Abi Hall

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Kanako Ogawa, Orchestra

Just too cute!

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Peacock Feathers, Temple Bailey, 1924 (Illustration by Coles Phillips)

I have long had a thing for the graphic beauty of silver birches. Judging by the number of drawings in which they appear a lot of other illustrators & artists feel the same. In this illustration by Coles Phillips we see some particularly nicely drawn silver birches. Typically illustrations use the contrast of the white bark with the black markings to create an almost optical illusion, often with flashes of red (or another bright colour) to heighten the effect. The colour palette here stands out for being more muted and subtle. I wonder how much of this is down to the fading of inks and the yellowing of paper over time. It would be lovely to see it fresh off the press with bright whites and deep blacks and a double swoop of even sunnier yellow.

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C. Coles Phillips for LIFE magazine, January 27th, ca. 1910

I love the colouring and texture here - the swathes of chalky pale blue broken by the show-through of coloured paper, the deep velvety blacks & subtle highlights in tints of red & pink - just gorgeous. The composition’s not too bad either!

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Cover illustration for French Vogue, 1921 (Helen Dryden)

Just wonderful - I can almost feel the warm breeze in her hair and across her face and the weight of those too big blossoms in her hands. I love the lady in yellow cavorting in the background!

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