This is a drawing i did quite a while ago as you might see, back when I was using pen and ink and when I was much influenced by great American illustrators like Rockwell and Leyendecker.
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- PJ Lynch
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- An illustrator of Children's Books for more than twenty years, I have also designed posters, stamps and book covers.
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3 comments:
Beautiful work. I totally love it!
A very happy and prosperous 2015 to you, too :)
Many thanks Christian, and I hope you have a wonderful 2015. Regards PJ
Classic. Looks like something out of an Andrew Lang book.
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