#eh shepard

[cosmicretreat]

"If there's a buzzing-noise, somebody's making a buzzing-noise, and the only reason for making a buzzing-noise that I know of is because you're a bee." Then he thought another long time, and said: "And the only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey." And then he got up, and said: "And the only reason for making honey is so I can eat it." So he began to climb the tree.

Happy 100th, Pooh Bear!

Winnie-the-Pooh made his first named appearance in the London Evening News on December 24, 1925. AA Milne's story, "The Wrong Sort of Bees," had been commissioned specifically for Christmas Eve. It was illustrated by JH Dowd. When Milne published the book simply called Winnie-the-Pooh in 1926, the Evening News story served as the first chapter, with new illustrations (like the one above) by EH Shepard.

[victusinveritas]

‘No animal, according to the rules of animal-etiquette, is ever expected to do anything strenuous, or heroic, or even moderately active during the offseason of winter.’ ~Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, art EH Shepard

[harvsinthestars]

E.H. Shepard's illustrations seem to completely capture how I felt as a little girl. I can't wait for his illustrations to become inspiration for 1/3 of my final piece.

[geekhombre]

Tigger, Tigger burning bright

From Remco van Straten (Bsky)

[tomoleary]

Ernest Howard Shepard 'Make This a Pooh Christmas'

[findlight]

Winnie the Pooh christmas card, illustrated by EH Shepard

[margadh]

studies of wind in the willows illustrations by e.h. shepard :)

[letsallgotothelobby]

Winnie-the-Pooh is in the public domain now so I wanted to have a go drawing Pooh, Piglet and [REDACTED].