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Jim Kay


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Jim Kay studied illustration and worked in the archives of the Tate Gallery and the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, two experiences that heavily influence his work. His images for A MONSTER CALLS use everything from beetles to breadboards to create interesting marks and textures. Jim Kay lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Oil Painting

Getting back into using oil paints again, this chap I did a lot of studies of many years ago, but not in oil. I buy lots those tester pots of decorating paints, and use them for a ground before oil painting. There are some lovely colours. For this portrait I did a ground of blue/green colour, bits of which peep through the final painting. An old trick we were taught at art college was you pick the

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