EXTRACTS: Illustrators Issue 5 © 2013 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

46 way over the Atlantic, sent by friends and relatives. I always admired Joy Hannington’s work as the art editor of Homes and Gardens magazine; in particular the way she encouraged illustrators, giving themconsiderable freedom to work in the way which most suited them. She encouraged Sanders to develop his “bubble and streak” style, and he is grateful for the confidence she showed in him, and for the opportunities that followed. Reader’s Digest also began to give him work, and he formed a working friendship with its art director Ken Ellis, which lasted until Ellis’ death forty-five years later. During the 1960s, Sanders’ work was being used in all of the newspaper colour supplements, including th e Telegraph Magazine, the Observer Colour Supplement, and The Sunday Times Magazine. The supplements gave illustrators excellent shop windows for their work. The Sunday Times Magazine art director was the brilliant and trail-blazing Michael Rand, who commissioned Sanders to illustrate the best shots made by ten great tennis players. He also asked Michael Leonard to paint several personalities, including Brigitte Bardot, which subsequently proved to be remarkably prescient, showing © IPC Media