I don’t think I’d realized how much I imprinted on the visual style and artistic themes until I saw them again as an adult. They carefully make the most amazing courses and joyfully eat fantastic meals. If you didn't know, I am a big (like, real big) lover of food. Small and big events happen, someone gets lost, there's a wedding, they create a winter ball with ice skating. It really is beautiful.Īs I said above, we follow the activities of the Brambly Hedge community of field mice through the seasons. I never fail to be inspired by the sweet little stories and delightful artwork. Jill Barklem packs so many tiny and wonderful details in each beautifully illustrated page, every child (count me in too) will get lost in the pictures over and over again. The four stories were originally published separately, but here's an introduction of the author about the origins and developments of the stories.
My favorites were Autumn and Spring, yes I must admit I am a Spring baby through and through. It is divided into different seasons, so we have 4 parts: Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. The story follows the life of a few families through a whole year. Those little mice were the cutest thing ever, their adventures were always dreamy and the illustrations were phenomenal. My young artist could then add more branches, autumn leaves, and lots and lots of bright red berries.The Four Seasons of Brambly Hedge was one of my favorite books when I was little. To solve this problem, I created a black line drawing of one of the mice and a few surrounding branches. It didn’t take long to realize that the mice were harder to draw than we thought. We currently have the one titled “Autumn Story” displayed on one of our bookshelves, along with other autumn themed books.įor drawing practice this week we decided to draw some Brambly Hedge mice gathering berries for their winter provisions, similar to this illustration. The stories are delightful, too, but I would buy them for the pictures alone. The books themselves are only 7″ x 5″ so the illustrations are small, but they are packed with rich colors and exquisite detail. Every page is full of cute little woodland critters donning 19th century attire and going about their lives in quaint rural fashion. The illustrations in these books are as sweet as any I’ve ever seen. Some of our favorite picture books are the Brambly Hedge series by British author and illustrator Jill Barklem.
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