Task 1 - Part 2

Task 1

Quentin Blake

Quentin Blake was born in London in 1932 and has drawn ever since he can remember. He went to Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School before studying English at Downing College. He did a postgraduate teaching diploma at the University of London.

He made his living as an illustrator, as well as teaching for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, where he was head of the Illustration department from 1978 to 1986. His first drawings were published in Punch while he was 16 and still at school. He is known for his collaboration with writers such as Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken, Michael Rosen, John Yeoman and, most famously, Roald Dahl. His books have also won numerous prizes and awards.

I have chosen Quentin Blake as I find his work very effective and eye catching I like the fact the work is ruff but neat and doesn’t follow with perfect line colouring. His would is also very colourful.

Quentin illustration style is very naturalistic, his work is more out of the line and not perfect colouring and is work is a lot less textured.

Quentin Blake work is mainly aim at younger children from the age of 5+ but he also does drawing for grown-up, which he doesn’t make much distinction between as quotes by him “Do you do drawings for grown-ups? The truth is I don't make much distinction between the drawings that I do for children and the ones I do for grown-ups. To me, it's all just drawing. In fact I didn't start off illustrating children's books. I drew for magazines, I drew jokes, I did drawings for the covers of paperbacks - such as the novels of Malcolm Bradbury, Evelyn Waugh and Margaret Drabble.”

Overall I find his work good to look at and find his drawing style simple and creative.

http://www.quentinblake.com/en/