Beautiful work by Italian illustrator Simone Rea, one of the winners at the the Biennale of Illustration in Bratslava last year...
art from all over (brought to you by Shelley Davies & Julie Fortenberry)
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
"The very best picturebooks become timeless mini art galleries for the home..."
Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles share their artistic and scholastic perspectives on the history and process of making picture books, with examples from 19 countries including artwork by
Beatrice Alemagna, Kitty Crowther, and Franciszka Themerson.
Beatrice Alemagna, Kitty Crowther, and Franciszka Themerson.
Thanks to Debra Matsumoto for sending this beautiful book!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
R.G. Roth
R.G. Roth illustrates beautiful children's books, many of them with a jazz theme. His latest is 'Everyone Gets The Blues', written by Leslie Staub...
...and a few of his other gorgeous books...
...as well as his wonderful paintings. Take a peek here to see more..
Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Curious Pages
"A SITE FOR ALL YOUR READING DISORDERS. LOOKING FOR BOOKS ABOUT TEDDY BEARS OR RAINBOWS OR FEELINGS? YOU’RE AT THE WRONG PLACE. HERE WE CELEBRATE THE OFFBEAT, THE ABSTRACT, THE UNUSUAL, THE SURREAL, THE MACABRE, THE INAPPROPRIATE, THE SUBVERSIVE AND THE FUNKY"
Who couldn't love a blog like this? Put together by the inimitable Lane Smith & Bob Shea
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Stig Lindberg
Stig Lindberg, one of Sweden's most important post-war designers, was an illustrator, painter, designer of industrial products, ceramics and textiles. First released in 1959 in black and white, this delightful book by Lennart Hellsing and illustrated by Lindberg, has now made it's 21st century debut in colour...thanks FineLittleDay...
...and check out this terrific book about Lindberg...
...thanks OrangeYouLucky...
Saturday, January 07, 2012
May B...
Illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal, a novel in verse form by Caroline Starr Rose...
...and check out his blog describing the process of this assignment here...
Thursday, January 05, 2012
The Hergé Rocket
Poking around I found these nice examples of Tintin rocket ships.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Happy New Year!
Congratulations to writer Yu Li Qiong and illustrator Zhu Cheng Liang for making it onto The New York Times' list of 10 Best Illustrated Books of 2011 with their beautiful book 'A New Year's Reunion'...
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Simms Taback
"On December 25, 2011, Simms died peacefully in his
home, surrounded by family and friends."
home, surrounded by family and friends."
Self-Portrait, linocut
Update: thank you to btreat for pointing me to this link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30559980@N07/6691026207/
Update: thank you to btreat for pointing me to this link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30559980@N07/6691026207/
Monday, December 26, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
The Night Before Christmas
Rob Ryan...
Gyo Fujikawa...
Jessie Willcox Smith...see more at TheGutenbergProject...
Matt Tavares...
Tom Browning...
Charles Clement...thanks VintageKid'sBooksMyKidLoves...
Douglas Gorsline...thanks TheArtOfChildren'sPictureBooks...
Tom & Jerry, 1945...
and a beautiful, wordless story by Peter Collington...
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