There’s a school of thought that says that design should purely be functional. For instance, if you’re making a ceramic heated oil holder, all that you really need is a a part to hold the oil, openings to give easy access to the candle and holes to let the air Read more…
Imagine you’re a young and enthusiastic Illustrator Let’s say you like drawing and you’re quite good at it. In fact, you’d like to start charging people money for it – the one problem is that you have no track record behind you, and you haven’t really got the first idea how Read more…
Saturday at Waterstones in Hull was fantastic! We had such a mad rush on I Have an Orange Juicy Drink that we sold out of the entire stock! It was lovely to see so many people come along and buy the book. I was amazed at how many strangers came Read more…
Are you able to get into Hull on Saturday 12th March 2016? Would you like to meet a real, live, published author/illustrator? Do you think your best bet is to buy two signed copies of his new book – one for the kids to read, and one to wrap in Read more…
Hello. As you may know from this earlier post, I’m getting my first picture book published. The title of the book is I Have an Orange Juicy Drink and you can buy it from here. Speaking as a totally biased author, I thoroughly recommend you go and buy it now before Read more…
When the BBC documentary team comes round in 20 years time and asks you how many copies of Andrew Sanders’ first ever picture book you bought, do you want to smile happily and say: Three! And with them all being first editions, I was able to sell two and retire off Read more…
This week, I’ve launched a Facebook Page. You can find it at https://www.facebook.com/shortandsmiley. I’ll be uploading lots of little sketches and doodles there as it’s a really fun and informal way to keep all you lovely folk updated on what I do. You see, as smashing as websites are, signing up to Read more…
In 2015 I forgot to pay my car tax on time. I got the pleasure of a £40 fine and disapproving looks from my parents. (This wasn’t really my fault – it was mainly due to a combination of moving house/being forgetful/ignoring constant reminders from my girlfriend.) Since the DVLA got Read more…