childhood classics gallery
come explore your favourite childhood classics!
click on any of the images below to head to the page where i’ll show you the step x step painting process for each faerie tale feet piece and break down all of the included story iconography you’ll find in the background pattern! (plus, the occasional bonus recommended research & reading list!) :)
Narnia, awake.
inspired by Aslan from c.s. lewis’ the chronicles of narnia.
gouache on illustration board.
queen lucy the valiant.
inspired by lucy pevensie of c.s. lewis’ the chronicles of narnia.
gouache on illustration board.
alice to a tea.
inspired by lewis carroll’s alice’s adventures in wonderland.
gouache and ink on illustration board.
a tempered heart.
inspired by the queen of hearts from lewis carroll’s alice’s adventures in wonderland.
gouache and ink on illustration board.
little wizard boy.
inspired by harry potter.
gouache on watercolour paper.
bookish, brave, and brightest.
inspired by hermione granger.
gouache and ink on watercolour paper.
a wizard’s best friend.
inspired by ron weasley.
gouache and graphite on watercolour paper.
loony.
inspired by luna lovegood.
gouache on watercolour paper.
“the same way they make fairy tales real: by believing in them, by passing them on, by claiming them as their own.”
mummy of dragons.
inspired by hagrid.
fabric, faux fur, and gouache on watercolour paper.
unfettered pippi.
inspired by astrid lindgren’s pippi longstocking novels.
gouache on illustration board.
perfectly mary poppins.
inspired by p.l. travers’ mary poppins novels.
gouache and ink on illustration board.
off to neverland!
inspired by j.m. barrie’s peter pan.
gouache, ink, and coloured pencil on illustration board.
wendy loves peter pan.
inspired by wendy darling from j.m. barrie’s peter pan and wendy.
gouache on illustration board.
i do believe in fairies!
inspired by j.m. barrie’s tinker bell from peter pan.
gouache and coloured pencil on illustration board.
the rest of me.
inspired by j.m. barrie’s captain hook from peter pan.
gouache and ink on illustration board.
onward, dorothy.
inspired by dorothy from l. frank baum’s the wonderful wizard of oz.
gouache on illustration board.
& we’re off!
inspired by l. frank baum’s oz stories.
gouache and coloured pencil on illustration board.
everything has a heart.
inspired by september from catherynne m. valente’s fairyland series.
gouache, ink, and collage on illustration board.
what a dahl: bluestocking matilda.
inspired by roald dahl’s matilda.
gouache on illustration board.
a chocolate inheritance.
inspired by roald dahl’s characters charlie bucket and willy wonka.
gouache on illustration board.
anne with an E.
inspired by l.m. montgomery’s anne of green gables novels.
gouache on illustration board.
might i have a bit of earth?
inspired by frances hodgson burnett’s the secret garden.
gouache on illustration board.
mountain child
inspired by johanna spyri’s heidi
gouache, ink, and colored pencil on illustration board.
stages of blue.
inspired by the blue fairy from carlo collodi’s pinocchio.
gouache and coloured pencil on layers of illustration board and watercolour paper.
man-cub takes to the jungle.
inspired by rudyard kipling’s the jungle book and other mowgli stories.
gouache and coloured pencil on illustration board.
just give yourself time, meg.
inspired by meg murry from madeleine l’engle’s a wrinkle in time.
gouache on illustration board.