Shepard The original Pooh illustrations were line drawings and were not colorized until later. The area marked “Nice for picnicks” is at the top, slightly left of center.
Shepard also illustrated Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows (1931)
See E.H. Shepherd. Map of the 100 Aker Wood (1926). From A. A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh (1926).
*In 2018, the original pen and ink drawing sold for 430,00GBP