In honour of tomorrows Scottish Cup Final between Edinburgh clubs Hearts and Hibs, Jack has looked out all the Hibs and Hearts pictures that he drew last year for his marathon drawing campaign to raise funds for the Sick Kids Hospital in Edinburgh.

Here they are, in the order Jack drew them (the numbers represent the order he completed them). Hand on heart, Beaver Scouts honour, this is what Jack drew.

Jack is not really a football man, nor is a fan of Hearts or Hibs but make of this what you will. Was this some sort of premonition? Modern day Nostradamus? Is Jack the next Octopus?

#104 - Hearts football player (original)

#168 - Hibs player scoring a header into the Hearts goalkeeper (original)

#489 - Hibs player with the Scottish Cup (original)

#533 - Swarm of green and white bees (original)

Jack received an interesting proposition last week from Craig Tapecat McCudden. Craig unfortunately missed out on the original Jack Draws Anything project but has been a follower ever since he found out about Jack.

He asked Jack if he would like a swap. Art for art. Jack was to draw Felix the Cat and Craig would do something hedgehog related.

Jack was more than happy to oblige and as he had never heard or seen of Felix the Cat, he was very interested to find out more about him.

Here is Felix, Jack hopes you and everyone else likes him.

Not your traditional "Superhero", Jack has chosen one of his favourite characters from the (Lego) Star Wars Universe - Luke Skywalker. Luke is a hero and he has super powers. Makes sense.

Not the nice, innocent Luke from A New Hope, but the Luke from Return of the Jedi. By this time Luke is a proper Jedi, black clothes with his hand chopped off by Darth Vader. He also now has a green lightsaber. Jack has drawn Luke on Tatooine, his home planet, famed for its 2 suns.

Jack spent a lot of time getting the Batman logo as good as he could along with a great attention to detail on the Utility Belt (complete with Batarang).

If you liked this one, check out his Iron Man.

He is a big fan of lots of different superheroes and after a recent trip to see Avengers Assemble he decided to start with his favourite - Iron Man.

He really hopes you like this picture of mid-flight Iron Man high in the New York Sky above Stark Tower.

Internet sensation Jack Draws Anything’s book is set to be published in Brazil

The East Lothian schoolboy’s collection of pictures has already sold several thousand copies in the UK and is also due to be released later this year in Korea.

Jack, seven, of Prestonpans, said:

I’m really excited my book is being sold in Brazil and I hope they like my pictures. I love Brazil, yellow is my favourite colour and the people are really friendly.

Jack has so far raised over £32,000 for the Sick Kids Friends Foundation through drawing pictures for donations and became a global phenomenon in the process after launching the project about a year ago. Jack wanted to raise money to support the hospital his youngest brother Noah attends with breathing problems.

Jack’s Dad Ed said:

It’s fantastic that there is still interest in Jack’s project, especially on the other side the world and we are delighted to have the opportunity to raise more money for the Sick Kids Friends Foundation.

The Portuguese language version of the book will go on sale in Brazil in May.

Further Information

For further information, please contact:

• Ed Henderson, Jack’s Dad, me@jackdrawsanything.com, 07971 535 258
• Suzanne Mackie, Indigo, suzanne@indigopr.com, (0131) 554 1230

Jack finished his massive marathon drawing fundraising a few months back and has had a proper good old break from drawing for a good few months, he has now only really picked up the pencils and crayons again.

While he is not going to be attempting so many pictures again, his love of drawing is still apparent. Requests still arrive in the Jack Draws Anything mailbox every week to which we do have to politely decline most for obvious reasons, BUT when this one came in a week or so, Jack REALLY wanted to do it.

Gyver sent Jack this photo of a Hong Kong dragon in 3 parts and asked him to do something similar:

On Wednesday 7 March 2012, Jack and family (Dad, Mum Jack, Toby & Noah) were all invited along to meet Alex Salmond (Scottish politician and current First Minister of Scotland). Jack had drawn a picture for him and Alex wanted to meet him.

We all had a lovely time, plenty of chocolate biscuits, Tunnocks Caramel Logs, cakes, orange juice, fruit and tea was consumed.

Many topics were discussed such as The Muppets, some Scotland pens for Jack’s classmates, chocolate biscuits, Robert Burns, Jack requesting an Army plane to take us home, Jack taking over as First Minister and of course, Jack’s fundraising.

First Minister Alex Salmond said:

Jack is an impressive young artist and a very impressive young man. I was lucky enough to meet the whole family and you can easily see where he gets his thoughtfulness from.

He is obviously very talented but, more importantly, he is a very generous and kind lad. To spend so much time raising money for the Sick Kids is an achievement not many of us manage - especially not at his age.

I was very touched by Jack’s drawing of me, and I’m pleased to say his autographed copy of Jack Draws Anything now has pride of place on the Bute House bookshelf!

Here is a wee peek at what Jack drew for Alex Salmond:

Next year, Jack’s book - Jack Draws Anything will be translated and published by Wisdom House in Korea.

In October, Hodder Children’s Books published Jack Draws Anything, a book which contained a collection of Jack’s drawings, his story and lots of family photographs. The book further raises funds for the Sick Kids’ Friends Foundation, the hospital which cares for Jack’s brothers Toby & especially Noah.

Jack is very happy to hear that his book will be in another country and especially in another language. He cannot wait to get his hands on a copy and hopes it continues to raise more funds for the Sick Kids.

We have yet to determine if the book will be available in South and/or North Korea, more details to follow.

East Lothian internet sensation Jack Draws Anything has beaten the likes of Jennifer Aniston, the Muppets and bullying campaign It Gets Better to win an international social media award.

Jack’s Dad Ed Henderson has driven an impressive social media campaign which has seen more than 400,000 people visiting the website jackdrawsanything.com over six million times from 163 countries and amassing over 7000 Facebook fans.

Ed collected the .net Social Campaign of the Year Award at a ceremony in London this week. He said:

“It’s hard to believe a Prestonpans’ schoolboy project, conducted from our house, could beat major global brands to clinch an award like this. It shows that the social media world is one that is entirely different to the traditional world and we are over the moon.”

Jack drew over 500 pictures in seven months raising over £32,000 for the Sick Kids Friends Foundation, supporting the hospital his brother Noah attends with breathing problems.

Ed added:

“Jack wanted to raise some money for the hospital which we thought was a lovely idea. What has happened since has been a whirlwind; a phenomenal amount has been raised for this great cause and, among many other exciting things, there is a book which is now being sold nationwide (which further supports the charity). A lot of our success could not have happened without social media so we are extremely grateful to everyone the world over who has spread the word about our wee boy’s project. Thank you to .net Magazine, all of the voters and judges.”

.Net Awards 2011 Highlights

Further Information

For further information, please contact:

• Ed Henderson, Jack’s Dad, me@jackdrawsanything.com, 07971 535 258
• Suzanne Mackie, Indigo, Suzanne@indigopr.com, (0131) 554 1230