"Matisse is my favorite," he said, "because he didn't want the viewer to see the hard work that went into his painting. He would start out with a rendering, then simplify and simplify. I try to be as clear and simple as I can be in my illustrations, so that the child can tell what is going on and what the emotions are."
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I enjoyed this article and it made me realize that I used to see Tomie dePaola illustrations as simple and therefore not very interesting. I liked his point about children seeing everything for the first time and how it's always interesting to them. That said, it's not an illustration style that you pore over -- it really works to highlight the text. We are enjoying dePaola's "Christmas Pageant" right now, as we do every year, and I'm seeing it with new eyes.
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