Brian grimwood biography images

Select text size: Small , medium , large. BG : I have always been mad on drawing.

Brian Grimwood has been credited by Print Magazine as having changed the look of British Illustration.

At three years of age I remember the first day at kindergarten, the teacher pinned a big piece of sugar paper on the easel, gave me some powder paint in primary colours, a big brush and water. The first thing I ever did was a clown. I never liked abstract. Over the years, at school, in art lessons, I only wanted to draw, other kids would do flick paintings but I was never interested in gimmicky stuff.

It was quite serious for me; as an only child it was a way of creating my own world. RO : Looking for early influences on your artistic life, in your book, [Brian Grimwood: the man who changed the look of British Illustration] you mention Leonardo da Vinci. Was he an artist that influenced your style? BG : No! He was too good for me. When I was 10 and 11 years old I used to go to the local library and look at the [art] reference books.

I used to take Bronco toilet paper and a 2B pencil with me and put the paper over Leonardo da Vinci drawings, and trace round them just to feel like what it must have been to be that good. I was taught life drawing, painting, graphic design, typography It was unique course. There has been nothing like it since. It has echoed Matisse, Klee and Chwast.