A fascinating insight into Shepard's life, I enjoyed it immensely. The Wind in the Willows has always been one of my favourite books and made all the better by Shepard's illustrations. Even at 58 years old, I still read it from time to time.
Who would've guessed that illustrator of Winnie the Pooh was already on to Hilter before things went south in WWII? It's also good to see that Shephard was able to live a full life and evolve in his work. Overall, a pretty informative and relaxing video as always. Keep it up 😊
This is a breathe of fresh air! As far as I'm concerned, Disney replaced Shepard's artistry with commodities. The original drawings were magical and encouraged an imaginative response on the part of the reader. The Disney images present us with a fait accompli--you get what you see and nothing more. Disney's artists gave us some splendid work in other stories, but no one could possibly outshine Ernest Shepard, especially not in the Pooh series. And thankyou again for these wonderful videos!
Hello and thnks for the comments - they are very welcome. Don't get me started about Disney's mutilation of Winnie the Pooh. It's bad for my blood pressure. And thanks for Patrick McDonnell - never heard of him before and he looks interesting.
Ernest Howard Shepard's beguiling and timeless illustrations have never been forgotten, and they never will be forgotten because they are the genuine illustrations, and the are of the genuine Winnie-the-Pooh characters, everywunn should know that, even those bungling idiots at Disney studios, everyone in Great Britain must remember that Winnie the Pooh is a beloved English character, and he is 100% British, and the concoction of a wonderful man, too in fact, E H Shepard and A A Milne.
Except that the real Winnie the Pooh was Canadian, came from Canada and was named "Winnipeg' (Winnie). Yes....I'm Canadian too. We had books sent us from England with Shepard's Pooh and that is what I grew up with. I found Disney's illustrations crude but also understood they needed to 'cheap-out' so they could do full length features with them.
I found a paperback copy of EVERYBODY'S PEPYS that is illustrated by E.H. Shepard. After watching this I was intrigued and decided to order it. Thank you for your may posts about the world's Illustrators. I look forward to to each addition.
Thank you - this is a lovely tribute to an artist who gave so many children such happy memories (and your musical accompaniment is a delightful gilding of the lily) ~
Hello and thanks for the comment. In my own case I never read the books until I was an adult, which made them all the more poignant somehow. Lost innocence and all that I suppose...
I too am a fan of Mr. Shepard's works and to keep my aging mind active, take pen to paper and try to copy his lovely renditions of Pooh & friends. There's no likelihood of my ever emulating his wonderful talent, but I find it an immensely enjoyable pastime. Thank you for work in bringing back knowledge of Mr. Shepard and other long gone illustrators in your most informative video series.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation for the channel, and particularly your admiration of Shepard's work. Easily one of my all time greatest illustrators and the pooh-sticks rear view is probably ny favourite illustration of all time.
Instantly transported back to when first I set eyes on Winnie the Pooh: immediate enchantment. And then you add to my delight by introducing so much more of EH Shepard's art. I'll certainly scramble to find copies of the various books new to me. It is not often one sits with a happy smile for more than 10 minutes, your video certainly did that for me. No, wait, I'm still smiling ....
Thanks again for another appreciative response. The childhood depicted in the Winnie the Pooh stories is some considerable distance from my own urban working class origins, and yet I find it the greatest evocation of childhood I can think of. The picture of Pooh and Piglet on the bridge remains my favourite pen and ink illustration.
@petebeard And that is precisely his genius: it is timeless and we all identify with Christopher Robin and his adventures with Pooh (with some obvious adaptations for girls). I know just what you mean about the scene on the bridge ...
Every single person you mention inspires me! It is very proud to learn about the history of illustration on this channel. Thank you on behalf of everyone! 🌸🤍
Thank you for the wonderful overview of shepherd’s works. It was wonderful to find out that I was for a time contemporary with him. I had enjoyed his illustrations without realizing it. And although my introduction to Winnie the Pooh was through the Disney films it still lead me to find books which thankfully had shepherds illustrations. Your manner of presentation greatly enhances The pleasure of learning about illustrations.
I am under the impression that Heritage Press printed a special addition of “Wind in the Willows” and ask Shepard to illustrate it. He passed without completing some of his illustrated pages. I have notice that some of the drawings appear to be incomplete. The Introduction of Shepard’s “Heritage Press “Wind in the Willows” (a large format) states Theodore Roosevelt’s love of the book... the intro is an Excellent Read. Shepard’s of “Winnie the Pooh” will always be dear to me... ❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛...
Hi Pete... I remember seeing some of these illustrations after gaining interest in the Disney version of Pooh when my son was born. Quite and artist and another one of my favorites.
Hello John. I must admit I was expected some negative feedback from the U.S.A. but so far so good.I look forward to a day when Pooh could be animated with the same sensitivity as 'The Snowman'.
@@petebeard You know, Disney has their way of doing things, yet I really like the portrayal of Pooh by Shepard. I have to give you guys credit where credit is due! On another note I'd like to mention that I really think you guys are handling this Covid-19 issue way better than the US. Wish we could get our act together here! Stay safe and as always, looking forward to the next artist/s.
Thanks Pete. With you completely on the Disney desecration of Winnie the Pooh. And, like you I remember the lovely illustrations in Wind in the Willows. His clear, simple works conveyed the essence of what he was illustrating perfectly. A style that resonates well with me. A lot of new to me information here, thanks.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of the video. Shepard's drawings have always held a particularly powerful hold on me, and I'm glad I was able to make this tribute. Disney have a lot to answer for.
What a wonderful recording of such an amazing artist. I had growing up both versions of the illustrations of Winnie the Pooh and I loved them both actually. He's always been, (and as I am 60 years old now) will always be my most beloved character. Thank you for making this wonderful bio.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation for the video. I try to keep my personal opinions out of the videos I make but I struggle to be happy about the Americanisation of this great British character, and I'm sorry I let it show.
Hi again. And this is a grateful response to your comment on the Cohen cover. For some reason it only appears in TH-cam studio and can't be rreplied to from that page, so I went back to this earlier comment.So thanks a lot.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video, and for your subscription. I hope you will find others on the channel that are of interest to you.
The art of E. H. Shepard is easily remembered by me. I loved Winnie the Pooh and The Wind in the Willows as a kid and even more so as I read those stories to my kids. I honestly believe his work will last for generations and then some. You really touched a few memories with this one. Thank you. -OkieSketcher1949
Hello again and thanks for your recent comments. The image I used for the title screen (Pooh Sticks) remains my favourite illustration. I've had it enlarged and framed on my wall for qite a few years. Oddly it makes me norstalgic for a childhood completely unlike the one shown, if that makes any sense.
A thoroughly enjoyable and as ever, informative tribute Pete. I was never really aware of the Disney version of the Milne, having done regular dramatised readings for my then young daughter every evening (never forgotten it seems) - all the books complete with Shephard images! When very young myself we had first editions. Sadly they 'disappeared' as children's books tend to but the illustrations always remain in memory as a vital part of the indelible stories. The 'Pooh' and 'Willows' were the only aspect of Shephard's work of which I was aware, so this video is additionally fascinating. I shall send a link to my daughter!
