William Heath Robinson is my favorite of the Robinson brothers, illustrators of the golden age of book illustration. And the 1914 A MidSummer-Night's Dream is my favorite book of his, and maybe of all time. I am so enamored of this book and the beautiful use of negative space with perfectly rendered ink drawings. There are many illustrations in this book, and my time is limited, so I'm going to post only ten images at a time over the next couple of weeks.
Oberon. And make him with fair Ægle break his faith
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My name is Thom Buchanan.
I'm an artist and photographer.
People are my favorite subjects to portray in art and photos. My wife (and studio partner) has called that my 'people skills', as I've been passionately creating portrait studies for many years.
I refer to myself as a pictorialist, a combination of image-making and journalist. Images are my life.
5 comments:
Wow! I can't wait for the rest of it!
Robinson is indeed exceptional - a nice blend of whimsy (I can't believe I just used that word) and solid draftsmanship.
These are amazing. I am a huge fan of classic pen and ink drawings.
Hang on, the best is yet to come.
Thanks for these Thom - fabulous work !
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