Drawings from the personal collection of Roald Dahl artist Sir Quentin Blake are featuring in a new series of trails at a local nature reserve.
WWT Washington Wetland Centre has launched its latest attraction for the schools' half-term holiday, unveiling the first of what will be a total of three seasonal trails including work by the 90-year-old artist best known for his illustrations in Dahl's children's books. And Sir Quentin is delighted to share his own collection of drawings - many of them unseen until now - to help boost the wetland reserve.
Their partnership, called Drawn to Water: Quentin Blake at WWT, has produced the first illustrated trail guide which features wildlife-theme drawings in his distinctive style and the idea will to be for visitors to collect and keep the unique guides which will be on themes of summer, autumn and winter, each including a detachable bookmark.