Hi again and I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It depend which side I get out of bed which illustrators I most admire but Shepard is always in the top three. The original monochrome Pooh drawings can have me blubbering with nostalgia for a childhood I actually never had, such is their hold on me.
@@petebeard So. Likewise for 6 years of war in exile with grandparents. So it was lived much later acting out the readings for my daughter and the dramatic personalities were generated in my imagination from Shephard's wonderful characterful drawings!
Lovely video. I grew up with Winnie the Pooh and Wind in the Willows and my adult son still has a copy of the latter, which was passed on down from my dad to me and then from me to him. I love E H Shepard's illustrations. Cheers, Pete. :)
Hi again. Funny thing but when I read the Pooh stories I start to believe that's what my own childhood was like, rather than the Coronation Street reality. Such is the power of stories...
Thank you. I discovered your channel last night and I'm enjoying your videos so much. Shepard is one of my favorites. His illustrations for Pooh and The Wind in the Willows (and the stories themselves) remain as magical to me as an adult as they were to me as a child. Stories and illustrations like these are the reason that so many people all over the world feel like England is the home of their childhood. I don't even acknowledge the Disney abomination... that never was and never will be Pooh.
Hello and welcome to the channel. Thanks a lot for your appreciation of this video in particular. I feel precidely as you do about those books, and although I tried to conceal my disdain in the video I feel the same way about Disney's version.
A very pleasant documentary, I've always loved Sheppard through Pooh and Willows - mine are the uncolored drawings so that's what I'm used to, but from what I've seen the water colored afterwards effect seem lovely also. A bit sad he and Milne weren't friends, I quite liked their relationship portrayed in Goodbye Christopher Robin where they bonded over their war experience long before the books were inspired - oh well, truth will out, in general that movie seemed pretty accurate. Hope you do more of these in-depth looks at a particular artist, along with you're regulars.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and insights. For me it has to be the original black and whites every time And there are more single illustrator features in the pipeline so watch this space.
It is a bit sad that they weren't friends, as the combination of words & artistic depictions were a marriage made in Heaven and near & dear to many of our hearts.
Hi and thanks again. There have been plenty to live long and seemingly happy, but there are also an unfortunately large number who left early - and quite a few by their own hand. I don't suppose there's anything significant about this. Just humanity.
Hello and thanks a lot. I checked the biography I've got and it's a bit coy about definitive information, but it seems somewhere around 1900 to 1905. Don't quote me, though.
Thank you! I first saw Shepard's illustrations at the age of three when our father read Peter Plyds (the highly successful Danish translation of Winnie the Pooh) to us. Nowadays my (English) grandchildren are likewise growing up with Shepard - no Disney abominations allowed!
While the Disney version may be more heavily marketed, the Shephard artwork is in the public domain and is freely sharable. I see them all the time on Facebook.
Yes I didn't phrase that as well as I should have. What I meant is that although they couldn't kill off the originals, during their ownership of the rights nobody other than Disney could create new material. That will end in 2026. So somebody might actually make a faithful animated version.
I wish my Art History teacher would've taught half of what I've discovered here on your channel Pete. I am stunned at the depth you go into on these artists, as well as the volumes of work you find on them. Kudos on another Top Shelf video.
I had the great pleasure of seeing some of Shepard's original works in an exhibition at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire a couple of years ago. And I can recommend the two volumes of his autobiography: delightful reading. And Shepard and Milne -- both pacifists -- did their basic officer training at Golden Hill Fort on the Isle of Wight. It's now exclusive apartments, but still stands.
Hello and seeing originals by him is something I've never (yet) had the pleasure of doing. This country is so bad at giving illustrators their due exposure.
O my word ....Winnie the Pooh by Shepard.....the best illustrations ever. I live in the Netherlands and my uncle and aunt had the book in their library in english. At age 5 i discovered this book and i couldn't even read dutch....let alone english. But i so enjoyed the pictures and knew exactly where the book was and when i was at my aunt and uncles house i always want to look at the wonderful illustrations. I was in an other world. Later in life i read Winnie the Pooh and the Wind in the willows to my children. I am 70 now and will read the books to my grandchildren. Disney... ......made the most terrible disgusting caricatures. A bloody shame. To me these Disney caricatures are significant for the degeneration and the loss of real craftsmanship ( love and attention and dedication and subtlety ) everywhere on this planet......... It mainly is downfall commerce nowadays.
Mr. Beard, I stand amazed at the prolific and professional education you offer! I pause, copy and study, review and thoroughly enjoy all you have painstakingly gathered, researched and publish for Lovers of ART and ILLUSTRATION. What a gift to the world!! Tnx! Are you healthy? Your voice sounds different in the latest episodes...
Hello again and my continued thanks for your ongoing appreiation of the channel. It really is rewarding when viewers can be bothered to tell me they get something positive out of it. And as far as I know I'm free of anything that's likely to carry me off, although the longer this covid nonsense continues the harder I find it to stay cheerful. So maybe a note of gloom has entered the vocal delivery.
Hello and actually my low opinion of Disney's version isn't so much the visual element as their cultural hijacking of a quintessentially English story I always did like their background art especially in the early features.
I can still visualise the self portrait from Shepherd`s autobiography `Drawn from Memory`, of him riding his tricycle in the street near his London home ,a little figure aged about six ,legs pedalling madly.
Hello again, and I must admit I wasn't familiar with that particular image. But now I've seen it I doubt I'll ever forget it. If I had to pick just one illustration to look at for whatever is left of my life it would be the rear view on the bridge used as the title page for this video.
I learned something about myself when Disney published its own artistic version of the Pooh world. Although I had always been fond of the magical vision of Disney, I found myself hating the corporation for debasing Sherard's gentle whimsy and "Disneyfying" everything. That seemed--and still seems--unforgivable.
Yes it's the 'Disneyfying' that sticks in the gullet. I've always beena great admirer of their background art, but it's the riding roughshod over original material that gets my blood pressure up. Alice in Wonderland is yet another example. Grrrr....
Shepard was quite accomplished being able to simplify illustrations while also capable of more detailed style….he seemed to be in tune with a young child’s imagination as shown in Winnie the Pooh
Hello and thanks for your comment. However hard I examine Shepard's drawings I cant figure out how he makes so little so visually expressive. A truly enviable talent.
It is the disclosure of his elder brother's death in the Great War at the end of Drawn from Memory that makes it such a moving portrayal. I didn't know that he got the MC himself.
Hello again, and given some of the things I got involved in to make a living in illustration were far more shameful than that. My dislike of the evil empire is mostly to do with their assumption that the world is just a colony of the USA. The actual work - or the 2D at least can be quite astonishingly lovely. I had to check you out and I see you have been involved with some stellar projects, and I really like the gestural look of your animated stuff. When I left college in 1973 I first worked at what wasn't yet Cosgrove Hall in Manchester. Not an animator but backgrounds and character work mostly. Downhill all the way ever since!
@@petebeard Thanks for the kind words, Pete. I enjoy your charming, and somehow, uniquely British work - also I love these beautiful and informative videos you've made with such care and obvious love for the subject. I'm often drawing when they're on and have to keep going back to see it all again. I'm thrilled to have found your channel. I agree with you about Disney, though some of my heroes are the animators and other artists that created those old classics. Talk about downhill - I'm doing storyboards for McDonalds!
