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Investigating Artists

University of Wisconsin - StoutInstructor: Sharron L. McElmeel

Reading: Investigating Illustrators

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Artistic Media and Style

• Lines and Washes

• Watercolors

• Acrylics

• Pastels

• Oils

• Woodcuts

• Collage

• Representational

• Abstract

Craig Brown, creating a chalk drawing during a school visit. His book illustrations are often created with stippling.

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Outstanding IllustratorsContemporary Artists

• Allen Say• Debra Frasier• Loreen Leedy• E.B. Lewis• Chris Soentpiet*• Frank Asch • Robert Florczak• Craig Brown *• Eric Carle*• Mary Azarian

Figure from Children’s Authors Too Good to Miss by Sharron L. McElmeel. (2004) All Rights Reserved.

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Investigating the Works of Great Artists -- Children’s Artists

You Can Make a Collage by Eric Carle

Eric Carle, one of the most distinguished illustrators of children's books, creates collages with tissues that he paints and then cuts into shapes. Design a collage Eric Carle style.

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Investigating the Works of Great Artists -- Children’s

ArtistsStippling -- Craig Brown

Craig Brown is one of the few illustrators who use stippling to create his illustrations -- dots are used for values of light and dark instead of lines. See next slide for close-up.

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Investigating the Works of Great

Artists -- Children’s Artists

Stippling -- Craig Brown

Stippling -- dots create the light and dark values. Color is added over the dots.

Pointillism is similar but in that technique the color itself is composed of dots.

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More Outstanding Illustrators

21. Gail Gibbons22. Anna Grossnickle Hines23. Steven Kellogg24. Tedd Arnold25. Robert McCloskey26. Jan Brett27. Janet Stevens28. Wendy Halperin*29. David Wisniewski30. Anita Lobel

Figure from Children’s Authors Too Good to Miss by Sharron L. McElmeel. (2004) All Rights Reserved.

Wendy Halperin

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More Outstanding Illustrators

31. Nicole Rubel *32. Gerald McDermott33. Bernard Most34. Patricia Polacco35. Robert Quackenbush36. Hans Wilhelm37. Bob Barner38. Mark Buehner39. Peggy Rathmann40. Simms TabackNicole Rubel

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Another Outstanding IllustratorPop-Up Books

Visit Robert Sabuda’s website. Sabuda creates some astounding pop-ups (toy books). His website has several sets of directions for making various pop-up books. Click on this link for the samples.

Robert Sabuda

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Investigating Artists

University of Wisconsin- StoutInstructor: Sharron L. McElmeel

End of Investigating Illustrators

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