Wow, after a week of this we come to the first rhyme I’ve heard of, Tweedledum & Tweedledee… As a fan of Lewis Carroll and John Tenniel I know them well, to the point that it’s easy to forget the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well I just started my new sketchbook with “Pussy Sit’s by the Fire” and I am feeling nicely smug. This is definitely my best one yet, and considering I said that yesterday this is a good sign for the rest[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well with the ninth rhyme in this sketch challenge, Oh Rare Harry Parry, we come to yet another one I’ve never heard of, and another that asks the question, “were these ever meant for kids?” wiith the subject being what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I won’t say this illustration of poem #7 in The Annotated Mother Goose, “When I was a little boy”, is another dud, but it did not inspire at all. The only things I can say about it, beyond filling in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well with Jack and Gill I came to the second one in this sketch challenge that I had heard of, and with this being on the top ten list of most generic nursery rhymes I was not looking forward to it…[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s rhyme, If you find a Hairpin, was one of those gems where you know what you’re going to put onto paper within five seconds of looking at it. Regrettably in my confidence I had a nice relaxed breakfast and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It didn’t help that I was distracted by ongoing tech support emails, but today’s rhyme There was a lady skin and bone, was a pain! While I’m finding it useful to include the poems with the sketch, when there’s more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s rhyme, “This Pig went to Market” is an older version of the one we all used to count our toes with. I couldn’t help thinking during the planning stage that during the time this thing was written, when one spoke[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The slip of paper for today’s sketch, Robbin and Bobbin, fell from the magic tupperware container when I was giving it one final shake… If that’s not random chance that must not be questioned I don’t know what is. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
According to the annotation today’s rhyme, The Old Pudding-Pye Woman, is just the first verse of a much longer poem, which probably would make it make a lot more sense… apparently it goes into great detail about her ‘nauseous and personal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
