Ode to Italian Authors and Illustrators
I share the books I picked up in Italy incredibly illustrated by: Nicoletta Costa, Manuela Santini, Emmanuele Luzzati and Altan.
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High School French Follow-up!
A follow-up post on illustrator Mel Dietmeier and his hilarious French for Mastery text book illustrations.
Le Tableau – The Painting – GO SEE IT!
The animated film Le Tableau - The Painting is unlike anything I've ever seen before. It plays with the idea of class through the artist's process.
High School French Rocks!
My high school french text book and accompanying workbooks had the best illustrations by Mel Dietmeier.
Beautiful books from Czech publisher Baobab (some of which might have a hard time getting published here)
It might not surprise you to hear that I love to visit bookstores in other countries. Even when I don’t understand the language they’re written in, picture books are quite satisfying to page through. Foreign picture books are a part of the travel experience, as illustration styles and tastes vary from country to country. When I visited Prague a few years ago, I bought a couple of books from a wonderful artsy publisher, Baobab. Check […]
Donkey stamp!
Check out these donkeys.
3 German illustrators whose work you may or may not know*
My friend Diana, from Germany, is visiting this week. We met back when I lived (and studied illustration) in Leipzig. Diana is a linguist; she studies an endangered language in Nepal and has interesting things to say about the role of picture books in endangered language communities. More on that some other time. But since I’m thinking about Germany today, I wanted to mention a few German illustrators whose work I like a lot. The […]
MNMLSM
I’m really into bold, minimal, modern, poster-y illustrations right now, which I guess is what happens to your brain when you start working in silkscreen. Even though I think of myself as a maximalist, like LET’S PUT IN LOTS OF TINY DETAILS EVERYWHERE IN SCRITCHY SCRATCHY LINE. This modern stuff is more Robin or Ruthie’s bailiwick (Exhibit A: our avatars), so it feels a little funny to write this post. But BRIGHT COLORS and SHAPEY […]
Carosello Part I: La Linea
Carosello was broadcasted on the RAI from the late 50s to early 70s and defined the Italian childhood at that time.
“Epigrams succeed where epics fail.”
If anyone ever wants to buy me a wonderful and expensive present, I suggest a copy of Thoughts and Aphorisms from the Fruits of Meditation of Kozma Prutkov, a rare pamphlet illustrated by Quentin Blake in 1978. This post is not about the ever-wonderful Mr. Blake, however, but about quotations and maxims. I write my own stories, which is sometimes great (more freedom!) and sometimes burdensome (more freedom!). In the worst cases, fiddling around with […]
German Ornaments
With their bright colors and simple shapes, these painted German ornaments have always been an inspiration to me.
A Pen & Oink Interview with Sergio Ruzzier
Sergio Ruzzier magically unknowingly brought Pen & Oink together. We talk to him about being an author/ illustrator and much more!
Pen and Oink 