Let's face it; all children love fairy tales but have you ever wondered what it is about fairies in art that children find so appealing?

The truth of the matter is that children simply fall in love with all the pictures of fairies which accompany fairy tales as they allow children to lose to themselves in a world of fantasy. Even as adults we cannot deny the fact that some of the creations by famous illustrators simply seduce the eyes, which is why even adults find fairies in art to be irresistible.

Interestingly enough, many of the famous fables are more than 100 years old and yet they still continue to find a place in most people's lives, particularly as one grows older and remembers their childhood. There are remarkable examples of paintings of fairies in art. Perhaps this is why some people choose to start a collection consisting of the most memorable works of Art. I myself get a huge amount of satisfaction by collecting these stunningly beautiful illustrations, and I get just as much enjoyment from creating beautiful fairy pictures.

Images and fables have a tendency to leave a lifelong imprint in our memories, which of course is why we're able to learn so much during our lives. Art in one form or another should always have a place in our lives, and fairy tales, which are rich in fantasy art, inevitably play a huge role in that they help to carve out our imagination. As we grow up we can then helped to breathe life into the imagination of a kid's and introduce them to a world of make believe.

Essentially, if we study some of the most noticeable mythical creatures, we discover two things: The first being that fairies are an integral part of our imagination, our literature, and our art. We also know that fairies feature prominently in many fables and fantasy stories. However, very few people actually realize just how these fairy tales, and even fairies in art, came to be, and as such, they fail to realize just how intriguing and revealing the world of fairies can be.

In fact, fairies have had such an impact on Literature and Art over the years that we can now find several different categories, such as gothic fantasy art for example. Of course, you need to bear in mind that the world of fairies consists of more than just those little female figures with wings, and who are known to flutter about in the garden with colorful butterflies. Instead, this mystical world includes many types of fairies, such as the Scandinavian trolls, the English pixies, and the Germanic elves, to name just a few.

Another interesting aspect of fairies is that these supernatural beings which were capable of practicing magic, and who also possessed many supernatural powers, almost always remained in their own kingdoms. Mermaids for example stayed in the sea, while gnomes lived underground in some enchanted forest in a faraway land. These ancestors of the Gods were also often considered to be beasts, or souls of the dead, and in some folklore, they were even considered to be the souls of fallen angels.

They all share one thing in common however, and that is that they originate from mythology, and they are known by us nowadays simply because the stories have been passed down from one generation to the next. The bottom line is; that fairies encompass a great variety of folklore. In fact, the term "fairy" was first used in Western Europe in order to describe all folklore features, irrespective of their origin. This conveniently allowed us to describe a variety of creatures with one single English word.

Over the years, folklore and fairies have imparted a huge amount of richness and depth to literature and this is especially apparent in a number of works such as Tolkien's "Lord of the Ring" and Shakespear's "Midsummer Night's Dream". Of course these are by no means the only great works as several other artists and authors have also contributed immensely over the years and one could literally spend a lifetime researching them.

What makes these old classics even more dear to us however, is the liberal use of Fairies in Art or Fantasy Art in the form of pictures and paintings, and for children, these stunning works of art make fairy tales that much more unforgettable.