Artist research: Beatrix Potter

The following is a brief analysis I wrote about the works of Beatrix Potter. I referred to her website link, focusing mainly on her artwork for research, which can be found here http://www.peterrabbit.com/potters-world-potters-art.asp. (Her website is linked at the bottom of this blog)

Beatrix Potter is one of the most well-known illustrators among children’s books for many years.

Her works are mainly of simplified cartoon-like versions of animals (in which case her characters tend to have human features such as wearing clothes or using man-made objects and utensils). Her style has a tendency to capture the image obtained from a child’s mind, very simplistic and playful which brings us to this example:

I noted the use of colours in her work; they seem to share quite similar use of material with my main chosen artist Tony DiTerlizzi, which is a fine line image with a watercolour wash over it to add character. Although unlike DiTerlizzi, Potter’s technique tend to be a lot more simple, and her choice of colours are more vibrant to give a sense of child-like quality.