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Brendan Wetzel’s Top Tip for Children’s Illustrations

November 28, 2017 by Miriam Dunning Leave a Comment

Children’s book are always filled with art and illustration. According to illustrators like Brendan Wetzel, this is due to the fact that it speaks more to them, particularly since they cannot read yet. Through the art of illustration, characters get personalities and emotions can shine through. They say a picture paints a thousand words, and that is true for children as well.

Brendan Wetzel on Why Children Need Illustrations

Children are notoriously impatient and they often struggle with keeping their attention on a single page for long periods of time. They prefer having a glance and making up their own mind about a story. If an author writes a children’s book, or a magazine targeted at children, therefore, they must enter into a solid partnership with their illustrator if they are to be successful. Hence, they must also know where to find good illustrators and familiarize themselves with their work.

A good artist will be able to immerse a child in their images in a way that captivates them. In the world of children’s literature, this is actually a two way street. For instance, an author could write a book and ask an artist to come up with images, and any images that are not chosen can inspire the author to write another story. Sometimes, illustrators become so skilled at what they do, that they start to write their own stories to accompany the images that they have made. These are the ones who can create true magic, using both images and words to tell stories.

There is a very big difference between the illustrations needed for medical writings, journals, articles, and regular literature. Those that are created for children are truly unique, because they enable to tell a story in a single image for those who cannot read. For adult writings, images are a point of reference, rather than the story in its own right. Good artists also understand the visual processing capabilities of young children, sticking to simple shapes and primary colors for the very young, and going more in depth as the child ages. They also use a range of different mediums, such as paper cut illustrations and acrylics, and different types of inks, such as pastels, water colors, color pencils, dark markers, oil paints, and so on. A good artist is able to adapt their personal style to the theme that they are working on, creating something that is both unique and fit for purpose.

Some children’s illustrators have become global sensations. Interestingly, many of these came from the Netherlands. For instance, the recently deceased Dick Bruna created the Nijntje (commonly known as Miffy) character, made solely from simple shapes and primary colors. Anton Piek, meanwhile, worked on the Brothers Grimm stories and his drawings were eternalized in the creation of an entire theme park with a magical forest in which children can literally immerse themselves in Piek’s drawings. While many of us remember authors, it is perhaps time that we started to remember illustrators as well.

Filed Under: Children Tagged With: art, children, creativity, illustration

4 Secrets that were Hidden Beneath Famous Works of Art

November 20, 2017 by Miriam Dunning Leave a Comment

Have you ever looked at a piece of art in your living room and wondered if it had a secret to tell? While only you can answer that question, scientists have been able to establish the facts behind these following four secrets, which were indeed hidden within the frames of some extremely famous pieces of art (except the last one).

The Mysterious Man in The Blue Room

Even people who have little idea about art know Picasso’s The Blue Room, but what even the art connoisseurs had no idea about until just a few years ago is the fact that it has a hidden picture beneath the paint. The Blue Room stays true to its name as it has a predominant bluish hue in both color and mood, but the man with a bowtie, which infrared scanning and multi-spectral imaging reveal to us, is more mysterious than anything else. Although the identity of the man is not yet known, he clearly preceded The Blue Room on the same canvas, before the great artist changed his mind.

The Hidden Roman Fresco in The Louvre

It only makes sense that the world’s biggest and most famous art museum had a hidden Roman fresco under one of the paintings. The famous 19th-century art collector, Giampietro Campana, was a painter himself and, in his time, he had painted quite a few frescos. Strangely enough, under one of his own works, scientists managed to find an ancient fresco that is of Roman origin and was originally painted thousands of years ago. The Terahertz spectroscopy managed to reveal little more than an eye, a nose, and a mouth, but the discovery itself was astounding enough. 

The Woman underneath Patch of Grass

Back in 2008, a scan using X-ray technology in particle accelerators unveiled a mysterious woman under Van Gogh’s famous Patch of Grass. The woman is likely of peasant origin although her identity cannot possibly be known. The discovery was marvelous, but it should be noted that back in the day when Van Gogh used to paint, poor artists reusing their canvases was not uncommon.

The Whitewashed Da Vinci

Admittedly, this one doesn’t involve a famous canvas hiding another picture within it, but it does involve something which is no less interesting. One of Leonardo Da Vinci’s huge murals was discovered on a wall in Sforza Castle, after being hidden under about 20 layers of whitewash for an unknown number of decades. Luckily, the painting was discovered in time. Restoration work is still in progress to restore this mural to its former glory. In case you are wondering, it’s a number of trees that went the full height of the wall and formed a pergola on top of the ceiling.

If all these artistic mysteries and their discoveries got you intrigued and you happen to love art, then head on over to Fine Art America and find yourself a piece that calls out to you. They happen to be the world’s largest online marketplace for art and print-on-demand technology, so you are sure to find more than just one piece to your liking.

Fine art is a joy, so add some to your home!

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: art, artwork, famous artwork, history

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