Most Roald Dahl-fans will know that on September 13^th 2016 it’s 100 years ago
Roald Dahl was born and that the July 2016 premiere of Steven Spielberg's adaptation of
Roald Dahl's The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) is no coincidence.
To celebrate these wonderful events the American Book Center Amsterdam asked me to
paint a special Roald Dahl window in style of Quentin Blake’s art. I am both a Roald Dahl and
Quentin Blake fan so I immediately said YES!
At home I made a small design of some of Dahl’s characters (almost) all being after
Wonka’s Golden Ticket.
When it was time to paint the design on the window itself I first started sketching the
characters in white. This to position them correctly and also provide a more rough
surface so the next layer of colour paint would stick better and be less see through. When all
this was done I used an acrylic marker for the line work that I drew on top of the acrylic paint.

So hop on over to the American Book Center Amsterdam to buy one of Dahl’s treasures and
see my window live at the same time.
As far as my window goes you can do so until July 14^th.