His crosshatching and lines were so appropriate, added to the dreaminess of Winnie the Poohs world. I wonder why Shepard and Milne never became friends or even were close? The drawing of Hitler in that little boy costume was brilliant, would love to see Putin's face there instead, just for fun.
Hi again, and thanks for the comment. Apparently Milne was a fairly crotchety character and from what I can tell had little time for anyone outside his own family. But I think there's an element of guesswork about their non-relationship.
That was great! Thanks! I always loved Shepard's drawings and the Disney film was a huge disappointment. I did not know he wrote books himself on making art. I will check those out.
I love Winnie-the-Pooh Shepard’s illustrations are fantastic it is kind of sad that there are people out there who think that Winnie-the-Pooh is a Disney creation but luckily there are people like me who know the truth I know about A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin Milne who not only was the inspiration for the character Christopher Robin but his toys were the inspiration for most of the characters in the books for example he had a toy donkey which was the inspiration for Eeyore
I suppose that as a baby boomer it is not surprising that I was unaware that Shepard had a long association with Punch...even tho I would have first become aware of that magazine at about age 6. My dad was a fan and it would show up in odd places about our various houses, but by that time no more Shepard in its pages. a like and a comment for the algo god
Hello and thanks for the comment. It was the same for me - I came at his other work retrospectively when I was in my late teens. Obviouly the Pooh books were compulsory reading in the 50s but I was unaware of the rest - even Wind in the Willows.
Not a Disney fan, but a few years ago they released some more “true to Shepherd” merchandise. I remember in 1979 or 80 when Selfridges did a big Winnie the Pooh promotion.
Great Video about this Singular Universally Renowned Illustrator. What blew my mind most about him: HE LIVED THRU PART OF THE DISNEY WTP ERA AND DIED IN 1976! I was aged 10 and 11 years, respectively, during 1979. The centenary of EHS's birth was celebrated, I just know. Unfortunately, I never knew of it. I was almost totally ignorant of his existence and life, anyway. My question, Sir, is this: What did the celebration of the centenary of EHS's birth mean FOR you and TO you? Thank you in advance.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this particular video. Despite my lifelong admiration for Shepard's work I have no memory of even knowing the year of his centenary (shame on me). But I remember seeing the first Disney animation and much as I loved the backround art I left the cinema with a serious case of Disneyphobia. And despite being too self-absorbed at the time - trying to keep my own career on the rails - I had a print of the pooh sticks bridge illustration (the view from behind) and it's still on the wall. My most loved image of all time.
Hello and I have lost count of the number of times I have read these books. The picture - and the words - have a powerful emotional effect without being sentimental.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation for this video. And thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately Peynet's work - however delighful - is just too repetitive to make for a video feature. I would run out of things to say after about 2 minutes. No disrespect to the man but there just isn't the variety in his output.
Hi there and my thanks for our continued support. I'm guessing that by patron you mean patreon? I've heard of it as a means of raising money, but it seems a bit like begging if I understand what it does correctly. You've probably noticed that ads are now appearing on my videos (they may not much longer). That wasn't to make money but to give TH-cam more reasons to promote the channel. I apologise if I've misunderstood the question and if so please send another message.
I've been gradually watching your videos as TH-cam recommends them. I savor them as an exquisite treat. I had no idea who illustrated pooh but have been hoping to see him covered. Today TH-cam delivered. Have you covered the technique used by the artist to create and then mass produce the image? You refer to various methods but I have no idea what that means as a practical matter
Hello and many thanks for the comment. Shepard us one f the all time greats in my book, and I've loved his drawing since my childhood. Regarding your question about print production can you be more specific about what you don't follow? I'll gladly reply through this medium to explain further.
@@petebeard Thanks so much for your reply. For instance when you say they used a watercolor wash or gouache. As a practical matter when they are printing a book with that illustration in it how was the color applied to the page? I understand a little about stone lithography. From some of your videos it is my understanding the illustrators directly created art onto stones. For others are there master pieces of art out there in the world that publishers then somehow copied off of?
Hello again and thanks for the clarification. I'll attempt a ludicrously superficial synopsis but you would do far better to google it and then spend days digesting the inormation. Seriously, it's that complex. But for now the key element with reference to the subject is the invention of what's called full colour offset lithography, which came into being towards the end of the 19th century. Before that other methods such as stone lithography, woodblock, chromolithography and zincottpe had been used with limited success. But it was offset lithography which enabled the illustrator to draw and paint their picture in any medium from cut out paper to representational oil painting and be able to have that image reproduced with only minimal loss of quality. And equally important, unlike stone lithography, the original image could also be sold. In this process the image is scanned and each of the four print colours, yellow, magenta, cyan and black seperated out from the image. These then form the plates from which the image is reproduced. That's about all I can offer here but I know there are many videos on youtube detailing print processes past and prestent which you might find useful. Happy hunting!
Hi and thanks for watching. I had never heard of William Joyce and it seems there's already plenty about him online. As for the others they have featured (briefly) in my video about children's illustration (although not Steig but he's about to be in another video) it's possible but they have to go to the back of a rather long queue of others waiting to be featured. So the answer is it's possible but I'll have to live longer than I was planning to.
Surely Disney still lets the original books be published with Sheppard's Illustrations? Leastwise that's all I ever see - unless it's one of those simplified retellings based on their films. If they did, that'd be a disturbing extreme - maybe it already is but I don't care about the extra merchandise much - but then again I don't know why Walt felt the need to buy *all* rights of Bambi away from Felix Salten when he was poor and in Exile, you'd think movie/merch rights would be enough, not total IP - as if there's not enough room for book Bambi and Disney as they bare small relation (Pooh's a lot more faithful by comparison - not regarding the many more adventures). I suppose it's a good thing Disney normally adapts license free stories when their author is long dead.
Yes it's true that Disney couldn't destroy the memory of the originals - but they've had a pretty good try at it. Whenever I see Disney merchandise it sends my blood pressure way up - my love of Shepard tends to make me unreasonably biased.
Another wonderful video. I’m afraid the Disney version, as understandable as it is for production requirements, is no match for the original illustrations.
Hello again and thanks again. As I'm sure you can tell from my narration I agree with you 100%. Maybe some day it will be made with similar sensitivity to the British animation of The Snowman by Raymond Briggs.
Hello and thanks for the question. Unforyunately I can be only a little help in providing an answer. All the music used in this video comes from TH-cam's copyright-free archive, which any youtuber can access. The problem is that once I download the tracks I change the file name so I can't tell you their actual titles. But they are all freely available and you can search by the type of music and its mood so they could be located without too much trouble.
Wonderful.Thank you again. Disney also ruined 101 Dalmations, the drawings of Cruella Deville by Anne and Janet Johnstone were so sophisticated. I believe the sketchy nature of the cartoon version was influenced by Ronald Searle when he was working in films.
Hello and thanks for your comment. I think the only animation to ever be faithful to the original children's book is 'The Snowman'. I fantasise that there will be a more authentically styled English version of the Pooh stories some day.
