Last week I opened up for the millionth time one of my favorite books... Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. I happened to come accross the poem MAGIC which I thought was very visually stimulating, but it just so happens that he did not illustrate it. He illustrated most poems in the book but not this one.
So I decided to illustrate it myself.
Here is the poem
MAGIC
Sandra's seen a leprechaun,
Eddie touched a troll,
Laurie danced with witches once,
Charlie found some goblins' gold.
Donald heard a mermaid sing,
Susy spied an elf.
But all the magic I have known
Ive had to make myself.
Here are the illustrations...
Maybe you can guess which illustration goes with which verse...
I originally painted these pieces using guache then tweaked them in photoshop.
You think Shel would approve??
Hi Raquel,
ReplyDeleteI was googling illustrations of Shel Silverstein books and stumbled across your pictures for his poem, "Magic", which I also love. Do you sell this as prints?
Thanks,
Sarah