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BILL PEET'S DRAWINGS

Many more drawings may be found on other pages on this site. As you will see, he used a variety of media, including pastels, China markers (grease pencil), graphite pencil, and even ball point pen.  The final illustrations for his books were done with colored pencils and India ink with a nib pen.  When he had an idea, he grabbed whatever was at hand, such as an old envelope or a piece of cardboard, but it was usually one of his small notebooks.  His life drawings were not included here. Caricatures of people Bill knew at Disney studios are on the Disney People page. Bill's illustrations evloved as he always strived to improve them. The cover for his autobiography shows this process.

  The illustrations for Bill Peet's first 12 books were made using a technique called Color Separation.
 

Directly below are some sketches for a series of never completed animal portraits.

 
CAMELEPHANT
 
 

 

ZEBARSTRUTFROGNET

 

MANATTABLEMANONBENCH

 

P38 MANUAL

Below, a drawing from a WWII instructional manual, at < left, on how to handle a P-38 when the pilot loses one engine.

Herman "Fish" Salmon was Lockeed's chief test pilot. The name on the nose of the P-38 suggests how his first name was pronounced by some.

     

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LITTLE TANKLUCY CAT

Left, character design for WWII cartoon featuring the heroics of a little tank.   Lucy , right.

Bill Peet was never satisfied with his first draft of an illustration, especially for a book cover.

He made several variations of the cover for his Autobiograpy.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY COVER

   
 
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