my name is Quentin Blake I’ve been illustrated books for 50 years
I’ve been illustrated books for 50 years
I’ve been illustrated books for 50 years and in the past 10 or 15 years I’ve been
and in the past 10 or 15 years I’ve been
and in the past 10 or 15 years I’ve been getting out of books as it were when I
getting out of books as it were when I
getting out of books as it were when I was being Children’s Laureate I did a
was being Children’s Laureate I did a
was being Children’s Laureate I did a show at the National Gallery and the
show at the National Gallery and the
show at the National Gallery and the director of exhibitions said would you
director of exhibitions said would you
director of exhibitions said would you like to draw on the walls and I think to
like to draw on the walls and I think to
like to draw on the walls and I think to do that and that seemed to be the start
do that and that seemed to be the start
do that and that seemed to be the start of it I have not yet done a chair and I
of it I have not yet done a chair and I
of it I have not yet done a chair and I draw very spontaneously so it’s rather
draw very spontaneously so it’s rather
draw very spontaneously so it’s rather like handwriting I suppose that you
like handwriting I suppose that you
like handwriting I suppose that you could describe it like that I plan
could describe it like that I plan
could describe it like that I plan normally beforehand exactly where people
normally beforehand exactly where people
normally beforehand exactly where people are going to stand what the expression
are going to stand what the expression
are going to stand what the expression is going to be and so on and so on and
is going to be and so on and so on and
is going to be and so on and so on and then I kind of acted on the page I
then I kind of acted on the page I
then I kind of acted on the page I imagine that I’m doing the things that
imagine that I’m doing the things that
imagine that I’m doing the things that they do it’s really about gesture and
they do it’s really about gesture and
they do it’s really about gesture and expression as as much as observation but
expression as as much as observation but
expression as as much as observation but I like you to have a sense of the brush
I like you to have a sense of the brush
I like you to have a sense of the brush or the the pen or whatever it is that
or the the pen or whatever it is that
or the the pen or whatever it is that you’re drawing with and I like that to
you’re drawing with and I like that to
you’re drawing with and I like that to come through I’ve done two different
come through I’ve done two different
come through I’ve done two different themes and one is about children and
themes and one is about children and
themes and one is about children and because I wanted them to be all over the
because I wanted them to be all over the
because I wanted them to be all over the chair like almost like a pattern so to
chair like almost like a pattern so to
chair like almost like a pattern so to speak there I’m not sure what the word
speak there I’m not sure what the word
speak there I’m not sure what the word is they’re levitating I mean they’re
is they’re levitating I mean they’re
is they’re levitating I mean they’re moving about in the air without
moving about in the air without
moving about in the air without difficulty it’s as though they were
difficulty it’s as though they were
difficulty it’s as though they were swimming in the air really it’s nice to
swimming in the air really it’s nice to
swimming in the air really it’s nice to be able to to move them about on the
be able to to move them about on the
be able to to move them about on the chair you don’t want a naturalistic
chair you don’t want a naturalistic
chair you don’t want a naturalistic scene where you see things disappearing
scene where you see things disappearing
scene where you see things disappearing in perspective at least I don’t I want
in perspective at least I don’t I want
in perspective at least I don’t I want you to be able to see everybody equally
you to be able to see everybody equally
you to be able to see everybody equally so for that purpose the kids have got to
so for that purpose the kids have got to
so for that purpose the kids have got to be flying and the other one is like a
be flying and the other one is like a
be flying and the other one is like a story and really and I thought dragons
story and really and I thought dragons
story and really and I thought dragons might be nice I think it’s two young
might be nice I think it’s two young
might be nice I think it’s two young dragons doing a little bit of cooking
dragons doing a little bit of cooking
dragons doing a little bit of cooking for an older member of a family I think
for an older member of a family I think
for an older member of a family I think there is a similarity between heart and
there is a similarity between heart and
there is a similarity between heart and cookery they are subjects where their
cookery they are subjects where their
cookery they are subjects where their their physical subjects their hands on
their physical subjects their hands on
their physical subjects their hands on subjects there are certain things to be
subjects there are certain things to be
subjects there are certain things to be known about them as a lot to learn there
known about them as a lot to learn there
known about them as a lot to learn there are certain rules but at the same time
are certain rules but at the same time
are certain rules but at the same time when you do it you start reacting
when you do it you start reacting
when you do it you start reacting whether it’s with food whether it’s with
whether it’s with food whether it’s with
whether it’s with food whether it’s with paint and if you find that there is
paint and if you find that there is
paint and if you find that there is something that you can do it gives you a
something that you can do it gives you a
something that you can do it gives you a much better idea of yourself I think it
much better idea of yourself I think it
much better idea of yourself I think it makes you feel better about everything
makes you feel better about everything
makes you feel better about everything and that matters what is nice about this
and that matters what is nice about this
and that matters what is nice about this is it’s not a drawing which I’ve done in
is it’s not a drawing which I’ve done in
is it’s not a drawing which I’ve done in the studio which is printed on the chair
the studio which is printed on the chair
the studio which is printed on the chair which is mostly what happens this is
which is mostly what happens this is
which is mostly what happens this is actually done on the thing itself and so
actually done on the thing itself and so
actually done on the thing itself and so it has to be unique in that way because
it has to be unique in that way because
it has to be unique in that way because there won’t be a reproduction of it
there won’t be a reproduction of it
there won’t be a reproduction of it there will be the only two pointy bleep
there will be the only two pointy bleep
there will be the only two pointy bleep chairs there are in existence
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