@@petebeard Hate to say it but it was a British production, not made in America so it didn't have to be dumbed down. And the author was still alive to keep an eye on things.
Hi. New to your channel. Found you by way of a search for Arthur Rackham. So to this video. Where you mention Shepard's military service and state he was commissioned as a 2nd "loo'tenant". Sorry to bring it up but I wanted to check you are aware that this pronunciation is wrong. It couldn't stand in light of other comments about the americanisation of Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, etc. Not to mention the despoiling of all Roald Dahl's stories, the list goes on. I do enjoy and admire your videos though.
Hello and yes that's a mistake I have belatedly realised. Too many American war films and comics in my formative years. And now 'left' just sounds wrong.
While Disney's current stranglehold over Winnie the Pooh is indeed horrible, I disagree with the opinion that the original cartoons were a TOTAL disservice to the books and illustrations. I very much enjoyed the Disney adaptations as a child and later the book versions when I was younger. I do understand your take on it, however - especially since Pooh is originally a British character who's now much more commonly associated with an American company. That's not even mentioning the fact that Shepard's original illustrations are rarely discussed when Pooh is brought up. The only references to them in Disney I can think of would be the stuffed toys shown in live action shots and the storybook drawings. Perhaps I'm just biased as Disney's rendition led to a version of Pooh being put inside the Kingdom Hearts series and interacting with the games' main protagonist. As silly as it sounds, essentially being able to play as a version of Christopher Robin inside an rpg I already enjoyed did rejuvenate some childlike wonder inside me. Anyway, thank you very much for the information on Mr. Shepard. I plan on studying his artwork in the near future and this helped me better understand him.
Thanks a lot for your comment, appreciation and observations. If memory serves I think I did mention that the original background art was fairly convincing. But it was the need to create a clean line and fill with cel painting on the characters that made it an impossibility to replicate Sherpard's style. The animated Fritz the Cat suffered a similar fate.
@@petebeard Thanks for the reply, and sorry if I came off rude. Also, yeah, adaptions in general are a bit of a roll of the dice. I'll probably check out some more of your work in the future as I study art. I feel having at least a little understanding of the person behind the art helps get why the art is the way it is.
@@Bootleginsanity Hello again and no you didn;t come across as rude. I was just trying to explain why I found the Disney version a disappointment in visual terms. But don't get me started when it comes to the Americanisation of the voices....
@@petebeard I do find it odd that Christopher Robin was given a voice with at least the intention of a British voice and one of his vas, Jon Walmsley, was from Blackburn. Why not do that for the other characters if they did it for Christopher Robin, I wonder.
I've been enjoying all of the videos that have been put out on this channel that I've seen, whether about individual illustrators such as this one or about multiple artists. After watching this one I ran across this Pathe News film about the same illustrator that might be of interest: th-cam.com/video/TfB_3unWkY8/w-d-xo.html
Yes, it is awful the Disney shit has suppressed the beautiful beautiful original figures drawn by Ernest Shepard. I really hate it. I think Milne's wife did sell the rights and their son Christopher Robin did not agree on that .
Hello and many thanks for your comment about Shepard, and the criminal abuse of his images. I'm about the same age as you and grew up on the Pooh books and their depiction of a childhood completely unlike my own urban working class origins. I try to keep my personal opinions out of these videos but when it comes to the crimes of Disney in this and other cases it does have an unfortunate effect on my blood pressure.
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A fascinating insight into Shepard's life, I enjoyed it immensely. The Wind in the Willows has always been one of my favourite books and made all the better by Shepard's illustrations. Even at 58 years old, I still read it from time to time.
Hello and thanks for your positive response. And it's particularly rewarding to know there are others who revere Shepard's evocative work.
@@petebeard Yes, him and Norman Rockwell! Most favorite of more modern time.
Well done Pete, Shepard's Winnie the Pooh and Wind in the Willows will be for me and many others the definitive illustrations.
Hi again. Its reassuring to know but I'm not sure the young are so receptive.
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Who would've guessed that illustrator of Winnie the Pooh was already on to Hilter before things went south in WWII? It's also good to see that Shephard was able to live a full life and evolve in his work. Overall, a pretty informative and relaxing video as always. Keep it up 😊
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation.
He served in the First World War.
Thankyou for this. One of the gods in my Pantheon.
Music to my ears.
This is a breathe of fresh air! As far as I'm concerned, Disney replaced Shepard's artistry with commodities. The original drawings were magical and encouraged an imaginative response on the part of the reader. The Disney images present us with a fait accompli--you get what you see and nothing more. Disney's artists gave us some splendid work in other stories, but no one could possibly outshine Ernest Shepard, especially not in the Pooh series. And thankyou again for these wonderful videos!
Hello and thnks for the comments - they are very welcome. Don't get me started about Disney's mutilation of Winnie the Pooh. It's bad for my blood pressure. And thanks for Patrick McDonnell - never heard of him before and he looks interesting.
Ernest Howard Shepard's beguiling and timeless illustrations have never been forgotten, and they never will be forgotten because they are the genuine illustrations, and the are of the genuine Winnie-the-Pooh characters, everywunn should know that, even those bungling idiots at Disney studios, everyone in Great Britain must remember that Winnie the Pooh is a beloved English character, and he is 100% British, and the concoction of a wonderful man, too in fact, E H Shepard and A A Milne.
Thanks for the comment, and naturally enough I agree completely. I detest what Disney did with it (and Alice too, while I'm having a rant)
Except that the real Winnie the Pooh was Canadian, came from Canada and was named "Winnipeg' (Winnie). Yes....I'm Canadian too. We had books sent us from England with Shepard's Pooh and that is what I grew up with. I found Disney's illustrations crude but also understood they needed to 'cheap-out' so they could do full length features with them.
Fabulous insight into Shepard's life and work. Thank you.
And many thanks for watching and appreciating the video.
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This channel is wonderful. Pete Beard’s narration and insights are genuinely a joy to hear.
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pooh marked my childhood, I loved to know more about the author and see his story, thanks for the video !!!!! From Brazil
Ola e muito obrigado. Sorry that's all the Portuguese I know. I hope you'll continue to watch the other videos too.
@@petebeard Yeeees, i loved the channel !!! Muito bom !
What a terrific, informative and relaxing video to end the night with. Seems the man had a super career right up to the end.
Hello again and thanks a lot. Pity about Disney though.
I found a paperback copy of EVERYBODY'S PEPYS that is illustrated by E.H. Shepard. After watching this I was intrigued and decided to order it. Thank you for your may posts about the world's Illustrators. I look forward to to each addition.
Hello again, and I'm glad I aroused your interest regarcing Shepard. And thanks for your continued support.
Thank you - this is a lovely tribute to an artist who gave so many children such happy memories (and your musical accompaniment is a delightful gilding of the lily) ~
Hello and thanks for the comment. In my own case I never read the books until I was an adult, which made them all the more poignant somehow. Lost innocence and all that I suppose...
I too am a fan of Mr. Shepard's works and to keep my aging mind active, take pen to paper and try to copy his lovely renditions of Pooh & friends. There's no likelihood of my ever emulating his wonderful talent, but I find it an immensely enjoyable pastime.
