Saturday, 28 February 2026

Grand Scribbly Game Day 6

 

Day six of the scribble challenge organised by Monty Lee with the support of her wonderful co-hosts.

Above: Monty Lee Below: Carol Law 




Above: Zeke Nguyen, Below: Ksenia Topaz



Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Scribble

Monty Lee has a new challenge this week and I am just going to be a by stander this time, as life has been overwhelming this month and I am heart sore and tired. 

However I can't resist sharing some of the magic. Above is Polina's response to day one's wiggly scribble; a Caterpillar Express! Below: Louise Tate has continued the insect transportation with a motorcycling scorpion fly.


While below we have Monty's own butterfly.

Monday, 23 February 2026

Alan Howard I



I have bought this very tired but beautiful version of Peter and the Wolf, written by Sergi Prokofiev, and illustrated by Alan Howard (1922-2008 ). The illustrations have a wonderful style and are like splashes of wonder in the text. 



















Sunday, 22 February 2026

Lelija Bičiūnaite


Lelija Bičiūnaite (1931–2020) was born in the city of Rokiškis. In 1940, she moved to Vilnius with her parents, where in 1948 she graduated from S. Neris Gymnasium, She then entered the State Institute of Art in Vilnius, where she graduated in 1954 from the Department of Graphic Arts, specialising in book illustration and design. 



 After her studies, Lelija Bičiūnaitė actively engaged in creative life, working mainly in the fields of book illustrations and industrial graphics. She worked as an artist at the State Publishing House of Pedagogical Literature, the State Publishing House of Political and Scientific Literature, and the Republican House of Folk Creativity. During her long and productive years of creative work, the artist illustrated many children's books by Lithuanian writers. These include V. Baranauskas' "Lullaby for Little Ones" (1957), K. Kubilinskas' "Grandfather's Tale" (1956), J. Marcinkevičius' "Urgent Help" (1968), J. Laužikas' "Sunshine Bunnies" (1968) and many others. These illustrations are from the 1968 book of poetry called 'Urgent Help' by J. Marcinkevičius'







Atsuko Ishida III

 

This made me smile however, do mountains just sit around? or are they moving like giant limpets  . . .  maybe they are giant limpets! 

Image by the ever wonderful Atsuko Ishida.

Saturday, 21 February 2026

Friday, 20 February 2026

Mieczysław Piotrowski II


 'Baśnie Z Dalekich Wysp I Lądów', written by Wanda Markowska and Anna Milska, illustrated by Mieczysław Piotrowski published 1966. I know nothing of the story here, images available were hard to find but I loved the soft watercolours and the unusual perspectives.  














Thursday, 19 February 2026

Marcin Markowski II

 

Possibly the last horse celebrating the year of the Horse, though I have enjoyed finding the illustrations. This example is a poster design by Marcin Markowski.

Wednesday, 18 February 2026