We were stunned that such a small child noticed McCloskey’s distinctive illustrations and correctly identified all the other McCloskey books we owned. When we finished the chapter, she went to the bookshelf and out of the confusion of several hundred picture books she carefully selected Blueberries for Sal, Make Way for Ducklings, and One Morning in Maine. Jane has three grown-up children and lives in East Sussex with her husband, Ivan, who is also an illustrator who trained at Brighton with Jane and went on to the RCA.One day, our then three year old daughter C was watching me read Homer Price to her older brother.
And unlike watercolour, I could pick them up and put them down, which suited my working patterns at home with a young family." No need to stretch paper, prime a surface or mix colours. I'd always struggled with paint, and coloured pencils worked really well for me. Jane said: "I remember breathing a huge sigh of relief. She discovered her favoured medium of coloured pencil while at art school. Jane has a meticulous drawing style, beginning every illustration by mapping out the outline of her composition on layout paper, then copying the image using a tracing-down paper onto soft watercolour board. The 40 episode television series of 'Old Bear Stories' won many international awards including a BAFTA and a NY Film Festival Gold Award. Publishers vied to secure the international rights to her first book and Jane went on to sell seven million copies worldwide, topping the public lending rights list for more than a decade. It wasn't long before they were quickly joined by Duck, Hoot the Owl and Jolly Tall the Giraffe. He has travelled with Jane throughout the world to schools, libraries and literary events, becoming increasingly worn and threadbare but recognisable to millions of Jane's readers. She began drawing other household favourites, including Bramwell Brown, a large bear with a handsome brown coat who had been made for her newly born son by a former teaching colleague Rabbit, who had been snapped up at a bargain price in an Oxfam shop on Brighton's London Road, and Little Bear, who was discovered by her grandmother in an old wool bag. 'Old Bear' himself was given to her by her grandmother when she was born. Richly illustrated in coloured pencils, Jane's books feature soft-toy characters and everyday objects that belong to her or her family.
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