Thank you for work in bringing back knowledge of Mr. Shepard and other long gone illustrators in your most informative video series.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation for the channel, and particularly your admiration of Shepard's work. Easily one of my all time greatest illustrators and the pooh-sticks rear view is probably ny favourite illustration of all time.
this was a great one, master at work
Much appreciated, he's always been up there in my list of truly great illustrators.
@@petebeard totally agree with that.
An excellent celebration of one artist's work. Thank you.
Hello Mark, and thanks for your appreciation of the work.
Your work with these videos is wonderful. You are indispensable. thank you so much!
Many thanks for your very flattering appreciation of my efforts with the channel. Greatly appreciated.
Beautifully done.
Many thanks.
Much appreciated as usual.
Instantly transported back to when first I set eyes on Winnie the Pooh: immediate enchantment. And then you add to my delight by introducing so much more of EH Shepard's art. I'll certainly scramble to find copies of the various books new to me. It is not often one sits with a happy smile for more than 10 minutes, your video certainly did that for me. No, wait, I'm still smiling ....
Thanks again for another appreciative response. The childhood depicted in the Winnie the Pooh stories is some considerable distance from my own urban working class origins, and yet I find it the greatest evocation of childhood I can think of. The picture of Pooh and Piglet on the bridge remains my favourite pen and ink illustration.
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And that is precisely his genius: it is timeless and we all identify with Christopher Robin and his adventures with Pooh (with some obvious adaptations for girls). I know just what you mean about the scene on the bridge ...
So creative and imaginative. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Hi again - and thanks again!
This is just marvellous. A treasure of images, book titles and knowledge. Thank you!
Hello again and thanks again for your favourable response. And thanks for the subscription.
Every single person you mention inspires me! It is very proud to learn about the history of illustration on this channel. Thank you on behalf of everyone! 🌸🤍
Hi and thanks for your positive comment about the channel. Knowing that viewers get something out of watching keeps me motivated.
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That was a breath of fresh air, thanks :)
Thanks as usual. I thought I'd already replied but youtube say otherwise - so if this is my second response I apologise
A beautiful presentation - thank you once again Pete.
Hello again and I'm glad you liked it. A personal favourite of mine.
Very nice tribute, Thank you !!
Hi and thanks for your welcome response.
Thank you for the wonderful overview of shepherd’s works. It was wonderful to find out that I was for a time contemporary with him. I had enjoyed his illustrations without realizing it. And although my introduction to Winnie the Pooh was through the Disney films it still lead me to find books which thankfully had shepherds illustrations. Your manner of presentation greatly enhances The pleasure of learning about illustrations.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment about this video. Shepard has always resonated with me and remains an all time favourite.
Wonderful video! I am so enjoying these. Love his sketchy style. Simple, expressive.
Hello and thanks a lot for your favourable reaction. And 'expressive' is the perfect description of his work.
Thanks for illustrating us, the videos are excellent. Greetings from Mexico.
Hola y muchas gracias por vernos.
I am under the impression that Heritage Press printed a special addition of “Wind in the Willows” and ask Shepard to illustrate it. He passed without completing some of his illustrated pages. I have notice that some of the drawings appear to be incomplete. The Introduction of Shepard’s “Heritage Press “Wind in the Willows” (a large format) states Theodore Roosevelt’s love of the book... the intro is an Excellent Read. Shepard’s of “Winnie the Pooh” will always be dear to me... ❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛...
Hello and I didn't know that about the incomplete project. We can only speculate.
Hi Pete... I remember seeing some of these illustrations after gaining interest in the Disney version of Pooh when my son was born. Quite and artist and another one of my favorites.
Hello John. I must admit I was expected some negative feedback from the U.S.A. but so far so good.I look forward to a day when Pooh could be animated with the same sensitivity as 'The Snowman'.
@@petebeard You know, Disney has their way of doing things, yet I really like the portrayal of Pooh by Shepard. I have to give you guys credit where credit is due! On another note I'd like to mention that I really think you guys are handling this Covid-19 issue way better than the US. Wish we could get our act together here! Stay safe and as always, looking forward to the next artist/s.
Thanks Pete. With you completely on the Disney desecration of Winnie the Pooh. And, like you I remember the lovely illustrations in Wind in the Willows. His clear, simple works conveyed the essence of what he was illustrating perfectly. A style that resonates well with me.
A lot of new to me information here, thanks.
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of the video. Shepard's drawings have always held a particularly powerful hold on me, and I'm glad I was able to make this tribute. Disney have a lot to answer for.
What a wonderful recording of such an amazing artist. I had growing up both versions of the illustrations of Winnie the Pooh and I loved them both actually. He's always been, (and as I am 60 years old now) will always be my most beloved character.
Thank you for making this wonderful bio.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation for the video. I try to keep my personal opinions out of the videos I make but I struggle to be happy about the Americanisation of this great British character, and I'm sorry I let it show.
An exceptionally enjoyable episode in your fascinating series! Thank you, Pete!
Hello and thanks for the positive response.
Agreed.
Great stuff!!! Cannot abide Disneys Winnie the Pooh!!
Hello and it's good to know I'm not alone in my low opinion of the Americanisation of this nglish classic.
Hi again. And this is a grateful response to your comment on the Cohen cover. For some reason it only appears in TH-cam studio and can't be rreplied to from that page, so I went back to this earlier comment.So thanks a lot.
It was delightful to have watched this. Thank you for taking the time in making this video
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Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this video, and for your subscription. I hope you will find others on the channel that are of interest to you.
The art of E. H. Shepard is easily remembered by me. I loved Winnie the Pooh and The Wind in the Willows as a kid and even more so as I read those stories to my kids. I honestly believe his work will last for generations and then some. You really touched a few memories with this one. Thank you. -OkieSketcher1949
Hello again and thanks for your recent comments. The image I used for the title screen (Pooh Sticks) remains my favourite illustration. I've had it enlarged and framed on my wall for qite a few years. Oddly it makes me norstalgic for a childhood completely unlike the one shown, if that makes any sense.
Inspiring. Thank you!
Hi and thanks for the comment.
A thoroughly enjoyable and as ever, informative tribute Pete. I was never really aware of the Disney version of the Milne, having done regular dramatised readings for my then young daughter every evening (never forgotten it seems) - all the books complete with Shephard images! When very young myself we had first editions. Sadly they 'disappeared' as children's books tend to but the illustrations always remain in memory as a vital part of the indelible stories. The 'Pooh' and 'Willows' were the only aspect of Shephard's work of which I was aware, so this video is additionally fascinating. I shall send a link to my daughter!
Hi again and I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It depend which side I get out of bed which illustrators I most admire but Shepard is always in the top three. The original monochrome Pooh drawings can have me blubbering with nostalgia for a childhood I actually never had, such is their hold on me.
@@petebeard So. Likewise for 6 years of war in exile with grandparents. So it was lived much later acting out the readings for my daughter and the dramatic personalities were generated in my imagination from Shephard's wonderful characterful drawings!
