ILLUSTRATION ILLUSTRATION ILLUSTRATION

http://art.pppst.com/arthistory.html info on slides 45-56 by Amy Johnson

Cave Painting, Lascaux, France, 20,000 years old

Cave Painting, Lascaux, France

20,000 years old

Eagle Ranch Cave Painting, Australia

4000 years old

Cave Painting

Australia

Date Unknown

Petroglyphs

Utah

Petroglyph, Utah

Freemont Period

500AD – 1500AD

Illustration from the Papyrus of Ani

Ani and his wife bow, while the god Anubis weighs Ani’s heart against the feather of truth.

Papyrus of Nany, a woman in her seventies, chantress of Amun-Re. She holds her mouth and eyes in her hand, while her heart is weighed.

Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

“Book of Kells”

Four Gospels with Latin text

Ireland, c. 800 AD

“Hours of Simon de Varie,” Illuminated by Jean Fouquet Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, & iron gall ink on parchment, covered with red morocco (soft goatskin leather). French, 1455 AD

“Book of Hours,” 167 leaves of vellum Valencia, Spain, c. 1460

Breviary belonging to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots Her notes can be seen in the margins

Late 1400s AD

“Poliphilo’s Dream about the Strife of Love” by Colonna Woodcut illustrations with printed text, Venice, 1499

Illustrations can be used to add information to scientific or technical texts.

“Large as Life, Daytime Animals”

Text by Joanna Cole

Illustrations by Kenneth Lilly

1985

Photography and digital artwork is often used to illustrate products.

Text is frequently treated as a graphic component, adding visual interest to illustrations, particularly in advertising.

Illustrations can be used to provide conceptual images.

“Effigia okeefeae,” related to the forbears of modern crocodiles.

National Geographic, March 2007

Illustrations can add a great deal to Creative Writing.

In the late 1800s, illustrators created images full of action

for novels and historical fiction.

“On the Irrawaddy” by G.A. Henty, 1896

“Five Little Peppers & How They Grew,” by Margaret Sidney, 1881

How do YOU illustrate?

• Follow a process of brainstorming steps

1.Think of ideas

2.Sketch at least 2 ideas. You ideas may vary by story, point of view, angle, characters etc. etc.

3.Pick your favorite idea

4.Sketch it in pencil

5.Paint, color, trace with dark pen etc.

Let’s look at some modern illustrations

• Think about the different ways in which the illustrator could have drawn the picture differently.

• How can you use their ideas to make your illustrations better?

The movie

Ice Age

features:

a mammoth,

a sabertooth,

a squirrel

Visual images are absorbed and understood all at once.and a sloth.

Simple

“The Country Bunny and the Little Golden Shoes,” by Du Bose Heyward,

Illustrated by Marjorie Flack

1939

Elaboration

An extension of what is written

“The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash” by Trinka Hakes Noble

Illustration by Steven Kellogg

1980

Foretelling

Hinting at an event which has not happened in the story yet

“Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Wishing Pebble”

Illustrated by Cathy Beylon

1987

“There’s a Nightmare in My Closet”

Written and illustrated by Mercer Mayer

1968

Border Decorations

Simple or elaborate, they tie the pages together as a whole.

Perspective Visual interest can be added by varying the viewpoint.

“The Glassmakers of Gurven”

Written by Marlys Boddy

Illustrated by Joe Boddy

Personification

Objects or animals portrayed as human

“Aesop’s Fables”

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Facsimile of 1912 edition

Disney and many others use personification.

Different art styles can work for the same story

By Daniel San Souci By Anne Rockwell

Line Art

“Where the Sidewalk Ends” 1987

Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein

“Salome: The Peacock Skirt”

Pen and ink

by Aubrey Beardsley

1894

Use bold shapes to create drama

Pen and Ink

“Portrait of James McNeill Whistler”

Aubrey Beardsley

1894

Use facial expression and body language to tell the story

“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”

By Judith Viorst

Illustrationed by Ray Cruz

1972

Cartoons can be very effective

By Tedd Arnold

Illustrations do not have to be detailed to be effective.

“The Long Day” by Ben Wohlberg, 1961

Color creates mood

“Glassmakers of Gurven”

Illustrated by Joe Boddy

“First Snow” by John Gannam

Unusual composition adds interest

Illustration for Pacific Mills

By John Gannam

Some illustrations require no text at all. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Your Project!

• Create Winter/Holiday Cards

Your Project Choices

• You can choose ONE of the following projects as inspiration.

• Inspiration means you want to create something similar idea and/or theme; NOT COPY.

Your Project: TO-DO1. Choose your winter card project packet

2. Read ALL of the directions

3. Complete 2 sketches on scratch paper

4. Follow the directions in your packet

5. When finished put all wet artwork on the drying rack, give all dry artwork to Ms. J.

** If you want to add/change directions for your project ask Ms. J. first. **