A History of Children's Book Illustration

A History of Children's Book Illustration

Author: Joyce Irene Whalley

Publisher: London : J. Murray with the Victoria and Albert Museum

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780719545849

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Ruim geïllustreerd overzicht van de geschiedenis van kinderboekillustraties in Groot-Brittannië vanaf de Middeleeuwen tot heden.


Illustrating Children's Books

Illustrating Children's Books

Author: Martin Salisbury

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13: 1912217570

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Learn how to create effective illustrations to match children's stories for different age groups.The art of illustration for children has a long and rich tradition, and for generations has been loved by countless readers. Illustrating Children's Books shows you how to create beautiful artwork for children, examines the approaches taken by advanced-level students and leading artists and describes how their ideas evolve from start to finish through step-by-step sketches.- Identify the techniques used by successful children's illustrators and get advice on how to tackle fantasy, fairy tale, realism and nature drawings- Learn tips on working in a wide variety of media and receive professional advice on illustrating for different age groups and types of publication- Discover how to interpret and enrich the text, build consistent character identities, and create vibrant settings that will stir readers' imaginations- Find out how to create storyboards and layouts, work to brief, and present your work professionally- Explore specific examples such as picture books for little ones, storybooks for older children and educational books, with the final chapters devoted to design and typography and the business of getting published


Show and Tell

Show and Tell

Author: Dilys Evans

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2008-03-26

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780811849715

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Explores the work fo twelve contemporary illustators of children's books and discusses the techniques and features of effective illustration across a variety of styles and media.


The Very Best of Children's Book Illustration

The Very Best of Children's Book Illustration

Author: Society of Illustrators (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher: Betterway Books

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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If you dream of writing and illustrating a children's book - and getting it published - you're not alone. You want to know what it is that successfully published illustrators do that gets them the top authors and books. This book will help you see what the difference is. It displays, in full color, the very best in contemporary American children's book illustration as selected by the Society of Illustrators for The Original Art Exhibition 1992. More than 500 of the best children's book illustrators and publishers submit newly published children's books to a jury of respected experts such as Alan Cober, Charles Santore, Ted Lewin and Joanna Long. Here you'll find the work of the finalists chosen by this distinguished panel to be included in the annual exhibition in New York. The 160 artists represented here include renowned children's book illustrators such as Richard Egielski, Anita Lobel, Leo and Diane Dillon, Trina Schart Hyman, and Jerry Pinkney, as well as up-and-coming talent such as David Wiesner, Chris Raschka, and Henrik Drescher. From this book, you'll find out what's selling and which types of art are being selected for which types of books. You'll find a short caption for each piece, offering valuable information about the book, including its author, publisher, the story it tells, and the medium in which the illustrator worked. You'll also discover new talent. But most of all, you'll be inspired by the range and beauty of the art itself.


History of Illustration

History of Illustration

Author: Susan Doyle

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2018-02-22

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 1501342118

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"Written by an international team of illustration historians, practitioners, and educators, History of Illustration covers image-making and print history from around the world, spanning from the prehistoric to the contemporary. With hundreds of color image, this book to contextualize the many types of illustrations within social, cultural, and technical parameters, presenting information in a flowing chronology. This essential guide is the first comprehensive history of illustration as its own discipline. Readers will gain an ability to critically analyze images from technical, cultural, and ideological standpoints in order to arrive at an appreciation of art form of both past and present illustration"--


Children's Picturebooks

Children's Picturebooks

Author: Martin Salisbury

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Published: 2012-01-30

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1780673655

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Children’s picturebooks are the very first books we encounter, and they form an important, constantly evolving, and dynamic sector of the publishing world. But what does it take to create a successful picturebook for children? In seven chapters, this book covers the key stages of conceiving a narrative, creating a visual language and developing storyboards and design of a picturebook. The book includes interviews with leading children’s picturebook illustrators, as well as case studies of their work. The picturebooks and artists featured hail from Australia, Belgium, Cuba, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the UK and the USA. In this publication, Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles introduce us to the world of children’s picturebooks, providing a solid background to the industry while exploring the key concepts and practices that have gone into the creation of successful picturebooks.


The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration

The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration

Author: Richard Dalby

Publisher:

Published: 2002-07

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780756756543

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From the 1860s to the 1930s, there was a great flowering of the illustrator1s art in England and America. Artists such as Kate Greenaway, Jessie Willcox Smith, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, and the Robinson brothers revolutionized the art of children1s book illustration. Their beautifully executed illustrations made children1s books appealing to all ages. This book includes biographies of more than 50 of the artists whose talents helped to create the Golden Age. Includes not only the great names, but also less well known but equally talented artists such as Anne Anderson, Margaret Tarrant, Harry Clarke, and L. Leslie Brooke. More than 150 illustrations, both in color and B&W.


Picturing Childhood

Picturing Childhood

Author: Cynthia Burlingham

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9780343275624

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