This is an image from another Kenneth Grahame short story, The Reluctant Dragon, from a book titled Dream Days. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books and Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows. Last, but not least, is one of my favorite dragon designs. Try to look up their books next time you are in a library or book store, you won’t be disappointed. I have seen some of their originals in person, and they are BEAUTIFUL. Moving ahead in time, this is the cover to a picture book called Dragon Feathers done by a Russian couple Andrej & Olga Dugina. This is a title page to one of his troll books, done in 1915. I am certain he was a big influence on Brian Froud. He was certainly influenced by Rackham, but had his own unique take on trolls and fairies. ![]() John Bauer is a Swedish illustrator from the turn-of-the-century. This is Siegfried killing Fafnir in his book version of Wagner’s The Ring. Of course, many know Arthur Rackham’s work, and I have mentioned him many times as my main influence. Ford was best known for his illustrations in Andrew Lang’s Rainbow Fairy books which were a HUGE inspiration to the design of the Spiderwick books. It seems the timing is serendipitous with my ongoing dragon conversation here on my blog, so I decided to include a few. ![]() One of the several designs the students can choose from will be a dragon, so I’ve amassed a library of some of my favorite images to share. I’m teaching a class tomorrow at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art on creating your own unique interpretation of known fantastical creatures.
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