Monday, 26 December 2011

"Jack And The Beanstalk" Illutrations by William and Brenda Stobbs (Hulton Press Ltd, London 1951) Part 2

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Apologies for the "unusual" layout of the artist's biography in the previous post - blogger doesn't like copy and paste v...
Saturday, 24 December 2011

"Jack and the Beanstalk", Written by Walter De La Mare and illustrated by William and Brenda Stobbs (Hulton Press Ltd, London 1951)

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This little book is just full of beautiful illustrations (fifty in all). Fantastic compositions, action, characters and detail. Each pictu...
Friday, 23 December 2011

"Dick Deadeye", illustrations by Ronald Searle, Part 3

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Check out also this excellent blog dedicated to Searle and his work: http://ronaldsearle.blogspot.com/
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Monday, 19 December 2011

Another Christmas Card, (2011)

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I thought I may as well show this other design of mine, too. It is loosely based on our greyhound - a characteristic pose he often takes i...

My Christmas Card

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This is not from any old book - just a Christmas Card design for friends and family. I think the owl looks a bit too merry...
Sunday, 18 December 2011

"Dick Deadeye", illustrations by Ronald Searle, Part 2

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I guess these do remind the Benny Hill shows from the seventies but the drawings are fantastic!
Friday, 16 December 2011

"Dick Deadeye" based on the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, illustrated by Ronald Searle (published by Jonathan Cape, London 1975)

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This was quite a tricky book to scan - just a bit larger than A4! The illustrations are incredible though. Classic Searle characters set i...