Tribute to Beatrix Potter’s would-be-149th birthday
A drawing of Flopsy Bunnies I made in tribute to Beatrix Potter’s would-be-149th birthday. Drawn on Monologue Soft Sketchbook using Staedtler watercolour pencils and Dr. Ph. Martin’s liquid watercolour.
“I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.” – Beatrix Potter.
Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her imaginative children’s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which celebrated the British landscape and country life.
Her parents were artistic, interested in nature, and enjoyed the countryside. As children, Beatrix and her brother, Bertram, had numerous small animals as pets which they observed closely and drew endlessly. Summer holidays were spent away from London, in Scotland and in the English Lake District where Beatrix developed a love of the natural world which was the subject of her painting from an early age.
Her artistic talents were recognized early. She enjoyed private art lessons and developed her own style, favouring watercolour. She illustrated insects, fossils, archaeological artifacts, and fungi, along with her drawings of her animals, real and imagined.
In the 1890s, her mycological illustrations and research into the reproduction of fungus spores generated interest from the scientific establishment. Following some success illustrating cards and booklets, Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit, publishing it first privately in 1901, and a year later as a small, three-colour illustrated book with Frederick Warne & Co. Windermere, in 1905.
She continued to write and illustrate, and to design spin-off merchandise based on her children’s books for Warne, until the duties of land management and her diminishing eyesight made it difficult to continue.
Potter published over 23 books; the best known are those written between 1902 and 1922. She died of pneumonia and heart disease on 22 December 1943 at her home in Near Sawrey (Lancashire) at age 77, leaving almost all her property to the National Trust. She is credited with preserving much of the land that now comprises the Lake District National Park.
Potter’s books continue to sell throughout the world in many languages. Her stories have been retold in song, film, ballet, and animation. The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, a TV series based on her stories, has been released on VHS by Pickwick Video and later Carlton Video.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter
You might want to try this quiz: Which Beatrix Potter character are you?, published by The Guardian, in celebration of what would be Beatrix Potter’s 149th birthday. Find out which of her most beloved animal characters you would be with this quiz!
25 Comments
imaisha
Eh, birthday Beatrix Potter semalam ke.. baru tau padahal semalam tulis di poskad illustrasi ‘The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies’ untuk teman di Bulgaria 🙂
Just finish trying the quiz for fun and the result says, I am Mrs Tiggy-Winkle the hedgehog 😉
imaisha
Anyway, cantiknya version flopsy bunnies kak Em. So cuteee <3
emila
Me too Mrs Tiggly-Winkle the Hedgehog!
emila
Thank you! I lukis yang depan je, yang belakang lagi dua dah malas heheeh.
imaisha
yayy, sama! 😀 *high-five* boleh geng.. hihi..
imaisha
haha.. byk sangat arnab sampai tak larat nak lukis..
kalau saya, satu ekor pun belum tentu rajin nak lukis sampai siap 😛
glory jane
That’s why I love reading this blog. So normative.
Ok, sebenarnya nak bagitahu kali pertama dengar nama Beatrix Potter ni 🙂
glory jane
Wrong spelling. Nak cakap informative sebenarnya. Auto correct macam mana tah tukar normative pula
hafsah ahmad
Helen Beatrix Potter, her name sounds like Harry Potter and Bellatrix Lestrange character from the harry potter book 🙂
hehe.. but dulu, dkt UK, I hear her name often.
hafsah ahmad
btw, tried the quiz too. turned out, I’m a Mrs Tiggy-Winkle the hedgehog. hehe…
Hazural
Mine one —> You’re Mrs Tiggy-Winkle the hedgehog! You care a lot about working hard at everything you do but always find time for a good chat and a cup of tea, as friends are very important to you and you love to socialise!
imaisha
wow, ramainya geng yg dpt result sama 😀 high five to every single one of you.. hihi.. curious pula nak tau apa result org lain yg tak dpt Mrs Tiggy-Winkle 🙂
imaisha
I think when I heard the name for the first time, I also got confused with harry potter. I thought nama tu adik-beradik ke sepupu sepapat dgn harry potter. hehe, silly me.. turn out, tak ada kaitan pun 😛
Glory jane
Eh, i should do the test la…. haha. Mana tau dpt lain
imaisha
haa.. cpt buat 😉 kalau dpt yg lain, blh share description kat sini 🙂
Glory jane
Mrs Tiggy-Winkle the hedgehog…..
Eh, kita semua ni sama character ke atau memang ada 1 je result…. hahaha
Glory jane
Nak try test sekali lg dgn jawapan yg bertentangan dgn diri
Glory jane
You’re Squirrel Nutkin! The life and soul of the party in any group, you’re always trying to make people laugh and keep them entertained – just make sure you avoid sly Old Brown the owl!
Hahaha…. tp ni bkn karekter saya. Ni jawapan yg bertentangan dgn saya.
imaisha
haha.. lawak je.. mcm tak percaya pula kita semua sama karakter ye 😛
imaisha
lol.. klako.. so, terbukti ada karakter dan result yg berbeza kan 😉 Jom tubuhkan kelab Mrs Tiggy-Winkle the hedgehog.. haha, tiba2 😛
cikcloudy
nk try buat gak la.. walaupun dh ketinggalan ketapi 🙂
imaisha
dah buat ke cikcloudy? apa keputusannya? 😉 sama ke lain dgn kami semua?
Hazural
semua sama jer… mcm mna ni??? hahaha
Hazural
hahahaaa… setuju 😉
Hazural
dah cuba cik cloudy??