15 minutes of pure visual pleasure and joy, once again, many thanks for these wonderful films

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. It's great to know you appreciate what I'm doing with the channel.

The Arabian Nights and Aesop's illustrations by Kiddell-Monroe look really remarkable. Thanks for re-introducing these artists!

@petebeard

2 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your comment. She's on my list of illustrators to attempt to make a solo video about - I just hope I can track down enough information and good quality pictures. Fingers crossed.

I accidentally came across your series and think you did a wonderful job, so I had to leave a like and a comment! 👍 Continued success on your work...😊

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. I'm glad you found the channel.

I'm truly full of joy to have found this series! I teach illustration and I'm currently sitting at my desk, illustrating a picture book with lots of animals, these videos and all the gems hidden in them, are just an absolut delight to discover and also a really inspiring work companion. Thank you so so much for such an incredibly valuable work! :D

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciative comments about the channel. It's a real pleasure to know that viewers such as yourself value what I'm trying to achieve.

An especial thank you for a glimpse of Joan Liddell Monroe's enchanting work.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and it's been so long since I made that video I'm embarassed to admit I had to go back and watch it to remind me what she did. I'm glad I did.

Another inspiring episode. Mr. Bull is a favorite.Thank you.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. I had some knowledge of Bull before making the video but research in the making of it really opened my eyes to the extent of his talent.

Peter once again im blown away by this talent WOW Kiddell Monroe is one of my favourite illustrators now Thank you

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and I'm glad you have taken to the work of JKM. A quite distinctive talent I think.

Thank you! I've recently found your channel and I've been binge-watching since I found it. I'm really looking forward to the rest.....subscribed!

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello to you and many thanks for watching and subscribing. It pleases me immensely to know viewers appreciate what I'm trying to do here.

Brought back memories of my childhood...my parents had a copy of Bre'r Rabiit with illustrations by Rene Bull. Thank you!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. I'm glad it resonated.

Thank you Pete beard...your voice is appetizing in these gloriously beautiful illustration videos.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and flattery about my voice. I think 'lived in' is probably a more accurate description though...

I'm really glad I found your channel. I've randomly watched a few of your uploads, and have decided to start from the beginning and watch them all. I hope I live long enough to enjoy them all, and you to produce many more. Cheers.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. In my case it's fingers crossed I live long eough to complete the series.

@fishypaw

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard You said at end of this episode about wanting to finish the series, which made me smile, and is why I mentioned it. I recently took up painting, quite late in life. I used to draw as a kid, and loved comic characters and old illustrative art, such as used to be on Airfix and Meccano boxes. I really like your videos. They are educational, nostalgic and inspiring. Thank you.

Long live the unsung heroes!

I greatly enjoy your thoughtful and generous videos and appreciate the work that went into them. Thanks.

@petebeard

8 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your kind words. Its great to know the work is appreciated.

This is already the most inspirational art related series I’ve ever seen and it’s only part 5. I’ve been drawing along with each video and taking elements from whoever you’re talking about at the time.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your very positive comment on the channel. And it's great that you feel inspired to refine your own abilities. Learning from others is a sure way to get better at what you do.

Really enjoy this series!! I stumbled onto your videos while exploring examples of illustrators of the Golden Age as i am hoping to emulate their illustrations for my own children's book. And yet...Although your compilations are visually inspiring, thoughtful, and important, I cannot help but feel a bit defeated before I even start...the world has not kind to some extremely talented people. The take-away for me is: artists must do their craft for themselves alone. The world is taciturn and will probably not embrace your legacy.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your positive comment about the channe, and I hope it does provide inspiration. A couple of thoughts which of course you are free to ignore... You're right that the world can be unkind to those with great talent, but there are also many who have achieved great success who in technical terms couldn't hold a candle to the golden age illustrators. And even back then a 'proper' artist such as Edward Lear enjoyed far greater success with his scratchy doodles for children. And you are absolutely right that you do it for yourself in the hope that others will enjoy it. In the end it's dumb luck I think.

@susank580

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Thanks for your response! I agree "success" seems it is a matter of dumb luck and maybe who you know, in certain cases. As a friend and fellow artist once told me, "That's why Real artist have day jobs." Anyway, I will continue to enjoy and absorb the content you are creating!!! It has helped me identify and marinate a few ideas I want to use for my second children's book. Hope that fills your bucket, just a little. Many Thanks, Sparky

After watching quite a few scattershot videos, I've started going through them all from the beginning. This series is a real gem, thank you so much!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. I hope you continue to enjoy the content.

