Robert Ingpen
Robert Ingpen
Robert Roger Ingpen AM, FRSAis an Australian graphic designer, illustrator, and writer. For his "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator he received the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1986...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth13 October 1936
CountryAustralia
amazed blue bottom came drew hand knew page run space studio
I started down the bottom of the page and I knew I was going to run out of space. Sammy, my grandchild, came into my studio and was amazed by all the buildings. Out of the blue he asked, 'Grandpa, where's the tree-house?' and so I drew him one. It's on the right hand bottom of the page.
discovers good
A good story is elegantly wrapped, and the child discovers things bit by bit.
eyes roll
Sometimes they roll their eyes and say, 'Grandpaaaa'.
brick clear cream drawing memory wall wax
I must have been very young but I have a clear memory of drawing on a cream brick wall ? with wax crayons.