Lovely video. I grew up with Winnie the Pooh and Wind in the Willows and my adult son still has a copy of the latter, which was passed on down from my dad to me and then from me to him. I love E H Shepard's illustrations. Cheers, Pete. :)
Hi again. Funny thing but when I read the Pooh stories I start to believe that's what my own childhood was like, rather than the Coronation Street reality. Such is the power of stories...
Thank you. I discovered your channel last night and I'm enjoying your videos so much.
Shepard is one of my favorites. His illustrations for Pooh and The Wind in the Willows (and the stories themselves) remain as magical to me as an adult as they were to me as a child. Stories and illustrations like these are the reason that so many people all over the world feel like England is the home of their childhood.
I don't even acknowledge the Disney abomination... that never was and never will be Pooh.
Hello and welcome to the channel. Thanks a lot for your appreciation of this video in particular. I feel precidely as you do about those books, and although I tried to conceal my disdain in the video I feel the same way about Disney's version.
A very pleasant documentary, I've always loved Sheppard through Pooh and Willows - mine are the uncolored drawings so that's what I'm used to, but from what I've seen the water colored afterwards effect seem lovely also.
A bit sad he and Milne weren't friends, I quite liked their relationship portrayed in Goodbye Christopher Robin where they bonded over their war experience long before the books were inspired - oh well, truth will out, in general that movie seemed pretty accurate.
Hope you do more of these in-depth looks at a particular artist, along with you're regulars.
Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and insights. For me it has to be the original black and whites every time And there are more single illustrator features in the pipeline so watch this space.
It is a bit sad that they weren't friends, as the combination of words & artistic depictions were a marriage made in Heaven and near & dear to many of our hearts.
I remember coming across "Bertie's Escapade" in the library when I was young and thought it was a strange book.
Thank you. Beautifully put together.
Hello and thanks for your appreciation.
thnke so so much for you’re knowledge & your work’s🎩
Hello and thanks for your positive response. Such comments convince me I'm doing something right.
Thank you! I'm still watching regularly, although I've not commented on every episode.
Hi Wrrol, and that's fine. I really don't expect everybody to keep thanking me.
Excellent. Illustrators seem a remarkably long lived bunch as a rule!
Hi and thanks again. There have been plenty to live long and seemingly happy, but there are also an unfortunately large number who left early - and quite a few by their own hand. I don't suppose there's anything significant about this. Just humanity.
What a lovely artist, his style has such movement and playfulness. I especially love his illustrations of "Wind in the Willows".
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of the video. I'm glad you enjoy Shepard's marvellous drawings.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Filled in lots of blanks for me. Any idea when Shepard resided in Blackheath?
Hello and thanks a lot. I checked the biography I've got and it's a bit coy about definitive information, but it seems somewhere around 1900 to 1905. Don't quote me, though.
Thank you! I first saw Shepard's illustrations at the age of three when our father read Peter Plyds (the highly successful Danish translation of Winnie the Pooh) to us. Nowadays my (English) grandchildren are likewise growing up with Shepard - no Disney abominations allowed!
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of this video. And keep up the good work regarding Disney mutations.
Thank you for this.
Hello and thanks for your appreciative comment. I hope you'll watch others in the series.
Thank you for a very informative video Pete - I've watched a few of your videos now and have enjoyed all of them!
Hello and thanks a lot for your positive response to the channel. It's greatly appreciated.
While the Disney version may be more heavily marketed, the Shephard artwork is in the public domain and is freely sharable. I see them all the time on Facebook.
Yes I didn't phrase that as well as I should have. What I meant is that although they couldn't kill off the originals, during their ownership of the rights nobody other than Disney could create new material. That will end in 2026. So somebody might actually make a faithful animated version.
Amazing videos and an amazing channel, thank you so much for making these! I appreciate better video quality too, thanks for 720p :)
Hello and thanks a lot for your positive response to my videos. I'm glad you like them.
Fascinating story. Thanks
Hello and thanks for watching. I hope you'll find more on the channel that's of interest.
I wish my Art History teacher would've taught half of what I've discovered here on your channel Pete.
I am stunned at the depth you go into on these artists, as well as the volumes of work you find on them. Kudos on another Top Shelf video.
Hello and of course your favourable comment is music to my ears. I wish my own students had been this attentive and appreciative.
@@petebeard I was thinking you would be a great teacher. Now I know you taught.
I taught college Illustration for 5 years myself.
These videos are so lovely and thoughtfully crafted. Thank you for your hard work! I’m really enjoying your channel! 😊
Hello and many thanks for your positive comment about the channel. It's really encouraging to know viewers appreciate the content.
I had the great pleasure of seeing some of Shepard's original works in an exhibition at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire a couple of years ago. And I can recommend the two volumes of his autobiography: delightful reading.
And Shepard and Milne -- both pacifists -- did their basic officer training at Golden Hill Fort on the Isle of Wight. It's now exclusive apartments, but still stands.
Hello and seeing originals by him is something I've never (yet) had the pleasure of doing. This country is so bad at giving illustrators their due exposure.
O my word ....Winnie the Pooh by Shepard.....the best illustrations ever.
I live in the Netherlands and my uncle and aunt had the book in their library in english.
At age 5 i discovered this book and i couldn't even read dutch....let alone english.
But i so enjoyed the pictures and knew exactly where the book was and when i was at my aunt and uncles house i always want to look at the wonderful illustrations. I was in an other world.
Later in life i read Winnie the Pooh and the Wind in the willows to my children. I am 70 now and will read the books to my grandchildren.
Disney... ......made the most terrible disgusting caricatures. A bloody shame.
To me these Disney caricatures are significant for the degeneration and the loss of real craftsmanship ( love and attention and dedication and subtlety ) everywhere on this planet......... It mainly is downfall commerce nowadays.
Mr. Beard, I stand amazed at the prolific and professional education you offer! I pause, copy and study, review and thoroughly enjoy all you have painstakingly gathered, researched and publish for Lovers of ART and ILLUSTRATION. What a gift to the world!! Tnx!
Are you healthy? Your voice sounds different in the latest episodes...
Hello again and my continued thanks for your ongoing appreiation of the channel. It really is rewarding when viewers can be bothered to tell me they get something positive out of it. And as far as I know I'm free of anything that's likely to carry me off, although the longer this covid nonsense continues the harder I find it to stay cheerful. So maybe a note of gloom has entered the vocal delivery.
I think the most recent Winnie the Pooh movie had character design that was closer to those of Shepard's.
Hello and actually my low opinion of Disney's version isn't so much the visual element as their cultural hijacking of a quintessentially English story I always did like their background art especially in the early features.
I can still visualise the self portrait from Shepherd`s autobiography `Drawn from Memory`, of him riding his tricycle in the street near his London home ,a little figure aged about six ,legs pedalling madly.
Hello again, and I must admit I wasn't familiar with that particular image. But now I've seen it I doubt I'll ever forget it. If I had to pick just one illustration to look at for whatever is left of my life it would be the rear view on the bridge used as the title page for this video.
@@petebeard For me ,any of the Quentin Blake illustrations for the J. P. Martin `Uncle` books.
