Illustrations

Illustrations


Three Blind Mice The Classic Nursery Rhyme by John William Ivimey b. 1868.

Title	Size	Price	Thumbnail	Comments

Three Blind Mice	8 x 20 (spread)	nfs		I chose to illustrated this turn of the century book because the story was great fun and full of adventure for the mice. I changed the characters into three rapping mice and thus it became of our modern time. This illustration is called a spread (two pages). The farmers wife just cut off the mice's tails and as the rhyme goes: "Three blind mice, three blind mice, see how they run, see how they run, they all ran after the farmers wife, who cut off their tails with a carving knife, did you ever see such a sight in your life as three blind mice."

Three Sad Mice	6 x 8"	nfs		After they became blind and had their tails cut off by the farmer's wife, the story continues when the mice "could not see and they had no end; They wished for a wizard and found a friend"

Magic Friend	8 x 10"	nfs		This illustration shows when they found a wizard/magic healer to help them mend their wounds and grow back their tails and recover their sight.

This book tells of the mice's adventure when they leave the city to venture out in the world. In case you're wondering what happened to these little rapping mice, they became "three proud mice, three proud mice, soon settled down, soon settled down. The name of their house I cannot tell, but they've learned a trade and are doing well. If you call upon them, ring the bell, three times twice."

Three Blind Mice was executed in watercolor and color pencil.

Three Blind Mice