Answer — Exercise 1 - Part 3

a)

1. He has to be able to identify with them.
2. He identifies with them as he is drawing a character.
3. He never draws from life.
4. He drew on a screen in a TV studio about 40 years ago, but he no longer draws digitally.
5. He likes the way they feel on the paper.
6. They influenced him when he started drawing.
7. André François came to the exhibition.

b)

1. Some are more interesting than others. He has to imagine that he is them as he draws them.
2. He isn't illustrating children's books because he loves children, and he doesn't have children. He just identifies with them.
3. He invents everything he draws.
4. He wouldn't mind drawing digitally.
5. It helps him to feel the scratch the quills, nibs, and reed pens make.
6. Ronald Searle influenced him a lot in the 50s. André François is probably the artist who had the biggest effect on Quentin Blake. He died a few years ago.
7. The gallery owner invited André François to the exhibition.