Is there any chance that you would start a Goldberry Bookshop link for the books mentioned in this new newsletter series? I just so happened to select Animation and Illustration as a focus for my 2023 reading and I would love to buy some of the books you mention and support Goldberry at the same time.
I love that you chose to study animation and illustration! If you find some good resources, please let me know.
That is a very kind idea, re: bookshop. I've been meaning to put some art book recs on there and will plan to add a few on illustration, too. I would love to find good anthologies; I'll research that and get a list going soon!
Great article! I have never heard of Kay Nielsen, and I am absolutely captivated by his drawings! I loom forward to perusing the book! I agree with Jennifer - if you can make a link to get it thru bookshop.org from Goldberry, that would be awesome!
That illustration of Mary...wow. And I sure would have loved to see a Little Mermaid based on his concept drawings! Have you seen the short animated series Over the Garden Wall? The style is different but I feel like the vibe is similar somehow!
Of all the fascinating pictures, "The Lad in a Battle," "The Giant Who had no Heart in His Body," and the one of Joan of Arc spoke to me most. I like the action in the battle scene and the fact that the horse is a beautiful horse, as all horses should be. I like all the negative space in the Giant picture so I can focus on the minute details.
I'm not anywhere near being art-istically educated and I know my deficiencies in taste; I don't like most Chinese or Japanese styles of drawing but it doesn't make it not beautiful.
Thank you for sharing this. I look forward to future articles and the lessening of my ignorance.
I love hearing about people's favorites. One thing that's been interesting over the past year or two is how so many artworks and styles that I used to either dislike or feel neutral about have now become my favorites (Japanese art being one of them). Part of the fun is that it's all so personal, fluid, and living.
Exactly! You know how it's easier to like a weird person or weird food if you've been introduced to it by a trusted friend? That's what I need for art. And I think that's what your article is doing- giving me the story, so it's not presented in isolation and giving me the chance to encounter it with someone who has done the work. I so appreciate everything you have done to be able to present this.
I do love Nielsen and many of the illustrators of early/ mid twentieth century children's literature. I hope you will do Arthur Rankin at some point, a personal favorite from my childhood, which were my mom's old books from her childhood.
Is there any chance that you would start a Goldberry Bookshop link for the books mentioned in this new newsletter series? I just so happened to select Animation and Illustration as a focus for my 2023 reading and I would love to buy some of the books you mention and support Goldberry at the same time.
I love that you chose to study animation and illustration! If you find some good resources, please let me know.
That is a very kind idea, re: bookshop. I've been meaning to put some art book recs on there and will plan to add a few on illustration, too. I would love to find good anthologies; I'll research that and get a list going soon!
Great article! I have never heard of Kay Nielsen, and I am absolutely captivated by his drawings! I loom forward to perusing the book! I agree with Jennifer - if you can make a link to get it thru bookshop.org from Goldberry, that would be awesome!
Thank you! :)
That illustration of Mary...wow. And I sure would have loved to see a Little Mermaid based on his concept drawings! Have you seen the short animated series Over the Garden Wall? The style is different but I feel like the vibe is similar somehow!
I have not seen Over the Garden Wall, but it looks up our alley! Adding it to the watch list. Thanks!
Of all the fascinating pictures, "The Lad in a Battle," "The Giant Who had no Heart in His Body," and the one of Joan of Arc spoke to me most. I like the action in the battle scene and the fact that the horse is a beautiful horse, as all horses should be. I like all the negative space in the Giant picture so I can focus on the minute details.
I'm not anywhere near being art-istically educated and I know my deficiencies in taste; I don't like most Chinese or Japanese styles of drawing but it doesn't make it not beautiful.
Thank you for sharing this. I look forward to future articles and the lessening of my ignorance.
I love hearing about people's favorites. One thing that's been interesting over the past year or two is how so many artworks and styles that I used to either dislike or feel neutral about have now become my favorites (Japanese art being one of them). Part of the fun is that it's all so personal, fluid, and living.
Exactly! You know how it's easier to like a weird person or weird food if you've been introduced to it by a trusted friend? That's what I need for art. And I think that's what your article is doing- giving me the story, so it's not presented in isolation and giving me the chance to encounter it with someone who has done the work. I so appreciate everything you have done to be able to present this.
Thank you, Sarah!
I do love Nielsen and many of the illustrators of early/ mid twentieth century children's literature. I hope you will do Arthur Rankin at some point, a personal favorite from my childhood, which were my mom's old books from her childhood.