#THE SNOWY DAY

[nonsensology]

This was supposed to just be a rough sketch, but then I started getting really invested in it.

I hadn't initially intended to include so many picture book characters, but the nostalgia was overwhelming. Does anyone remember the animated short films produced by Weston Woods? My local library used to have a bunch of them on the Scholastic VHS tapes from the late 90s. (I know some shorts were released on the Children's Circle VHS tapes back in the 80s (🎶 Come on along! Come on along! Join the caravan!), and some were packaged in Sammy's Story Shop in 2008.)

Characters:

Max, from Where the Wild Things Are, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak

Peter, from The Snowy Day, written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats

Brother Bear and Sister Bear, from The Berenstain Bears series, written and illustrated by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Pooh and Piglet, from the Winnie-the-Pooh books, by A. A. Milne, illustrated by E. H. Shepard

Owen, from Owen, written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes.

Mouse, from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond

Louis, from The Trumpet of the Swan, by E. B. White

Mr. Toad, from The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, based on the illustrations by E. H. Shepard

Mr. Tumnus, from The Chronicles of Narnia series, by C. S. Lewis

Pippi and Mr. Nilsson, from the Pippi Longstocking books, by Astrid Lindgren

Willy Wonka, from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl, based on the illustrations by Quentin Blake

Matilda, from Matilda, by Roald Dahl, based on the illustrations by Quentin Blake (with an homage to the Mara Wilson movie)

Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, from Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie

Merlin and Archimedes, from The Sword in the Stone, by T. H. White, based on the illustrations by Dennis Nolan

Pinocchio, from Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, based on the illustrations by Enrico Mazzanti

Alice, White Rabbit, and Cheshire Cat, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel

Rupert Bear, from the Rupert stories, created by Mary Tourtel and continued by Alfred Bestall, John Harrold, Stuart Trotter, and others.

Arthur Read, from the Arthur series, written and illustrated by Marc Brown

Tin Woodman and Scarecrow, from the Land of Oz series, by L. Frank Baum, based on the illustrations by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill

The Cat in the Hat, from The Cat in the Hat, written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss

a frog on a flying lily pad, from Tuesday, written and illustrated by David Wiesner

Charlotte, from Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White

[sirfetchd]

red wintery PNGs

please reblog if you use them!

[deadpoets]

THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats

[lyraspace]

Self Portrait of an Early Morning Commute (in the style of Ezra Jack Keats)

[happyfunf3tti]

childhood doodlez

[theprocraftinator]

by colormuse

[glitteryarcadewhispers]

The Snow Day was my jam. Snow days rule.

ᴇᴢʀᴀ ᴊᴀᴄᴋ ᴋᴇᴀᴛs Artwork from his 1962 book The Snowy Day.

[natalieapalumbo]

It begins. My Mother's favorite children's book. Anthony and mine, too. Keeping my promise to make it good. 💙❄️☃️

[aestrologist]

<3

[chwlips]

Had a really funny idea and needed to draw it😼

[boyplushie]

[ID: four collage illustrations from the picture book "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats. The illustrations show, clockwise from top left, the various activities of Peter, a young African-American boy. In the first, Peter is sitting up in bed and looking out the window to the snow covered buildings outside. In the second, Peter is wearing a red snowsuit and hat and is walking along a snowy path, stopping to turn back and look at his footprints in the snow. In the third, Peter is wearing the same snowsuit and sliding down a snowy hill. In the fourth, Peter is wearing the same snowsuit and making a snow angel, and a previously created snow angel is next to him. /End ID.]

[gentlemanmotorslifestyle]

[frame-narrative]

Paul Cornoyer

[seafoamdew]

In another life, we would be strangers catching eyes as we pass each other and go about our day, never to see each other again. But in that brief glimpse, we shared a lifetime.

[cozy-vibess]

Winter is here🤍

[darkrooklobby]

Sometimes I have to remind myself that posting art online is like screaming into a void 🙃🦉✌️

The new year holds a lot of issues for me. Art is difficult, life as an artist is difficult, and the world isn't kind. The sense of impending doom and failure looms over me. Why is nothing ever easy?