This Loomis guy all the popular kids keep on about...

[Cory Hinman]

Ever wondered just what his work actually looks like? There's a bunch of scans here
http://marialaterza.blogspot.com/2011/11/william-andrew-loomis-1892-1959.html
In general there's a lot of inspiring work here. I found the site while searching Hamish Blakely.

[HederaHiberna]

Oh, 13 and 36 are nice (the somewhat angry lady and the fallen lady+boy). I like it more than the works where the expressions are romanticized, shame there are so few.
Thanks for sharing !

[Slothboy3000]

The one with the guy running after those chickens - the barn sort of creates a tangent with his hand and makes it look like he's carrying a badly drawn gun.

[manlybrian]

I'm so glad you posted these. I've been wishing I could see some of his illustrations outside of the books.

[Diarum]

The one with the guy running after those chickens - the barn sort of creates a tangent with his hand and makes it look like he's carrying a badly drawn gun.

That was the first thing I saw.

[Max Challie]

The one with the guy running after those chickens - the barn sort of creates a tangent with his hand and makes it look like he's carrying a badly drawn gun.
I didn't see it as a gun at all, but i think it is a composition issue. To me it's more of an issue that the characters look static, while in movement

[Cory Hinman]

I do think the kids and chickens one would be a stronger composition if the boy overlapped the barn to where there was no air between the two, basically his cool white shirt against the cool purplish front of the barn.

Check here for more Loomis art and an article, archived by Illustration Magazine. (scroll down)

http://www.illustration-magazine.com/latest20.html