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March 10, 2013
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More The Secret Garden fandom, drawn with pencil. From 2012.

Also showcases my horrible handwriting! :P The quote I wrote was from page 43, speaking about the robin:

Mary began to laugh, and as he hopped and took little flights along the wall she ran after him. Poor little thin, sallow, ugly Mary—she actually looked almost pretty for a moment. 

The other drawing is from when Mary meets Master Colin.

I would love to start doing this with more books I’m particularly fond of. It’s a great way to get practice with illustrating, and there’s something very fulfilling about putting (or attempting to put) characters I’ve been envisioning in my head for years down onto paper.

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April 26, 2012
By Kelsey Hamersley. Graphite. March, 2012. Inspired by The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

By Kelsey Hamersley. Graphite. March, 2012.

Inspired by The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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April 03, 2012
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“It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine.” By Kelsey Hamersley - inspired by The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Brown marker and watercolor. March, 2012. Another painting I did for The Secret Garden.

“It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine.” By Kelsey Hamersley - inspired by The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Brown marker and watercolor. March, 2012.

Another painting I did for The Secret Garden.

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March 30, 2012
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“It was true that there was no one in the bungalow but herself and the little rustling snake.” By Kelsey Hamersley - inspired by The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Watercolor. March, 2012. I adore The Secret Garden. It’s one of those few books I’ve read countless times—not three or four, exceeding ten. My copy has Tasha Tudor’s illustrations, which are charming and best fit the picture in my head. I keep craving more, though, so that’s what started this piece. Plus I just came across this quote from an Arthur Rackham biography by James Hamilton: “Rackham describes three main roles of illustration: firstly to say what the author failed to say clearly; secondly to add some fresh aspect of interest to a subject which the author has already treated interestingly from his point of view (‘a partnership that has often been productive of good’); and thirdly and most fascinatingly of all, the expression by the artist of an individual sense of delight or emotion aroused by the accompanying passage of text.” That’s what I’ve got with The Secret Garden. An individual sense of delight.

“It was true that there was no one in the bungalow but herself and the little rustling snake.” By Kelsey Hamersley - inspired by The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Watercolor. March, 2012.

I adore The Secret Garden. It’s one of those few books I’ve read countless times—not three or four, exceeding ten. My copy has Tasha Tudor’s illustrations, which are charming and best fit the picture in my head. I keep craving more, though, so that’s what started this piece. Plus I just came across this quote from an Arthur Rackham biography by James Hamilton:

“Rackham describes three main roles of illustration: firstly to say what the author failed to say clearly; secondly to add some fresh aspect of interest to a subject which the author has already treated interestingly from his point of view (‘a partnership that has often been productive of good’); and thirdly and most fascinatingly of all, the expression by the artist of an individual sense of delight or emotion aroused by the accompanying passage of text.”

That’s what I’ve got with The Secret Garden. An individual sense of delight.

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