"I love the computer because it's so flexible, it keeps the whole thing fluid- and I can juggle things around until I'm happy with the look of it"

Lauren Child always loved to draw. She found art school a disappointment - "there was no sense of discovery or excitement about it" but eventually she found her way back to her original intention: to create books for children.

Lauren Child draws family life in the 21st century, taking bits and pieces from all over the place to create kaleidoscopic collages.

Magic Word: Computer
"I use a computer for a lot of the work. I use it more and more as I get better at it". More

Magic tricks of her trade
"I draw the figures in pencil. I just can't use pen and ink. Pencil is much less inhibiting and I can rub it out if it goes wrong. I scan the pencil drawing into the compter, clean up the line, and print it black on cartridge paper so I can continue to work on it with paints, collage or whatever. Then I cut out the figures and scan them into the computer again." More

Inspiration
Father
Snoopy
Madeleine books by Ludwig Bemelmans
Quentin Blake
EH Shepard - famous for Winnie the Pooh
Carl Larssen - Swedish illustrator

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