the great animator & illustrator, Steven Lenton. To find out how his week went check back here in a week's time!