008: Tanya Sarton

Welcome to the Eighth episode of the Idle Hands Society Podcast - where we hope to discuss and learn more about the effective creative process.

In this episode, Dan and Paul talk to Art Teacher and Illustrator, Tanya Sarton. We discuss remote teaching during the lockdown, the tale-tale signs of an inspired kid, and illustrating books for children.

Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @tsarton on Instagram.

Mentions

• Tanya Sarton on Instagram

• Nat’s painting (below)

• Nat’s website

• Abstract - Netflix

• John Evens (designer)

• Comic Sans

• The Birdie Song

• Piano Pounding - Making Halo Infinite | Audio Field Recordings

• The Little Mermaid

• Grease Musical

• Calamity Jane

• Garry Lake - Actor

• The Lion King Musical

• Wicked Musical

• La La Land

• David Cummings

• Nico Froehlich

• The Blims (band)

• Danny Jack

• Richard Mosse

• Aerochrome Film Stock

  Shout outs

• The Organic Painter by Carne Griffiths (Tanya’s choice)

• Ben Howard - Rookery (from the album Collections From The Whiteout) - (Paul’s choice)

• The Unseen: An Atlas of Infrared Plates by Ed Thompson (Dan’s choice - NOTE: add a comment saying you heard about The Unseen from the Idle Hands Podcast and Ed will through throw in a free print with the book.)

King Fisher by Tanya Sarton

Bee by Tanya Sarton

Tanya Working by Dan Higginson

Painting by Nat Layton-Rees (85cm x 60cm) - we’ve framed this since this photo was taken