I learned something about myself when Disney published its own artistic version of the Pooh world. Although I had always been fond of the magical vision of Disney, I found myself hating the corporation for debasing Sherard's gentle whimsy and "Disneyfying" everything. That seemed--and still seems--unforgivable.
Yes it's the 'Disneyfying' that sticks in the gullet. I've always beena great admirer of their background art, but it's the riding roughshod over original material that gets my blood pressure up. Alice in Wonderland is yet another example. Grrrr....
Shepard was quite accomplished being able to simplify illustrations while also capable of more detailed style….he seemed to be in tune with a young child’s imagination as shown in Winnie the Pooh
Hello and thanks for your comment. However hard I examine Shepard's drawings I cant figure out how he makes so little so visually expressive. A truly enviable talent.
It is the disclosure of his elder brother's death in the Great War at the end of Drawn from Memory that makes it such a moving portrayal. I didn't know that he got the MC himself.
Hello and thanks for your comments about Shepard. A great man in many respects.
so touching for an excellent video
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of this video.
A wonderful celebration of a great artist. Thanks, Pete. (I animated Winnie the Pooh for Disney TV back in the 90s - don't hate me for it).
Hello again, and given some of the things I got involved in to make a living in illustration were far more shameful than that. My dislike of the evil empire is mostly to do with their assumption that the world is just a colony of the USA. The actual work - or the 2D at least can be quite astonishingly lovely. I had to check you out and I see you have been involved with some stellar projects, and I really like the gestural look of your animated stuff. When I left college in 1973 I first worked at what wasn't yet Cosgrove Hall in Manchester. Not an animator but backgrounds and character work mostly. Downhill all the way ever since!
@@petebeard Thanks for the kind words, Pete. I enjoy your charming, and somehow, uniquely British work - also I love these beautiful and informative videos you've made with such care and obvious love for the subject. I'm often drawing when they're on and have to keep going back to see it all again. I'm thrilled to have found your channel.
I agree with you about Disney, though some of my heroes are the animators and other artists that created those old classics.
Talk about downhill - I'm doing storyboards for McDonalds!
His crosshatching and lines were so appropriate, added to the dreaminess of Winnie the Poohs world.
I wonder why Shepard and Milne never became friends or even were close?
The drawing of Hitler in that little boy costume was brilliant, would love to see Putin's face there instead, just for fun.
Hi again, and thanks for the comment. Apparently Milne was a fairly crotchety character and from what I can tell had little time for anyone outside his own family. But I think there's an element of guesswork about their non-relationship.
Most of us remember him from "Winne the Pooh", but he was more than that
He certainly was. He reamins one of my most admired illustrators.
That was great! Thanks! I always loved Shepard's drawings and the Disney film was a huge disappointment. I did not know he wrote books himself on making art. I will check those out.
Hello and I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Shepard was a true genius as far as I'm concerned.
I love Winnie-the-Pooh Shepard’s illustrations are fantastic it is kind of sad that there are people out there who think that Winnie-the-Pooh is a Disney creation but luckily there are people like me who know the truth I know about A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin Milne who not only was the inspiration for the character Christopher Robin but his toys were the inspiration for most of the characters in the books for example he had a toy donkey which was the inspiration for Eeyore
Hello and I'm glad you are another who is on the side of the angels with regard to Shepard vs Disney.
I knew none of this! Good job!
Hello and I'm glad I could introduce you to his work. One of the greats as far as I'm concerned.
Looks like his biographical work is worthy of finding. Bur first, there's this heffalump...
Bravo for this video
Thanks a lot. It's appreciated.
I suppose that as a baby boomer it is not surprising that I was unaware that
Shepard had a long association with Punch...even tho I would have first become aware of that
magazine at about age 6. My dad was a fan and it would show up in odd places about our various houses, but by that time no more Shepard in its pages.
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Hello and thanks for the comment. It was the same for me - I came at his other work retrospectively when I was in my late teens. Obviouly the Pooh books were compulsory reading in the 50s but I was unaware of the rest - even Wind in the Willows.
Not a Disney fan, but a few years ago they released some more “true to Shepherd” merchandise.
I remember in 1979 or 80 when Selfridges did a big Winnie the Pooh promotion.
Hi again. No memory of that but to be honest it won't save their souls in my book.
Great Video about this Singular Universally Renowned Illustrator.
What blew my mind most about him: HE LIVED THRU PART OF THE DISNEY WTP ERA AND DIED IN 1976!
I was aged 10 and 11 years, respectively, during 1979.
The centenary of EHS's birth was celebrated, I just know. Unfortunately, I never knew of it. I was almost totally ignorant of his existence and life, anyway.
My question, Sir, is this:
What did the celebration of the centenary of EHS's birth mean FOR you and TO you?
Thank you in advance.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation of this particular video. Despite my lifelong admiration for Shepard's work I have no memory of even knowing the year of his centenary (shame on me). But I remember seeing the first Disney animation and much as I loved the backround art I left the cinema with a serious case of Disneyphobia. And despite being too self-absorbed at the time - trying to keep my own career on the rails - I had a print of the pooh sticks bridge illustration (the view from behind) and it's still on the wall. My most loved image of all time.
I never knew now I know said piglet..off to lossen a jar of honey from Poohs head, oh dear............a wonderful segment ❤.
Hello and I have lost count of the number of times I have read these books. The picture - and the words - have a powerful emotional effect without being sentimental.
Wonderful. I have always enjoyed the original drawings.
But what about Raymond Peynet?
Hello and thanks for your appreciation for this video. And thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately Peynet's work - however delighful - is just too repetitive to make for a video feature. I would run out of things to say after about 2 minutes. No disrespect to the man but there just isn't the variety in his output.
Do you have a patron page?
Hi there and my thanks for our continued support. I'm guessing that by patron you mean patreon? I've heard of it as a means of raising money, but it seems a bit like begging if I understand what it does correctly. You've probably noticed that ads are now appearing on my videos (they may not much longer). That wasn't to make money but to give TH-cam more reasons to promote the channel. I apologise if I've misunderstood the question and if so please send another message.
Thank you.
Hello and you are very welcome.
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Can you do the art of William Joyce
I've been gradually watching your videos as TH-cam recommends them. I savor them as an exquisite treat. I had no idea who illustrated pooh but have been hoping to see him covered. Today TH-cam delivered.
Have you covered the technique used by the artist to create and then mass produce the image? You refer to various methods but I have no idea what that means as a practical matter
Hello and many thanks for the comment. Shepard us one f the all time greats in my book, and I've loved his drawing since my childhood. Regarding your question about print production can you be more specific about what you don't follow? I'll gladly reply through this medium to explain further.
@@petebeard Thanks so much for your reply. For instance when you say they used a watercolor wash or gouache. As a practical matter when they are printing a book with that illustration in it how was the color applied to the page?
I understand a little about stone lithography. From some of your videos it is my understanding the illustrators directly created art onto stones. For others are there master pieces of art out there in the world that publishers then somehow copied off of?
Hello again and thanks for the clarification. I'll attempt a ludicrously superficial synopsis but you would do far better to google it and then spend days digesting the inormation. Seriously, it's that complex.
