Guy Venables
Guy had his first cartoon published in Punch aged 15 and since
then has been regularly working as a cartoonist for publications
including Private Eye, The Spectator, Punch, The Daily Mail, The
Independent, The Times, Metro, The New Yorker, Classic Boat and
Classic Sailor. He also is a writer for comedy on the BBC, Channel
4, ITV and Radio 4.
My approach to teaching is a mixture of pure pen and ink drawing
technique and teaching the methods of taking a news story or
situation and drawing the humour from it using diagrams lists and
visual aids with help from examples from the history of
carrtooning.
My own work is inspired by anything from fine art to the product
design on cereal packets and everything in between. My contemporary
cartoonists working alongside me today are a constant source of
inspiration as are the works of Punch cartoonists from the
1920s.