I'm VERY late to your channel Pete although, thankfully, the content is timeless. I absolutely love watching your posts and marvelling at the mostly unsung but high artistic skill of the illustrators whose stories you tell. Thank you very much!

@petebeard

8 ай бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreiation of the channel and its content. I'm glad you found it.

Great series. I will be watching all of them. Thank You!

@petebeard

5 жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks for watching.I've still got many more to go...

Great stuff!

Gorgeous Stuff! Thank You.

Muchísimas gracias, un gran saludos desde Lima-Perú. Adoro sus videos. Thanskk a lot by your videos, grettings from Lima - Perú.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hola y gracias por ver mi canal. Es muy gratificante saber que se está observando desde tan lejos.

I’m so glad your channel keeps popping up! I really enjoy it. I use words, and have always been somewhat jealous of the magic of art and in particular, illustrations.

@petebeard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks again for your continued support. I've always felt the old 'a picture is worth a thousand words' adage held a lot of water, but as a lifelong illustrator and illustration enthusiast I'd be bound to say that.

@theotherandrew5540

4 ай бұрын

@@petebeard In the pre-literacy times of the old masters, their paintings were indeed communicating a thousand words. And when I listen to your commentary and consider my reaction to the illustrations, their meanings are not lost through time or blunted through language.

Ok, you got me. I'm hooked. Thanks for the inspiration- I look forward to working my way through to your latest.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm glad you are now a convert to the channel. I hope it doesn't disappoint.

Pete your videos are the BEST. Thanks so much for the continued hard work :)

@petebeard

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot -it's relly good to know I'm getting through to other enthusiasts

I love your narration; well spoken!

What a gift to discover. Thank you!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for the favourable comment.

@cision5007

2 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard You have created a treasure trove of discovery. You are helping a 47-year-old get his mojo back! You do great honor to lost illustrators. Thank you.

Your channel is absolutely amazing. You make great videos and I can't wait until the next one comes out

@petebeard

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the praise -there are quite a few to come but they do take a few weeks to put together

@paranoqtametrese1835

6 жыл бұрын

pete beard You deserve way more subscribers . I am trying to enter an art school and your videos on illustration are truly inspirational. I can't wait to see your channel grow. Thank you for the great content once again :)

Roger from illustration house in new York must be delighted!!!!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment (even though I don;t actually understand it). What am I missing?

What a fantastic series! Your research and simplified approach to producing these segments are perfect. Thank you.

@petebeard

6 жыл бұрын

...and thank you for your encouraging positive remarks. It's good to know people appreciate the videos.

I'm really enjoying catching up on your series!

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hi again and my continued thanks for your appreciation. It's really good to know the channel is getting through to more viewers.

Fantastic. Please Mr. Beard (I have my fingers crossed) continue with your great work. (p.s Would dearly love to see you produce a video of your personal observations/favourites of the illustrators. Would love to hear your opinion on where illustration sits as an artform (I get the sense Norman Rockwell felt he wasn't a "true" artist, as along with others you have profiled, seem to also appear, which I find unfathomable). I'm sure you have the respect of all those viewing your wonderful presentations, to share with us your thoughts, if you would like to. (Wow, no pressure, but hey, what a Christmas present that would be!). Take care.

Hohenstein & Bull I had not heard of. They each were very impressive to me as I watched. I especially enjoy the Art Nouveau period as it made even advertising look pleasing. Leslie Thrasher I heard very little of. His talent & style is on par with Norman Rockwell. If only he didn't pass early.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello, and thanks for the comment again. In the unsung series there are dozens of these 'lesser' Rockwells, and more in the pipeline. I think there must have been a factory somewhere in the states churning them out. It's an almost exclusively American phenomenon.

Great to see you are continuing with this series. Great work. I have already gone back to re see most the the previous editons in your illustration series. Always inspiring and interesting. Thanks again and keep them coming.

@petebeard

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support Steve. I really appreciate it.

Once again an amazing group of Artists ...Wow xx

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by how many of these talented illustrators there have been.

So good. THANK YOU!

Manny happy returns, Mr. Beard!!!

Excellent programme, great job and hope you are healthy. Wishing you the best.

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks a lot for the positive response. And I hope all is well with you too. Difficult times.

VERY IMPRESSIVE

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot.

Thank you, Mr. Beard.

Wonderful

10:31 Joan Kíddell-Monroe

👍👍👍👍👍🎨

Brunelleschi is particularly interesting. This is 3 years old and it seems you are now going even stronger! But, finishing the list ...? I doubt you even wish to do so.

