"In this extraordinary anthology, the most honored and beloved artists in children's literature share secrets about their art and detail their journey into the world of illustration, providing photographs of their early work, sketches and finished art, and self-portraits." --Baker & Taylor
Provides an excellent overview of picturebooks as art and storytelling medium. Written by British authors it gives a more wide-ranging view of picturebooks from around the world. Includes history, mediums and process used to create and publish picturebooks and how they fit into children's educational experiences.
Interesting overview of media, materials, and techniques used by artists to create stories with pictures. Useful for an experienced artist looking to begin picture book illustration work or a lay person just wanting to get an in-depth overview of the various techniques involved in creating picture book artwork. Beautiful examples of each technique provided.
"Renowned children’s literature authority Leonard S. Marcus speaks with their creators and others — twenty-one of the world’s most celebrated authors and illustrators
— and asks about their childhood, their inspiration, their determination, their mentors, their creative choices, and more. Amplifying these richly entertaining and thought-provoking conversations are eighty-eight full-color plates revealing each illustrator’s artistic process from sketch to near
-final artwork in fascinating, behind-the-scenes detail." --Random House, Inc.
An in-depth look at twelve contemporary illustrators of children's books. These artists represent a broad range of styles, media, subjects and their own personal outlooks. Learn about these artists and their inspirations.
Karen Ackerman uses colored pencils to create the sketches for this story about a grandfather performing his Vaudeville act for his grandchildren. The colors blend together to give a soft edge to this artwork.
Robert Subuda creates amazing picture book pop-up art. The pictures are a surprise and delight to watch unfold. The library does not collect his pop-up works because they are somewhat too fragile to circulate. We do have this example in our non-circulating collection. Subuda's works are well worth checking out.
A fascinating story told only through pictures. David Wiesner uses bold art and tells surprising tales quite often without any words at all.
Eerie and beautiful images are created with charcoal pencils in the story about boy chasing his dog through a forbidden topiary garden. The drawings are black and white but draw the reader fully into the story.
In this wonderful story about a grouchy ladybug challenging everyone she meets to a fight, Eric Carle uses his signature collage art to create vibrant and textured animals. The Grouchy Ladybug is only one of many Eric Carle treasured stories.
Denise Fleming uses collage to create this fun rhyming book about things in the grass, but she also makes all of her own paper to create the collages displayed on the pages. It is the art of starting from raw materials to finished pages and provides a rustic look to her images.
At over 500 pages, The Invention of Hugo Cabret is really too long to be considered a picture book. It is however a book mostly told through pictures. The artwork is created totally with graphite pencils and could be an entire art exhibition enclosed between the book covers.
Mo Willems uses a combination of pencil, digital color and photo collage to create the illustrations he uses to tell the story about Trixie and her precious Knuffle Bunny.
Brightly colored common objects are photographed by Tana Hoban to make this beautiful book for learning about colors. Tana Hoban's photographic compositions make shapes, colors and numbers come to life for the youngest users.
John Lawrence creates his art by etching the pictures into vinyl plates, inking each color separately and then printing. Woodcut block printing artwork has a long history and Lawrence follows in that tradition. His work has a precision that can't really be created any other way. The chick in the story making the animal sounds is also very cute.
Maurice Sendak makes expert use of the cross-hatching technique of drawing the monsters that envelop the pages of this classic story.