A double homage, to the wonderful characters of A.A.Milne and inspiring illustrations of E.H. Shepard from Winnie-the-Pooh. I wanted to interpret the characters and stories into my own style, but have found myself needing to study them a bit first, so for now I've included essentially a copy of one of Shepard's illustrations (above) and a couple of sketch studies (left). The wonderful thing about Shepard's simple, effective drawings is that you just can't capture the Pooh character making it even more special.
This weeks IF has inspired me to revisit these lovely stories and images, not least because they are loaded with lots of philosophical and zen thoughts too! (see 'Pooh and the Philosophers' by John Tyerman Williams and 'The Tao of Pooh & The Te of Piglet' by Benjamin Hoff).
This weeks IF has inspired me to revisit these lovely stories and images, not least because they are loaded with lots of philosophical and zen thoughts too! (see 'Pooh and the Philosophers' by John Tyerman Williams and 'The Tao of Pooh & The Te of Piglet' by Benjamin Hoff).
21 comments:
Nice piece Bee, Shepard's stuff is inspirational.
I've just noticed you've linked me - thank you, much appreciated, I'll return the favour.
Shepard is one of my favorite artists too! His illustrations for Pooh especially, the wonderful ink drawings, are so endering and skillful. I have often copied his stuff as practice too, it's a good way to learn from the masters. :-)
Makes me want to say, "ahhhhh." Very nice work.
very, very sweet...thay do deserve homage.
Love Piglet!!
I like your drawing style!!! It's great!
The leaping cat few posts below is just wonderful!
Thanks for your nice comment on my blog :-)
It doesn't get any cuter! Very nice illo.
cute homage, sweet look to it
What a beautiful illustration!
oohhh soooo sweet!
I've always loved winnie, it's a great homage and very sweet! ;)
sing ho! For the life of a bear! wonderful tribute.
I really like the "soft" quality your illustrations tend to have. They are very warm and wonderful.
Thank you for your nice comment on my blog.
That's a real sweet homage Bee! Very sensitive-
Oh this is lovely! This illo is so sweet!
Great work bee. I love the subtleties in your works, yet, they invoke some sort of feelings just looking at them, making it hard to simply ignore them..
:)
lovely homage, they really are special characters.
Beautiful contours, simple and effective - really capture that Shepard vibe!
Very stylized and cool!!!
Simple and nice, very well express.
Adorable! I love the softness of the lines and the way they curve around the characters.
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