Enquiries

Wholesale - email me at katereadillustration@gmail.com for an access code

Book Illustration - I am represented by Hilary Delamere at The Agency - please click here

About Kate

Kate Read is an award winning children's book illustrator and writer based in Norfolk, UK.

She gained an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin in Cambridge (2018)

Kate originally trained as a Theatre Designer at Wimbledon School of Art and subsequently Textiles at Morley College in London

Illustrations made by hand

I have always loved playing with paper, back when I studied textiles I spent all my time dyeing, stitching and cutting up paper into intricate shapes. I drew on it and constructed three dimensional shapes using dressmaking techniques and enjoying the textures and happy accidents. Now I do the same, painting cutting, dyeing, printing and drawing to create textures to illustrate picture books.

Every image starts with drawing so I can work out the shape and personality of the animal or person I am illustrating. I really enjoy observational drawing but it’s playing with paint, scissors and glue that I really enjoy and that is when my work starts to come alive. I try to embrace mistakes as a sign of creation by human hands and incorporate them into my work.

Author Visits

Do you need your shop window painted with a Fox, Fish or an Elephant? Great!

Picture books signed? Fantastic! Craft activities for children and story time? Yes! Then, get in touch! I love to get out of my studio and spread my enthusiam for picturebooks.