Kids asked to participate in the Junior Painter Awards competition

Helen O’Callaghan talks to Laureate na nÓg, PJ Lynch who says children can come up with amazing ideas for books when using their imaginations.

WHEN Laureate na nÓg PJ Lynch was eight or nine, he loved copying other people’s pictures.

“I used to copy from superhero comics. It was a stepping stone, a great way to learn technique,” says the children’s book illustrator, who’s on the judging panel for the Sightsavers 2017 Junior Painter Awards competition.