EMP - Nursery Rhyme Illustrations

Everyone loves a nursery rhyme! It takes us back to childhood, well it does for me. I vividly remember having a book nearly identical to this. My mum would read me these short rhymes and they have stuck with me all my life. This book I came across at my friends, she has now a 6 month little boy who she now reads these rhymes to. I happened to pick it up and start flick through the pages. What really caught my eye about the book was the fact that the book is aimed at a child audience and the illustrations. The illustrations that supported the rhymes were most fascinating, I found myself analysing the style and relating it to my own illustrations. I found this useful, as it has always played on my mind if my illustration style could adapt to attract a younger audience.  

I found these illustrations very charming and I loved especially the decorative frames.   [[posterous-content:pid___0]][[posterous-content:pid___12]]Here above is the inside blurb explaining the book. This explains the illustrator Faith Jaques and her approach to the illustrations. Picking out that she has attractive and historical detailing. I have read the notes at the back of the book and it is financing to read how she broke down these rhymes and made them her own in illustration form.  [[posterous-content:pid___1]][[posterous-content:pid___2]][[posterous-content:pid___3]][[posterous-content:pid___4]][[posterous-content:pid___5]]Below we can see a lovely decretive frame to support the text. [[posterous-content:pid___6]][[posterous-content:pid___7]]Below for the rhyme 'Ring-a-Roses' a clever use of a frame has been used. This song is always usually sung when linking hands with friends in a circle to then drop down at the end of each chorus. This illustration simply illustrates this in a lovely way.  [[posterous-content:pid___8]][[posterous-content:pid___9]][[posterous-content:pid___10]]This small detail on the back page was very central and beautiful. [[posterous-content:pid___11]]