Artwork for The School Magazine, 1996-1998 / by Peter Sheehan

PXE 1715

fonds

1996-1998

Graphic Materials, Drawings

1006375

Approximately 205 drawings (2 boxes) - chiefly black and white ink drawings - various sizes

Peter Sheehan is a freelance illustrator, writer, designer and storyboard artist. He began drawing professionally in 1982, aged 19, when his first illustration was published in The School Magazine, and he has been a contributing illustrator for the magazine ever since. He has illustrated more than 25 children’s books and has won numerous awards including CBCA Honour Book Prize, APDG Award for Drawing, Stanley Award for Best General Illustrator and various film awards. He now works largely on storyboards for animation and films including Breath, The Sapphires and Beneath Hill 60. His artwork is held in the collections of Australian War Memorial and Australian National Maritime Museum.
The School Magazine is Australia’s longest running literary magazine and the oldest literary magazine for children anywhere in the world. Published by the NSW Department of Education, The School Magazine began in 1916 as a free publication for primary school children with the aim of presenting Australian writers for Australian children. Many well-known artists and writers have contributed to the magazine over time, including May Gibbs and Pamela Allen. Peter Sheehan has been a contributing illustrator for The School Magazine since 1982. This selection of School Magazine artwork represents the final two years of work before Sheehan moved largely into digital art production for the magazine. In this two year period he produced over 200 individual artworks to illustrated 75 stories for the magazine, including the popular serialised stories Marmalade and Korky Part 1 & 2, The Sun that Sleeps Part 1 & 2, and also a self-portrait of the artist.
Reference: http://www.petersheehan.com ; http://theschoolmagazine.com.au (accessed 26/03/2018)

Approximately 205 drawings, 1996-1998, made in preparation for reproduction in The School Magazine. Each drawing comprising up to three layers, mainly black line or black tone ink on paper or board, some pencil and colour, with a tracing paper overlay. Some works also include the publisher’s text overlays, showing the placement of text in relation to the illustrations. Most drawings are titled with name of the magazine story, signed, dated, and include publishing information, scale, and cropping instructions. Related drawings are grouped in folders by title and arranged chronologically by date of creation.

BOX 1
Drawings published in 1997:

Rats (3), Oct. 1996
The Giraffe and the Sun, Oct. 1996
Riddles, Oct. 1996
King Wayne is History (5), Oct. 1996
Sydney Tiger Snakes (4), Oct. 1996
A Bear's Dream (2), Nov. 1996
The Big Bazoohley (5), Nov. 1996
Galileo and the Trouble with New Ideas (2), Nov. 1996
Of Cabbage and Kings (2), Nov. 1996
Trembling Buzz, Dec. 1996
The Secret Splatter Mystery (3), Dec. 1996
Maddy's Mad Inventions (3), Dec. 1996
Which Pet? (2), Jan. 1997
The Swinging Bridge, Jan. 1997
May I Help you (2), Jan. 1997
The Hero and the Weaver (3), Jan. 1997
The Too Droopy Eyed Camel, Jan. 1997
Not just a Sprinter Anymore (4), Jan. 1997
Home Sweet Home (4), Feb. 1997
A Gnome Alone (4), Feb. 1997
The Boy who Lived a Fairy Tale, Feb. 1997
Mrs Papadopoulos's Purple Slippers (3), Feb. 1997
Johnny and the Bomb (4), Mar. 1997
For the Love of Bella (2), Mar. 1997
Sorry Miriam Your Dead, Mar. 1997
Peter Sheehan, Mar. 1997
A Husband For Ha Ho, (4), Mar. 1997
The Story of the Bronte Girls (3), Mar. 1997
New World (4), Apr. 1997
Mutiny Aboard the Lady Shore (5), Apr. 1997
What No Gold? (4), May. 1997
A Space Ship in the Backyard (4), May. 1997
The Ten Thosand Storke Chinese Character, May. 1997
The Gnome, May. 1997
Gromet on the Loose (5), May. 1997
Whopping Words, May. 1997
Bossy Big Bully (2), Jun. 1997
A Dog's Breakfast (2), Jun. 1997
Gladys Smorgon Saves the Day, Jun. 1997
Shell on the Shelf, Jul. 1997
Our Side of the Hill (2), Jul. 1997
Corsets ,Croodlia and Mary Kingsly (2), Jul. 1997
Brennan on the Moor (2), Jul. 1997
(Unidentified) (2), 1997

BOX 2
Drawings published in 1998:

The Seven Ravens (5), Oct. 1997
The Elephant Man (2), Oct. 1997
The Year of the Tiger (3), Oct. 1997
Night Noises, Oct. 1997
The Death of Balder (3), Nov. 1997
A Few line on Mortality (2), Nov. 1997
The Sun That Sleeps Part 1 (3), Nov. 1997
Marmalade and Korky Part 1 (4), Nov. 1997
Marmalade and Korky Part 2 (4), Dec. 1997
The Sun that Sleeps Part 2 (3), Dec. 1997
The Haunting (2), Jan. 1998
A Horse Called Thunder (4), Jan. 1998
Grounded (4), Feb. 1998
Shoe Steps (4), Feb. 1998
The Running Away Place (3), Feb. 1998
Sniffer Hobbs (4), Mar. 1998
Snotty's Missing (4), Mar. 1998
Coal, Mar. 1998
Ratpackers (5), Mar. 1998
At the Top of the Stairs, Apr. 1998
Secrets of Walden Rising (5), Apr. 1998
Winter Afternoon, Apr. 1998
Bill and the Kitten (3), Apr. 1998
Torey the Snory Scientist (2), Apr. 1998
At the Top of the Stairs (2), Apr. 1998
The Goanna From Brown's Waterhole (3), May. 1998
The Celts (4), May. 1998
The Greatest Race of All Time (2), May. 1998
What a Goat! (3), Jun. 1998
Better than Lobster (3), Jun. 1998
Rules For the Swimming Pool (2), Jul. 1998
I Had a Dream, Jul. 1998
The Unquiet Grave, Jul. 1998

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

The contents list is adapted from an inventory compiled by Peter Sheehan.