art from all over (brought to you by Shelley Davies & Julie Fortenberry)
Friday, May 17, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The Dark
2013 Caldecott winner, illustrator Jon Klassen has a beautiful new book out, 'The Dark', written by Lemony Snicket...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Grandma and The Great Gourd
Susy Pilrim Waters has created such beautiful illustrations for Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's story, 'Grandma and The Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale' for MacMillan Books. Read a Q&A with the two of them here...
Friday, May 10, 2013
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Eye Chart for the very young
Q and A with designer Leah Dumigan: (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/garden/momas-destination-design-series-finally-features-new-york-citys-homegrown-talent.html?smid=pl-share)
Her best answer?
A. The funny thing about the jury was I went in there, like, “Oh, this is nothing!” — because my daughter had just been born and I felt pretty empowered. What could they ask me that I couldn’t answer? I had just given birth to a real human person.
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(But now that I think about it, this didn't work for Sarah Palin.)
Leah's website: http://fl4projects.com/
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Monday, May 06, 2013
Carll Cneut
Belgian illustrator Carll Cneut creates colourful worlds that are all his own...
...and below, he designed a stamp for the Belgian Post, in collaboration with Leen Depooter...
Saturday, May 04, 2013
Isabelle Arsenault
We look forward to seeing Canadian illustrator Isabelle Arsenault's collaboration with author Fanny Britt to create 'Jane, Le Renard & Moi', to be published this fall by Groundwood Books...
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Jemmy Button
Italian illustrator Valerio Vidali has collaborated with American illustrator Jennifer Uman to make a magical little book, 'Jemmy Button', the story of a boy from Tierra del Fuego who is bought by HMS Beagle's captain with a pearl button, sent to England to be 'civilized', only to return to the jungle a year later...
...Read the biography of the real Jemmy Button here and check out a wonderful post over at CoolHunting on Vidali and Uman's creative collaboration...
Monday, April 29, 2013
Domenica More Gordon
These felt dogs by Scottish artist Domenica More Gordon couldn't be more charming. And she now has a delightful book out: 'Archie', published by Bloomsbury, about a dog with a knack for tailoring...
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Saturday, April 20, 2013
How To Become A Children's Book Illustrator In One (Not So Easy) Step
A video to inspire anyone attempting to become a children's illustrator; here's a trip through Renata Liwska's sketch books, and through them her journey to becoming an award-winning children's book illustrator and author, as told by her husband, Mike Kerr...
A Quiet Look - How to become a children's book illustrator in one (not so easy) step from mike kerr on Vimeo.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
I guess he likes it...
Ben Brantley writes: “Rejoice, my theatergoing comrades. The children’s revolution has arrived on these shores, and it is even more glorious than we were promised. Rush now, barricade stormers of culture, to the Shubert Theater, and join the insurrection against tyranny, television, illiteracy, unjust punishment and impoverished imaginations, led by a 5-year-old La Pasionaria with a poker face and an off-the-charts I.Q. ‘Matilda the Musical,’ the London import that opened on Thursday night, is the most satisfying and subversive musical ever to come out of Britain, where it was nurtured into life by the Royal Shakespeare Company.”
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Joyce Mercer
British illustrator Joyce Mercer (1896-1965), brought Art Deco styling to her children's illustrations...
...she illustrated an edition of 'Classic Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson' in 1935, but there is very little biographical information on this fine illustrator. See more of her work in a post at TheGardenOfUnearthlyDelights......
Friday, April 12, 2013
Reinterpret a famous scene from any Maurice Sendak book
in the style of another picture book artist.
All submissions must be received at Fusenumber8@gmail.com by April 30th.
See last year's Re-Seussify Seuss for inspiration.
HORTON HATCHES THE EGG IN A WILLIAM STEIG STYLE by Helen Hill
http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2013/04/12/a-reminder-dont-forget-to-re-sendakify-sendak/
All submissions must be received at Fusenumber8@gmail.com by April 30th.
See last year's Re-Seussify Seuss for inspiration.
http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2013/04/12/a-reminder-dont-forget-to-re-sendakify-sendak/
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Friday, April 05, 2013
The Children’s Bookshow
Shirin Adl
Patrick Benson
Valerie Bloom
Carll Cneut
Alexis Deacon
Daniel Morden
Michael Rosen
Posy Simmonds
Jessica Souhami
Ulf Stark
Kit WrightThe
Children's Bookshow
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Today is
International Children´s Book Day
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Then the all-clear sounded.
Above is Maria Kalman's painting of the photo below, showing a library that was bombed in the London blitz.
"Then the all-clear sounded. And people returned, hope undiminished. They returned, so elegant and purposeful to the books." - From The Principles of Uncertainty
Friday, March 29, 2013
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