The Illustration Departmentさんのイラストまとめ

❝It takes courage and strength to be an artist. Don’t be afraid. Just do it. Get moving.❞

—Thomas Anthony “Tomie” dePaola⁣, born on this day, September 15, in 1934

Pippi Longstocking was a red-headed, freckled, unconventional, independent, super-strong person who butted heads with unreasonable adults.

So was the woman who illustrated her.

This is our #arthistory post on the great Ingrid Vang Nyman. https://t.co/kQaf70lN5h

Ethel Franklin Betts was born on this day, September 6, in 1877.

This Philadelphia native studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; she was mentored by Howard Pyle; and she was a well-known illustrator in the early 1900’s.

This artist may have studied art with the granddaughter of a Confederate General. It’s likely she knew Woodrow Wilson. She probably illustrated well into her 70’s.

Then again, maybe not…

This is our #arthistory post on the mysterious Margaret Jervis. https://t.co/YWTzB4hmHB

This artist—called “the foremost of foremost lady artists” and “one of the leading gentleman artists in this country”—helped American industrialist, Henry M. Flagler, create present-day Palm Beach, Florida.

This is our #arthistory post on Laura Woodward. https://t.co/vfCZ2I1OOa

“Sometimes I rip up the paper that I‘m drawing on because it looks so wrong. Sometimes I hate drawing.
But it gets under my skin. That is what I want to do. [So] you just have to keep on.”

This is our #arthistory post on Helen Gillian Oxenbury. https://t.co/xL3YJZDNl3

When this artist was asked about his life’s work, he said: “If I had known I was going to be any good, I would have tried harder.”

Here is our #ArtHistory post on Sir Quentin Saxby Blake. https://t.co/XOVSiz2naD

Mead Schaeffer was born on this day, July 15, in 1898.

Norman Rockwell once said, “I’d ask the model, ‘How many figures did Mr. Schaeffer paint today?’ ‘Five or six,’ the model would say, ‘and a horse.’ This would drive me crazy. I was spending days painting a single figure.”

❝My work is not pure art… but it is art nonetheless. It is all right with me that my work serves a purpose. I want to have an effect on my time, in which human beings are so confused and in need of help.❞

—Käthe Kollwitz, born on this day, July 8, in 1867

Illustrators who take mentorships and workshops with us are invited to showcase one of their assignments on our site.

The newest addition is from Julia Vasileva!

See her work at https://t.co/zpV2H7OE4P.

To check out our Illustrator Showcase, visit: https://t.co/NEXQf7Lhhi