Primitive drawing from 1940s seaside themed painting and colouring in book. Children at a punch and judy stall with bucket and spade, seagulls, beach. A cheap and cheerful form of entertainment for young children was the painting book, a brightly coloured cover with a collection of line drawings inside to be coloured in using paints or crayons. More expensive books would have the line drawings opposite printed coloured in examples, most left it up to children’s imagination. This very downmarket example has quite a gaudy cover (which may have been recycled a number of times).
A cheap and cheerful form of entertainment for young children was the painting book, a brightly coloured cover with a collection of line drawings inside to be coloured in using paints or crayons. More expensive books would have the line drawings opposite printed coloured in examples, most left it up to children’s imagination. This very downmarket example has quite a gaudy cover (which may have been recycled a number of times) with quickly drawn illustrations of arying quality inside such as this seaside punch and judy picture. Just the thing for those rainy days in the bed and breakfast. This book was printed in the late 1940s.
Size: 2261px × 3166px
Photo credit: © Simon Robinson / Easy On The Eye / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1940s, boom, bucket, childrens, drawing, judy, line, painting, punch, retro, seaside, spade, vintage
