#mary blair

disneytoonland:

The Legend of Johnny Appleseed 1948

Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire - by Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville, illustrated by yours truly, Brigette Barrager.  A magical book about a magical lady!  

Illustration from Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire - written by Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville.  This is a sneak preview (it’s also the cover image!).  The book will be released on August 29th!

the-disney-elite:

Mary Blair’s concept art for Walt Disney’s Song of the South(1946).

scifigrl47:

hirohamada:

Awesome Disney People
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“Walt said that I knew about colors he had never heard of before.” -Mary Blair

Mary Blair is an influential artist who, with a few brushstrokes, defined the look and feel of a Disney movie. Her bold color choices and unique art style is instantly recognizable, seen in classics such as Cinderella,Peter Pan,Alice in Wonderland, and more. Blair also worked on designing park attractions, unquestionably seen in It’s A Small World, which is purely her both in style and concept. She also illustrated many Little Golden Books, such as I Can Fly. There is no doubt that Blair’s stunning style still influences film today.

“The way she painted—in a lot of ways she was still a little girl. Walt was like that… You could see he could relate to children—she was the same way.” -Rolly Crump

Though Disney’s shop was largely a male domain, some still managed to slip through the glass ceiling that separated ‘in-betweener’ or ‘ink and paint’ from actual animator status.  Blair is best known to most for being the driving force behind the design and aesthetic of “it’s a small world” but her concept art influenced far more.

“Tall Tales in Tiles”
Vacationland, Summer 1976

Alice in Wonderland - character visual design by Mary Blair

Cinderella - character visual design by Mary Blair

Mary Blair’s concept art for Alice in Wonderland (1951)

scurviesdisneyblog:

Cinderella Concept Art

shear-in-spuh-rey-shuhn:

MARY BLAIR
Cinderella Castle Concept
Gouache

An old Mary Blair-inspired children’s dessert menu cover. My only gouache painting I’m proud of!

scurviesdisneyblog:

The Queen of Hearts by Mary Blair (x)

A quick layout I made of my Tikiland piece. 

Inspired for Valentine’s Day. 

History project i’m doing about forgotten/underestimated female illustrators through the ages.

Lee and Mary Blair photographed by Hart Preston during Walt Disney’s South American Goodwill Tour, c. 1941 (last watercolor painting by Lee)

photos from LIFE Photo Collection