Jo Blake

Jo Blake

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I have been an illustrator for over twenty five years, specialising in a realistic style, working traditionally in watercolour and black and white media. My principal skill and interest lies in figurative work and portraiture, which I started working on over forty years ago. I work mostly on teenage and children’s books, both educational and storytelling. It always remains exciting to me to focus on apparently ordinary aspects of daily life, and from that, create something special.[read less...]

I have been an illustrator for over twenty five years, specialising in a realistic style, working traditionally in watercolour and black and white media. My principal skill and interest lies in figurative work and portraiture, which I started working on over forty years ago. I work mostly on teenage and children’s books, both educational and storytelling. It always remains exciting to me to focus on apparently ordinary aspects of daily life, and from that, create something special.