{"id":3680,"date":"2015-02-26T12:27:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T18:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3680"},"modified":"2015-02-26T12:27:10","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T18:27:10","slug":"a-moment-with-emily-gravetts-art-and-sketchbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3680","title":{"rendered":"A Moment with Emily Gravett&#8217;s Art &#8212; and Sketchbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/gravettta6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Last week, I talked over at <em>Kirkus<\/em> with poet and author <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/afharroldkids.tumblr.com\/\">A. F. Harrold<\/a><\/strong> about his children&#8217;s novel, <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780802738110\">The Imaginary<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, released overseas last year but coming to American shelves in early March from Bloomsbury. That conversation is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/finding-real-imaginary-f-harrold\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>. Today, I&#8217;m following up with some of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1606\">Emily Gravett&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> art from the book, as well as some peeks into her sketchbook for this one. (That&#8217;s an early sketch pictured above.)<\/p>\n<p>I thank her for sharing. Enjoy the art. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><strong><font size=4>Some of Emily&#8217;s Early Sketches:<\/font><\/strong><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/gravettta1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/gravettta3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/gravettta5left.jpg\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/gravettta5full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/gravettta5right.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click above image to see sketchbook page in full)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/gravettta2large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/gravettta2small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/gravettta4large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/gravettta4small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><strong><font size=4>Some Final Art from the Book:<\/font><\/strong><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/TheImaginary_p42-43full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/TheImaginary_p42-43small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;A flash of lightning hit the study and, through the wooden legs of the chair, she saw, illuminated in the split-second snap of the light,<br \/>a pair of thin, pale human legs in the middle of the room.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/TheImaginary_90_91large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/TheImaginary_90_91small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;In the middle of the library, where the bookcases gave way to tables and chairs, &#8216;people&#8217; were gathered. Rudger used the word &#8216;people&#8217; loosely as he looked at them, and left the word &#8216;real&#8217; out of his thoughts entirely.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/TheImaginary_116_117large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/TheImaginary_116_117small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;In the the mirror she met John&#8217;s eye, and she winked.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/TheImaginary_p172-173large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/TheImaginary_p172-173small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;Rudger stood at the foot of her bed and looked at her. She looked peaceful.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/02\/theimaginarycover.JPG\"><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>THE IMAGINARY. Text copyright \u00a9 2014 by A. F. Harrold. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2014 by Emily Gravett. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Bloomsbury, New York. Sketches reproduced by permission of Emily Gravett and Bloomsbury.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I talked over at Kirkus with poet and author A. F. Harrold about his children&#8217;s novel, The Imaginary, released overseas last year but coming to American shelves in early March from Bloomsbury. That conversation is here. 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