To help choose them I purchased an Illustrated Nursery Rhymes book illustrated by Laura Rigo. This book has all the classics.
I carefully read through the book to begin my slection process. I wrote down the following to potentially illustrate...
Jack and Jill,
Little Bo-Peep,
Georgie Porgie,
Little Miss Muffet,
Mary had a Little Lamb,
Polly Put the Kettle On,
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son,
The Queen of Hearts,
It's Raining, it's Pouring,
Little Jack Horner.
Inspiration
I also looked at Ballerinas for their pose inspiration as I wanted elegant look to the figures in my illustrations.
Creative Research
The images below show the feminine figure in graceful poses, which is what I want to achieve in my own illustrations. Arthur Rackham has always been a big influence on me and this image from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of my favourite. I saw the Joshua Reynolds 'Caught between Tragedy and Comedy' at the Plymouth Museum once and was struck by it's skill and beauty. The figure that really catches my eye is the woman on the left with her mischevious look. Although I haven't seen Bernini's Daphne and Apollo scultpture in the flesh, I find her pose incredible.
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