Quentin Blake Exhibition

This afternoon I went to see the Quentin Blake Exhibition at the House of Illustration in Granary Square, behind Kings Cross.

I love his work, and it was interesting watching the short films about how he went about providing the pictures for several children's books,

I had imagined that most illustrators would be a bit like Rolf Harris, dashing off pictures in seconds.   But that apparently is not how Quentin Blake works. Instead, everything is carefully planned and altered and redone until it is just right.

I had expected the House of Illustration would have works by a number of illustrators, instead of just an exhibition on Quentin  Blake.   But their premises are very small, and apparently their main focus is on running classes and workshops.