Fairy Land Drawings Continue

I am continuing on my Fairy Land drawings. I'm researching pictures on the web for drawing references. What did illustrators use for references before they had the internet? I would have to have bookcases full of references books to help with my drawings in the past.

Here are the drawings I'm currently working on:

Cattails or "Pickles",  as my friend Lois's grandson Luc identified them.

 

Hi Luc and Cole, how do you like these pickles?

Fairy with Dragonflies...                                                                  Fairy on Leaping Frog

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