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A 4 page research paper that discusses this topic. The illustrations in children's books have long been acknowledged and admired as a particular art genre. The following discussion contrasts and compares the work of two illustrators: from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Beatrix Potter; and the contemporary illustrator Quentin Blake. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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illustrator Quentin Blake. While Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is remembered as the author of Peter Rabbit and a host of other animal-oriented childrens books, one can easily argue that she
would have considered herself primarily as an illustrator. The first work that Potter tried to publish were her illustrations for greeting cards, which immediately sold (Ortakales). It was Beatrix Potter
who originated the idea that a childrens book should be smaller than a book intended for adults and that it should have stiff pages that would be easier for a
small child to turn (Ortakales). This is precisely how she designed her first book, which she published herself (Ortakales). Potter was tremendously influenced by the work of childrens illustrator
Randolph Caldecott and notations in her journal make it clear that she studied all of the famous illustrators of the nineteenth century. Her training as an artist was limited and
she learned primarily from her own studies of plants and animals (Ortakales). In her journal, Potter recorded that she never saw anything beautiful without feeling the compulsion to draw it
(Ortakales). She wrote, "It is all the same, drawing, painting, modeling, the irresistible desire to copy any beautiful object which strikes the eye" (Ortakales). Her original sketches were done in
"pencil or pen and ink"; however, for her finished pieces, Potter worked primarily in watercolor, adding touches of pen and ink where it seemed to be required (Ortakales). Also, she
would sometimes employ white oil paint to bring out highlights (Ortakales). Her illustrations are "delicate," but her sketchbooks are where her skill as an artist is truly evident as her
"sense of perspective was impeccable" and detail in her nature studies is truly remarkable (Ortakales). Her method of creating new books was to write out the story in an notebook,
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