Iconic illustrator Quentin Blake has drawn the likes of Charlie Bucket and the BFG once again as part of a Bonhams auction to support a campaign for a permanent national centre for illustration.

A Quentin Blake drawing is unmistakable ... It should be no surprise, really, that Blake’s art has a dark side. His illustrations for children’s books have always had a capacity to be nastily ...

Then last year he sent me this wooden Christmas tree, which he made in art class ... ll know what lay behind my thought process. Quentin Blake: Life Under Water – A Hastings Celebration ...

Join us as we dive into the exciting world of Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures in this art and literacy lesson ... inspired by the animated specials and the original Quentin Blake illustrations.

Year 4 and Mr Stone at Abbey Gates Primary School in Nottinghamshire. We love art and can't wait to get drawing in the style of the great Quentin Blake.