Michael Katz, the instructor of the children's book workshop course I'm taking and the publisher of Tradewind Books, mentioned illustrator Helen Oxenbury to me during class last night. This talented woman has been illustrating for years, and yet this is the first I've heard of her! Check out her charmingly English pencil and watercolour illustrations...
She makes drawing anything seem like the easiest thing in the world - like anyone could do it. That's when you know you've got a real master on your hands. There are so many English illustrators with a wonderfully accomplished line drawing style. Is it their art history, schools, scones and cream? I'll test the scones and cream theory first....
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captures actual movement perfectly with so few lines and no shading! *d
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