A dragon who likes
To read.
The prompt on Sketching Every Day today was featured artist - artist of your choice. I didn't want to pick an artist whose work I've already copied, so that ruled out Thomas Nast, Sir John Tenniel and Norman Rockwell, all of whom I absolutely love. I considered going for a classical 'fine' artist - ad believe me there are plenty whose work I love - Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, and the greatest English painter, JMW Turner to name but a few. But well, with time a consideration I plumped for someone whom I also love, but whose work I could make a reasonable copy of in one evening.
Sir Quentin is probably best renowned for his work illustrating the works of Roald Dahl, whose unique works he so memorably brought to life. In 1999 he was the very first Children's Laureate in the UK. Incidentally, in the 1970s, he became the first person other than Dr. Seuss to illustrate a Dr. Seuss book.
This is a straight copy of Sir Quentin's Dragon number 3. It's a one of a series of ten drawings that he made in 2014 for the corridors of the Dragon Centre which treats young people and children in South London.
