Jim Watson was born and bred in the English Lake District and moved to Rugby at the age of 18 to take up an engineering apprenticeship. He worked as a draughtsman for a few years before leaving to pursue a freelance career drawing kids comics. Since then, Jim has produced a wide range of cartoon and illustrative work for magazines and books. He has written and illustrated around 17 books of his own

Beautiful sketches are the main feature of this lovely book. It makes you want to pick up your sketchbook and go. There is also plenty of useful information about the lakes. A joy to look at, and to look at again. (D.J. Thornton, Amazon) Nice watercolour images showing clearly what you need to look for, supported by information written from an individual point of view. I understand that Jim grew up in the Lake District and it shows. Lots of useful info and a portable format, but it looks really good as well. (Pat, Amazon)

Jim Watson was born and bred in the English Lake District and moved to Rugby at the age of 18 to take up an engineering apprenticeship. He worked as a draughtsman for a few years before leaving to pursue a freelance career drawing kids comics. Since then, Jim has produced a wide range of cartoon and illustrative work for magazines and books. He has written and illustrated around 17 books of his own

Beautiful sketches are the main feature of this lovely book. It makes you want to pick up your sketchbook and go. There is also plenty of useful information about the lakes. A joy to look at, and to look at again. (D.J. Thornton, Amazon) Nice watercolour images showing clearly what you need to look for, supported by information written from an individual point of view. I understand that Jim grew up in the Lake District and it shows. Lots of useful info and a portable format, but it looks really good as well. (Pat, Amazon)

Jim Watson was born and bred in the English Lake District and moved to Rugby at the age of 18 to take up an engineering apprenticeship. He worked as a draughtsman for a few years before leaving to pursue a freelance career drawing kids comics. Since then, Jim has produced a wide range of cartoon and illustrative work for magazines and books. He has written and illustrated around 17 books of his own

Beautiful sketches are the main feature of this lovely book. It makes you want to pick up your sketchbook and go. There is also plenty of useful information about the lakes. A joy to look at, and to look at again. (D.J. Thornton, Amazon) Nice watercolour images showing clearly what you need to look for, supported by information written from an individual point of view. I understand that Jim grew up in the Lake District and it shows. Lots of useful info and a portable format, but it looks really good as well. (Pat, Amazon)