This weekend was another weekend of painting... with my daughter! She loves painting so much she's starting to sing while she creates masses of colors and lines! I picked up a brush, too, and used the last of her tempura paints to create small vignettes for spring cards.One of my favorite illustrators is (Helen) Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), whose artwork is still popular right now! Just today at Target, I saw several small board books of THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT on sale for Easter! Besides her love for animals, Potter also loved nature, especially fungus. She studied the symbiotic relationship between algae and fungus and recorded her microscopic findings by painting and drawing them. At the time of her passing, she'd donated most of her property and land to the national trust, in order to preserve the farming aspect and feeling in the Lake District of England. Her 4000 acres are now all located within the Lake District National Park.
The 2006 movie starring Renee Zellweger, called Miss Potter is a wonderful treat and great reference!
