My favourite illustration in the whole book is the very first. It shows the White Rabbit looking at his pocket-watch, worrying that it’s late. I copied that White Rabbit hundreds of times in my sketchbooks, trying to capture the worried expression in his eye, the folds of his coat and the wonderful shading at his feet.

– Chris Riddell

You can still see the influence of John Tenniel‘s Alice in Wonderland’s drawings in Chris Riddell’s work today.

What’s the illustration or picture you’ve copied hundreds of times in your sketchbooks?

Carroll, Lewis., Riddell, Chris. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Puffin Classics) London: Puffin Books, 2015. (from the introduction,pp vi)