Into The Forest Darkさんのイラストまとめ

Happy birthday to the illustrator E.H. Shepard, whose work has taken us both to the Hundred Acre Wood and the pastoral settings of The Wind in the Willows.

One of my favorite artists is Charles van Sandwyk. His watercolors and etchings are wonderful and he still hand-makes limited edition books.

“Storytelling is a dangerous vocation, for the fairies punish those who return to tell their secrets.”
― Marina Warner (art by William Blake)

Today's illustrations are by American artist, Scott Gustafson. Inspired by the Golden Age of Illustration (Rackham, Dulac), he has created art for fairy tales, Peter Pan, and the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Sleep plays an integral role in so many fairy tales: in everything from the supernaturally long sleep of Sleeping Beauty to The Princess & The Pea. Sleep is not only a time when we dream, but it is also when we are most vulnerable, which is another important aspect of fairy tales

I'm so glad Edmund Dulac gave up law school to become an artist. I cannot imagine the world without his magnificent illustrations in it.

This is part of why we need to continue to read and to write them: "Fairy tales have served to stabilize, conserve, or challenge the common beliefs, laws, values, and norms of a group."
- Jack Zipes

Russian fairy tale illustrations

The amazing, magical watercolor illustrations of @storybreathing to brighten your Monday morning.

Troll: early 17th century: from Old Norse & Swedish troll, Danish trold . The first English use is from Shetland. Trolls came from jötnar, the Ice Giants of old, who had multiple heads, deformed bodies, claws, & fangs. They dwell in mountains, caves, & under the occasional bridge