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The Garden of Unearthly Delights: Happy 90th Birthday, Ronald Searle!

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Wednesday, 3 March 2010. Happy 90th Birthday, Ronald Searle! I love the billowy stomach set against the flat, stiff limbs in the drawing above. At some restaurants the wine is treated with such reverence and ceremony that the wine list might as well be delivered by the 'High Priest'. Love the use of straight lines and diagonals to emphasise the force here. I've only just noticed the pot-bellied bloke at far right, ogling the woman sitting opposite him. A jug of wine, a loaf of bread and Thou.'. I am look...

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The Garden of Unearthly Delights: August 2008

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Saturday, 23 August 2008. David Hall and Alice in Wonderland. News of the upcoming 'Alice in Wonderland' adaptation from Tim Burton has brought me back to Disney's 1951 animated version. Though not the best Disney film, it is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and probably my favorite of Disney's 50s output - it does not work together cohesively as a whole, but showcases a great deal of imagination as far as style and staging are concerned. And Through the Looking Glass. Hall adapted many of Perkins...

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The Art of Children's Picture Books: February 2014

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The Story of Ferdinand illustrated by Robert Lawson. Today's vintage children's book, Ferdinand. Is a redo from 2010. My scanner was not working properly at the time and threw a pink cast on every page. This post has all new scans and most of the illustrations from the book, plus the story itself, which is very entertaining. I kept the text in it's original format so not to lose the rhythm of the story. There was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand.". All the other little bulls he. Their horns. ...

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Becki's learning log: Using Black and White

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Wednesday, 13 July 2011. Using Black and White. We were asked to produce a line visual around one these four words: Sea, Extraordinary, Building or Journey. I felt that 'Sea' would be the easiest topic for me, and as at present I lack technical skill, I went with this. After some thought, I began thinking about a place that I spent a lot of time. I also had some recent photographs of sunsets over the sea that I thought would be nice to work with. North Devon June 2011. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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The Art of Children's Picture Books: Getting Crafty with Old Books

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Getting Crafty with Old Books. In my last posting about library sales I gave some common suggestions for things to make from old books. After that I decided to do some searching online to see what people are making from old books and it's amazing. Here are some very cool things to make, look at and buy. Here's an interesting idea from. Shows how to make a purse from a recycled book. Very fun with a wealth of possibilities. This one requires sewing and crafting skills. De zeen design magazine. On Etsy sho...

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The Art of Children's Picture Books: February 2015

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The Water-Babies, Jessie Willcox Smith. From the summary at the front of the book: The adventures of Tom, a sooty little chimney sweep with a great longing to be clean, who is stolen by fairies and turned into a water-baby. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. William Morrow and Company, 1997. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A picture is a poem without words". Little Red Riding Hood, Retold and Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Getting Crafty with Old Books. This book by  Jeannie Ba...

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The Art of Children's Picture Books: Seven Little Rabbits, Barbara Cooney

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Seven Little Rabbits, Barbara Cooney. Today's vintage children's book is Seven Little Rabbits. Illustrated by the outstanding Barbara Cooney. Cooney (1917-2000) had a prolific career, illustrating over 200 books. She won two Caldecott Medals, the first for Chanticleer and the Fox. The second for Ox-Cart Man. In 1975 Cooney was awarded the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for her outstanding contributions to children's literature. Illustrated by Barbara Cooney. Scholastic Inc., 1973. Theres a ...

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Becki's learning log: July 2011

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Tuesday, 19 July 2011. After reading the section from. the words that jumped out at me as 'keywords' were;. Spring sunshine turned bleak. Parallelogram of light/massive shaft of shadow. Fixed contraction on brow. Burst of deepening anger. The first question posed to us was, if this passage of text were to be made into a film, what would the main character be like. The first thing that came to mind, was the film and comic book character 'Marv, from 'Sin City' by Frank Miller. As I haven't been drawing/ill...

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The Art of Children's Picture Books: Little Red Riding Hood, Retold and Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman

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Little Red Riding Hood, Retold and Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Is another tale by the Brothers Grimm,. Trina's work makes me think of Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, with her highly detailed illustrations and great use of shadow and light. (I apologize, my scans are lighter than the actual book) In researching what medium Trina worked in, I found this excerpt of an interview with Trina from. Something about the Author, Volume 46. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Toffe and the Little Car.

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The Art of Children's Picture Books: March 2014

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Today's vintage children's book is actually a vintage language school book. With a variety of illustrations by different artists. Illustration by George Buckett. Illustration by Cornelio Martinez. Illustrations by Margaret Soucheck Cranstoun. Illustrations by Tim and Greg Hildebrandt. Illustration by Vic Herman. Illustration by Cornelio Martinez. By Bill Martin Jr. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1970. Links to this post. The Big Book of Animal Stories, Janusz Grabianski, Part 2. Links to this post.