Illustrator Aaron Blecha shows Southwick pupils how to create zombie aliens

Illustrator Aaron Blecha with year-one children at Glebe Primary School in Southwick

Illustrator Aaron Blecha gave year-one children in Southwick an incredible lesson in drawing and helped them create their own zombie aliens, similar to his own funny characters.

He showed pupils at Glebe Primary School how he creates his most well-known characters, like Grizzle Grump the Bear, as well as his aliens, zombies and monsters.

Teacher Lainey O'Connor added: "Aaron's books and illustrations are so vibrant and the kids loved his zombie aliens."

Aaron talked about what inspired him to be an illustrator, then led workshops for each of the year-one classes.

Kate Gieler, school librarian, said: "By the end of the day, every child had created their own zombie aliens and learned how to draw simple expressions to make funny faces."

Aaron, who is based in Hove, was amazed to find one of the classes had been named after him.

"It's such a great honour to have a class named after me. I never imagined that would happen," he said.

All of Glebe's classes are named after illustrators for this academic year and Aaron has a year-one class named for him.