Every artist must hone their craft and draw inspiration from those that have come before. I was going through my old sketchbooks the other day and came across this study I made years ago as a way of perfecting my craft. So in true Copy-the-masters tradition I give you  a collection of random sketches I made from Maurice Sendak’s famous children’s book In the Night Kitchen. Though Where the Wild Things Are, has enjoyed momentous popularity, I’ve personally always preferred this book. Perhaps it’s a combination of the totally innocent male nudity, cityscapes of food and the fabulously corpulent baker. A lot more enjoyable then wild and scary monsters gnashing their teeth.