SOCIETY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITERS & ILLUSTRATORS
BRITISH ISLES
SHOWCASE
FEATURED ILLUSTRATOR: SOPHIE GILMORE
Featured Illustrator:
Layn Marlow
Quick fire questions
What fuels your day? Mugs of tea.
Favorite colour? ? If I’m feeling quiet it’s a light greyish aquamarine; if I’m feeling more gregarious it’s a deep earthy red.
Inspiration or muse? Nature
How old is your inner child? 5
Tell us one thing you love about your workspace. The walk-in (for small people) cupboard under the eaves, where I can hoard all the bits and pieces I might one day need for making things.
Favourite subject to draw? Animals with attitude
Favourite book? The House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne, illustrated by Ernest Shepard
unpublished (exhibited as part of SCBWI illustrator showcase 2012)
sketch for unpublished project 2011
unpublished sample for fiction project 2012
unpublished sketches, 2012
card design 2010
from forthcoming picture book 'You Make Me Smile', OUP 2013
sample illustration for forthcoming picture book 'You Make Me Smile', OUP 2013
unpublished sample for fiction project 2012
from 'Hurry up and Slow Down', OUP 2009
from 'Hurry up and Slow Down', OUP 2009
early sample for project already entitled 'Hurry up and Slow Down', c 2003
for Viatris pharmaceuticals 2002
from 'Puddle’s Big Step', author Amber Stewart, OUP 2010
sample illustration for 'Christmas Wishes', author Tony Mitton, Orchard Books 2007
unpublished early piece for portfolio c 2003
unpublished early piece for portfolio c 2003
unpublished sketch c. 2006
from 'Too Small for my Big Bed', author Amber Stewart, OUP 2013
from 'Too Small for my Big Bed', author Amber Stewart, OUP 2013
from 'Too Small for my Big Bed' author Amber Stewart, OUP 2013