be your dream commission? Sholto: Left alone to illustrate a
collection of poetry for children. u SB Who are your art heroes?
Sholto: Otto Dix, Peter Howson, Stanley Spencer, Balthus, Pablo
Picasso, Velasquez, Francis Bacon, Paula Rego. u SB If you were
not an illustrator, what would you be? Sholto: Professional cyclist.
u SB What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given? Sholto:
My art college tutor, “you can only do what you can do”. u SB
Do you think anyone with Photoshop can be an illustrator these
days? Sholto: Absolutely not. It’s like saying “anyone with a
paintbrush”. u SB If you could travel back in time which period
would you visit and why? Sholto: Medieval England. To mingle
for a while. It would be valuable to compare popular thought
then to popular thought now. u SB Have you any hidden talents?
Sholto: Hill-climbing (on a bike). Bicycle wheel-building. u SB
Do you have any pets? Sholto: One cat, Spike. He’s a polydactyl,
which means he has five or six toes on each paw. Most cats have
four. u SB Who would you like to have as your muse if your