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Raúl Colón’s Imagine!

h1 November 6th, 2018 by jules



 

I’ve a review over at BookPage of Raúl Colón’s Imagine! (Paula Wiseman Books, September 2018). That is here.

I’m following up below with some art from the book.

Enjoy!



 



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IMAGINE! Copyright © 2018 by Raúl Colón. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York.





3 comments to “Raúl Colón’s Imagine!”

  1. Ooh, I wonder if that’s scratchboard painted over with something, or if that’s an entirely digital artwork. I love the textures in this.

         by tanita November 6th, 2018 at 3:26 pm

  2. Good question! It’s watercolors, colored pencils, and lithograph pencils on Arches paper.

         by jules November 7th, 2018 at 10:18 am

  3. What an amazing artist Raul Colon is! Thanks for posting spreads. There’s a video of how he produces his art here: https://www.facebook.com/nytbooks/videos/live-art-raul-colon/1773858765977956/

         by leda November 18th, 2018 at 11:08 am

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