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I've got two girls, and they both make beautiful drawings. One of them really has a gift for the way that she colors around certain lines.

I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't draw that much better than some of the other kids, but I cared more and I wanted it badly.

I've always had a good handle on drawing children.

When I was a little girl my parents always told me do everything you want in an artistic way. If you want to draw, make a drawing. Just do it. And if you want to play piano, play piano. It was a very free childhood where everything was possible.

I want to show how much fun you can have drawing... parents and children can draw together as a wonderful shared activity.

I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken it out of the slideshow.

My 7-year-old daughter is not shy of telling me she can draw better than me, and she's right.

When I was a kid, I loved to draw, and I was lucky because I had parents and teachers and grown-ups around who recognised and encouraged that.

Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.

I want to bring drawing back to the basics, make it about the pleasure that it can afford and remove the notion that it's some kind of precious or difficult activity. It's another way of telling a story.