Following Up with Greg Pizzoli

h1 January 12th, 2017 by jules



 

As a follow-up to my chat with author-illustrator Greg Pizzoli at Kirkus last week (where I learned what Rubylith is), I’ve got a bit more of his process images from Margaret Wise Brown’s North, South, East, West, coming to shelves this month from Harper.

Enjoy!



 


Bird sketches


 




Above: Exploring with Rubylith


 




Above: Exploring with cut paper
(Click last image to enlarge)


 


A sketch with hand-cut letters


 



Early sketch, followed by final spread:
“And then they would fly home to their nest in the sycamore tree
and she would sing her a song. …”

(Click each to enlarge)


 




Early sketch, followed by final art
(Click first to enlarge, and click third to see final spread in its entirety)


 



Early sketch, followed by final spread:
“She sat on a rock by the edge of the sea. …”

(Click each to enlarge)


 



 

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NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST. Copyright © 2017 by Roberta Brown Rauch. Illustrations © 2017 by Greg Pizzoli. Published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, New York. All images here reproduced by permission of Greg Pizzoli.





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