Kathe Kollwitz (German 1867-1945)

Self-Portrait 1923

Woodcut Proof (5 7/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

Amedeo Modigliani (Italian 1884-1920)

Portrait of Jeanne Hetenval ca. 1906-07

Pencil & Charcoal

http://www.steigrad.com/cat/modigliani01.html

Andrew Glass (American b. 1949)

Sketches from a Spy Tree (llustrator) 2005

Pencil

Amedeo Modigliani (Italian 1884-1920)

Self-Portrait 1899, Age 15

Charcoal

M.C. Escher (German 1898-1972)

Eye (1946)

Mezzotint

http://www.brigantine.atlnet.org/GigapaletteGALLERY/websit

LINE:

The path of a Moving Point Through Space;

one-Dimensional & Measured by Length;

Vary in Appearance: Different Lengths, Widths,

Textures, Directions, & Degree of Curve;

5 Types: Vertical, Horizontal, Diagonal, Curved, Zigzag

What advice do you have for young people who would like to become artists or children's book illustrators?

Look at pictures, all sorts of pictures and draw, draw, draw. Actually i think of drawing as anything you do to make a picture, using a pencil, a brush, paper and glue or your elbow dipped in butter. Drawing is like thinking out loud.

Do you intuitively know which images you'll create when reading a piece or do you have to experiment until you find the one you want?

First I know intuitively so I draw something right away. Then I draw it again and again and again......

Is there as much revision in making the art of a book as there is in the writing?

For me making pictures is very much like writing. You have to be very persistent and try not to think about being finished or you will go a little or a lot crazy.

Interview with Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, Author of Sketches from a Spy Tree

http://www.tracievaughnzimmer.com/Andrew%20Glass%20Interview.htm