Golden Age Style Illustration

I did my university honours thesis on the Golden Age of Illustration (1880s - 1930s) when illustrative masters such as Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac dominated the gift book market. My work in this style evokes that era of illustration.

A traditional style children’s watercolour illustration of a young redheaded girl in fantasy style clothing towing a reluctant donkey down a mountain path

The Quest

Watercolour, ink & coloured pencil

A traditional style watercolour children’s illustration of a 17th century ghost child playing with a ghost dog in a paneled hallway

Draughts

Ink, Watercolour & Coloured Pencil

A black and white traditional style children’s watercolour illustration of Galileo Galilee and his daughter Virginia Gamba looking through a telescope at the moon

Galileo’s Daughter

Ink, Watercolour & Wax Pencil

Strange Encounters

Adobe Photoshop CC