Ed Sheeran draws own portrait for charity

London May 4 (IANS) Grammy Award winning singer Ed Sheeran has drawn a colourful picture of himself which will be auctioned to raise money for a charity.

The drawing by the Shape of You hitmaker has the singer with his hands on his stomach with a speech bubble with the words Feed me! inside it using crayons.

Sheeran agreed to do the drawing to support the charity which supports children with life-limiting illnesses reports femalefirst.co.uk.

The foundation was set up by Chris and Wendy Wilkinson and their daughters Jessica and Elizabeth who lost Anna their daughter and youngest sister to a brain tumour at the age of just 16.

We are touched that Ed Sheeran and so many other people are supporting the charity we have set up as Anna s legacy. The donations we have had for the auction have been truly remarkable Chris said.

Anna loved to plan parties build up traditions and arrange special events; not for herself but to see her friends and family having fun. Even near the end of her life when a charity arranged a theatre trip for us she was thinking of others. In a letter to thank them she wrote I really enjoyed seeing my family enjoying themselves and seeing them smile he added.

Sheeran s artwork will be auctioned online with bidding starting in the middle of May and ending on June 24.

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