But for now the key element with reference to the subject is the invention of what's called full colour offset lithography, which came into being towards the end of the 19th century. Before that other methods such as stone lithography, woodblock, chromolithography and zincottpe had been used with limited success.
But it was offset lithography which enabled the illustrator to draw and paint their picture in any medium from cut out paper to representational oil painting and be able to have that image reproduced with only minimal loss of quality. And equally important, unlike stone lithography, the original image could also be sold. In this process the image is scanned and each of the four print colours, yellow, magenta, cyan and black seperated out from the image. These then form the plates from which the image is reproduced.
That's about all I can offer here but I know there are many videos on youtube detailing print processes past and prestent which you might find useful. Happy hunting!
And ones for Dr. Seuss, William Stieg and Maurice Sendak
Hi and thanks for watching. I had never heard of William Joyce and it seems there's already plenty about him online. As for the others they have featured (briefly) in my video about children's illustration (although not Steig but he's about to be in another video) it's possible but they have to go to the back of a rather long queue of others waiting to be featured. So the answer is it's possible but I'll have to live longer than I was planning to.
Surely Disney still lets the original books be published with Sheppard's Illustrations? Leastwise that's all I ever see - unless it's one of those simplified retellings based on their films. If they did, that'd be a disturbing extreme - maybe it already is but I don't care about the extra merchandise much - but then again I don't know why Walt felt the need to buy *all* rights of Bambi away from Felix Salten when he was poor and in Exile, you'd think movie/merch rights would be enough, not total IP - as if there's not enough room for book Bambi and Disney as they bare small relation (Pooh's a lot more faithful by comparison - not regarding the many more adventures). I suppose it's a good thing Disney normally adapts license free stories when their author is long dead.
Yes it's true that Disney couldn't destroy the memory of the originals - but they've had a pretty good try at it. Whenever I see Disney merchandise it sends my blood pressure way up - my love of Shepard tends to make me unreasonably biased.
97 years old wow
Hello and thanks for the comment. They are still my favourite children's books.
Another wonderful video. I’m afraid the Disney version, as understandable as it is for production requirements, is no match for the original illustrations.
Hello again and thanks again. As I'm sure you can tell from my narration I agree with you 100%. Maybe some day it will be made with similar sensitivity to the British animation of The Snowman by Raymond Briggs.
May i know what background music is?
Hello and thanks for the question. Unforyunately I can be only a little help in providing an answer. All the music used in this video comes from TH-cam's copyright-free archive, which any youtuber can access. The problem is that once I download the tracks I change the file name so I can't tell you their actual titles. But they are all freely available and you can search by the type of music and its mood so they could be located without too much trouble.
Wonderful.Thank you again. Disney also ruined 101 Dalmations, the drawings of Cruella Deville by Anne and Janet Johnstone were so sophisticated. I believe the sketchy nature of the cartoon version was influenced by Ronald Searle when he was working in films.
Hello and thanks for your comment. I think the only animation to ever be faithful to the original children's book is 'The Snowman'. I fantasise that there will be a more authentically styled English version of the Pooh stories some day.
@@petebeard Hate to say it but it was a British production, not made in America so it didn't have to be dumbed down. And the author was still alive to keep an eye on things.
1:17-1:18 what is the name he mentions? Sounds like , Film May?
Hello, and the name you are looking for is Phil May. If in doubt try the subtitles.
Oh thank you so much! My apologies for misunderstanding! @@petebeard
Hi. New to your channel. Found you by way of a search for Arthur Rackham. So to this video. Where you mention Shepard's military service and state he was commissioned as a 2nd "loo'tenant". Sorry to bring it up but I wanted to check you are aware that this pronunciation is wrong. It couldn't stand in light of other comments about the americanisation of Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, etc. Not to mention the despoiling of all Roald Dahl's stories, the list goes on. I do enjoy and admire your videos though.
Hello and yes that's a mistake I have belatedly realised. Too many American war films and comics in my formative years. And now 'left' just sounds wrong.
While Disney's current stranglehold over Winnie the Pooh is indeed horrible, I disagree with the opinion that the original cartoons were a TOTAL disservice to the books and illustrations. I very much enjoyed the Disney adaptations as a child and later the book versions when I was younger.
I do understand your take on it, however - especially since Pooh is originally a British character who's now much more commonly associated with an American company. That's not even mentioning the fact that Shepard's original illustrations are rarely discussed when Pooh is brought up. The only references to them in Disney I can think of would be the stuffed toys shown in live action shots and the storybook drawings.
Perhaps I'm just biased as Disney's rendition led to a version of Pooh being put inside the Kingdom Hearts series and interacting with the games' main protagonist. As silly as it sounds, essentially being able to play as a version of Christopher Robin inside an rpg I already enjoyed did rejuvenate some childlike wonder inside me.
Anyway, thank you very much for the information on Mr. Shepard. I plan on studying his artwork in the near future and this helped me better understand him.
Thanks a lot for your comment, appreciation and observations. If memory serves I think I did mention that the original background art was fairly convincing. But it was the need to create a clean line and fill with cel painting on the characters that made it an impossibility to replicate Sherpard's style. The animated Fritz the Cat suffered a similar fate.
@@petebeard Thanks for the reply, and sorry if I came off rude. Also, yeah, adaptions in general are a bit of a roll of the dice.
I'll probably check out some more of your work in the future as I study art. I feel having at least a little understanding of the person behind the art helps get why the art is the way it is.
@@Bootleginsanity Hello again and no you didn;t come across as rude. I was just trying to explain why I found the Disney version a disappointment in visual terms. But don't get me started when it comes to the Americanisation of the voices....
@@petebeard I do find it odd that Christopher Robin was given a voice with at least the intention of a British voice and one of his vas, Jon Walmsley, was from Blackburn. Why not do that for the other characters if they did it for Christopher Robin, I wonder.
I've been enjoying all of the videos that have been put out on this channel that I've seen, whether about individual illustrators such as this one or about multiple artists. After watching this one I ran across this Pathe News film about the same illustrator that might be of interest: th-cam.com/video/TfB_3unWkY8/w-d-xo.html
Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. And thanks too for the link. I really enjoyed it, however brief.
A good piece of work but the music was far too loud spoiling your commentary.
Sorry about that. My hearing is poor and sometimes I struggle to get the balance right.
Yes, it is awful the Disney shit has suppressed the beautiful beautiful original figures drawn by Ernest Shepard.
I really hate it. I think Milne's wife did sell the rights and their son Christopher Robin did not agree on that .
Hello and many thanks for your comment about Shepard, and the criminal abuse of his images. I'm about the same age as you and grew up on the Pooh books and their depiction of a childhood completely unlike my own urban working class origins. I try to keep my personal opinions out of these videos but when it comes to the crimes of Disney in this and other cases it does have an unfortunate effect on my blood pressure.
Disney's Pooh. UGH.
Hello and no argument from me on that score.
8:53 had me laughing quite hard. Even Pete Beard throughs in some light sass occasionally.
Thanks for the appreciation. I couldn't even remember what I had said so I had to return to the video.
MUSIC IS OBTRUSIVE!
Nothing I can do about it now, but you could watch with the sound off and use subtitles.