There’s a new page here (top right) called SCHOOL THINGS. It has colouring-in sheets, a word jumble, the sheet of images of “Strange” the cat from The Night Garden, and a rogue’s gallery of some of the pictures I’ve created when visiting schools – as directed by the kids in the class.

They’re free to use but subject to copyright (so do let CAL know you’re using them and ask me if you want to reproduce them in a publication).

I’d love to know what you think and if you have any suggestions. And I’ll be gradually adding more things so keep coming back to check.

Also if your kids have used the material and come up with something special – send it in and we’ll make a gallery of their artwork. Then they’ll be famous!

Sam “the Ginger Ninja” who works in a supermarket. Not too good at hiding his secret identity.

The magnificent Densite La Rouge… the bling princess gangster.

And Johnny “Thunder” Struck, the not-so-fabulous stuntman, currently seeing stars after a bit of a stunt-gone-wrong. What a stunner.

They’re so much fun to do. Each begins in such a simple way – starting with simple shapes and questions. Who is this character? So what will the eyes be like, the nose, the mouth? What are they thinking? What’s happening to them right now? All of the answers change how the picture progresses, how the character looks and the tiny details that represent a bigger story. And sometimes all we have is 15 minutes to do it all.