Posted by ElizabethJolley on July 11, 2006 at 04:46:58 from 71.236.185.241 user Elizabeth.
In Reply to: AR's drawings and illustrations posted by Lyn on July 10, 2006 at 15:49:24:
Lyn--I recently read Amazon Publications' book "The best of Childhood", which includes many letters written and received by Ransome during his writing of the S&A series. There is quite a bit of discussion about how he decided to do his own illustrating and also how insecure he felt about his artistic skills. The book is available on the TARS Stall website--link from The Arthur ransome site. This might provide some insight to your questions.