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again, and it does now seem that the idea of completion is risible.I keep on finding more material.

Very nice!... Congratulations!!!

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks a lot for the appreciation.

@douglaswright4784

2 жыл бұрын

Pete Beard-Illustrations Hello, Pete… In the first place, English is not my native language so I’ll do my best trying to express my ideas. I am from Argentina (altough my name may suggest otherwise). I am 72 years old (born in 1949), and I have worked all my “working years” as an illustrator (of some kind or other). I am retired now, and very active in working for myself (illustrating my own things, so to speak). (Those of my every day life, of my feelings, of my mind…) When I started, in my early 20’s (in the early 1970’s) there were no schools for this kind of stuff (if you wanted to draw Comic Strips or Cartoons you had to go to an Art School -not many, though; and if you wanted to learn Graphic Design you had to study Architecture). So I learned by working, looking, and exchanging with my friends of this trade the “discoveries” we had made. And, of course, there was no Internet! The things that you are sharing in this “Unsung Heroes” series (so thoroughly and so lovingly presented) would, at that time, have blown our heads!!! They still do today! Thank you! Douglas Wright

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Douglas and it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I did assume you were British or American because of your name and your English is so good. It seems we have quite a lot in common despite our nationalities. I was born in 1950 so we are about the same age and generation. I did study graphic design (cartoons were not encouraged) but worked as an illustrator for 42 years and retired in 2016. I also taught the subject at university for 15 years. I took a look at some of the videos on your channel and I see that you are producing music videos with your artwork, and I did a few cover versions of favourite songs when I first set up my channel but didn't get many views. That was when I had the idea to make videos about illustration. I'm very glad you found the channel and that you enjoy the content, and I hope you will continue to find it of interest. And good luck to you too from cold wet England.

@douglaswright4784

2 жыл бұрын

Hello, Pete… Quite a lot in common, yes! I started free-lancing in 1973, aproximately. And retired in 2015. I came accross your videos in KZread, and started watching them as they appeared. Then I noticed that one was Nº 55 (or something like that) so I started from the beginning. It’s quite impressive the amount and quality of the material you are presenting! I noticed that in one of them (those that came at random) your name appeared in the credits of the music too. (But then I looked again in others and didn’t find it.) Those “of your favourite songs”, are they still available? In my case, I started the KZread channel in 2019. Most of my work was published, until then, in my two blogs (started in 2009 -so there’s a lot of stuff there). One has to do with children: El Jardín de Douglas. The other, with adults: Otros Douglas. (Both in Spanish.) Good luck to you too! Douglas Wright

@petebeard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again and many thanks for the links to your blogs. I can see how your style is perfect for children, and like many of the best cartoons it gets right to the point. Sadly my poor Spanish means I generally don't understand it but it still makes for nice viewing. And yes the music tracks are still up there with pitiful viewing figures. If you search for pete beard 2000 light years from home or pete beard first we take manhattan that will take you to that obscure part of the channel with luck.

1:47 interesting how Kiokiosan had a blonde child. My punnet square could not find that possibility;)

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Such is my level of ignorance of all things operatic I thought for a minute I must have done a piece on an illustrator called Kiokiosan that I'd forgotten about. And I was similarly baffled by this thing called a punnet square. Needless to say when I checked and then followed up with a bit of googling all is now clear, and I'm relieved that it wasn't a Biden moment after all.

@paillette2010

3 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard hey, you could have a trump Moment and all would be lost.

7:57 Leslie Thrasher

3:23 René Bull

5:48 Umberto Bruneilischi

0:59 Adolfo Hohenstein

Do you have a video that features mostly medical or scientific illustration?

@petebeard

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to say it's not an area I know anything about. There must be some information out there somewhere, but I'm guessing that these kind of illustrators are even less well known.

@melissawilkinson80

5 жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Thanks Pete. Either way, continue on with your great work. I show your videos to students often!

Pete can you add William Joyce, Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss and Carter Goodrich to your illustration series

@petebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Hi again and thanks for the suggestions.

How do you do your research for this series ?! It’s remarkable.

@petebeard

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. One of the very few good things about being old is you gain a lot of knowledge, and in my case I've been mad about illustration from being a kid onward. And then there's the books I've accumulated. University libraries are full of the stuff. I use those to find out about illustrator A and that leads me frequently to illustrator B,C and the rest via persistent web search

That's a good idea. Good job! If you want, come and see our channel!

@petebeard

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks - and I like what you are doing too-even if I don't understand Italian. Nut I do know the word 'fumetto' and I love them