Pen, Pad, Play!: Over 50 Amazing Ideas for Drawing and Designing by Elliot Ryan

Open your pad, pick up your pen, and let’s PLAY! Whether you’ve been drawing for years or you’re just getting started, let your imagination run wild with this brilliant new activity series. Encouraging every child to get creative, each book features over 50 fun and accessible design-themed drawing activities in a deluxe drawing pad printed in vibrant, eye-catching pantones, for all daring doodlers to experiment without any pressure to create perfection. With fantastic prompts which support artistic progression, literacy development and creative thinking, these books will keep kids (as well as teens and adults!) busy for hours on end, with no extra resources needed. All you need to get started is curiosity, a little creativity . . . and a pen!

Open your pad, pick up your pen, and let’s PLAY! Whether you’ve been drawing for years or you’re just getting started, let your imagination run wild with this brilliant new activity series

About the Author: Elliot Ryan is an illustrator and art teacher who is currently the Head of Art at Dragon School, Oxford. In his 14-year teaching career, he has created a wealth of art projects for children which encourage them to think creatively and develop their artistic skills while having fun.
The Pen, Pad, Play books are Elliot’s first published titles for children.

21 May 2026
 

Pen, Pad, Play!: Over 50 Amazing Ideas for Drawing and Designing by Elliot Ryan ISBN 9781805136200