David Stanley writes . . .
If I think back as far as I can, what I remember most is drawing pictures and listening to stories. I drew pictures on the blank pages of colouring books, and I listened to the stories of adults as they talked. I drew pictures on writing paper and listened to stories on the wireless. Before TV, everyone would sit and watch the wireless, and at bedtime there would be a story with pictures. You could ask questions about the pictures and really stretch a story.
I liked to draw, listen to stories and pretend old pegs and cotton reels were something else. Later I tried to draw, read stories and make old pegs and cotton reels into something else ... My first job after leaving school was as a draftsperson, then as a biological illustrator at a university, making careful drawings of animals and plants. Later I was a primary school teacher and then an illustrator with the Education Department ...
![]() I like to draw in different styles and use different materials, sometimes ink, sometimes pencil or coloured pencil, sometimes watercolour and sometimes crayon. I don’t think drawing has much to do with being clever at drawing ... It’s about being interested and knowing that it makes sense to do it. It makes sense to tell a story and it makes sense to draw.
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