Watercolor Over Pencil Drawing Beatrix Potter
Drawing of the kitchen at Spout House (Far Sawrey): background study for The tale of Pigling Bland (1913), watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, probably 1910. Victoria & Albert Museum I love that she used real interiors as backgrounds in her stories. xo
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Beatrix Potter's books are some of my favourites, an interest sparked off when I was three years old and was given my father's copy of Appley Dapply Nursery Rhymes printed in 1917. She used her own cottage and garden at Hill Top Farm for some of her book illustrations. Thank you so much for posting this delightful sketch, Rosemary!
Tasha T. -- How wonderful to know you have loved Beatrix Potter practically your entire life and grew up with an early printing of one of her books. Do you still have your father's copy of Applley Dapply Nursery Rhymes? What a treasure! Xo, Rosemary
Of course she used real interiors just like she used real animals as her guides.
Your blog has black print on a dark gray background which I am finding harder to read with my old eyes. I'm not sure if this bothers anyone else but I may have to stop reading if you decide not to change it.
As I have said before,you have a knack for finding the most charming bits.Thank you for sharing.xo
Yes, I still have this little book and treasure it so much.
Linda Sand -- Linda, You should switch to the mobile view of my blog which has a white background.
https://contentinacottage.blogspot.com/?m=1
This is the view for a mobile device (Phone or iPad) but you can also see it on a computer if my gray background bothers your eyes. I honestly don't know how to change it.
xo, Rosemary
I'm not well versed on techniques, but this water color over pencil is beautiful. Soft and subtle. Thanks, Rosemary, for helping me to learn something new today!!
annette -- Thank you. I always share the things I stumble upon that appeal to me. xo, Rosemary
Tasha T -- Wonderful. That little book is truly a treasure. Your father was a lucky little boy to have had it in his childhood and saved it for future you. xo, Rosemary
Pam -- I wasn't familiar with this technique either. That's what's so nice about reading museum descriptions about artwork. It makes you see things with new eyes. I learned something new too. xo, Rosemary
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