{"id":4240,"date":"2017-01-12T08:43:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T14:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4240"},"modified":"2017-01-12T08:46:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T14:46:37","slug":"following-up-with-greg-pizzoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4240","title":{"rendered":"Following Up with Greg Pizzoli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/FINAL HALF TITLE PAGEuse.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nAs a follow-up to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/full-flight-greg-pizzoli\/\">my chat with author-illustrator Greg Pizzoli<\/a><\/strong> at <em>Kirkus<\/em> last week (where I learned what Rubylith is), I&#8217;ve got a bit more of his process images from Margaret Wise Brown&#8217;s <em>North, South, East, West<\/em>, coming to shelves this month from Harper. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/BIRD SKETCHESuse.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>Bird sketches<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/RUBYLITHuse.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/RUBYLITH2use.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/RUBYLITH3use.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<center><em>Above: Exploring with Rubylith<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/CUT PAPER1use.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/CUT PAPER2use.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/CUT PAPER3large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/CUT PAPER3small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>Above: Exploring with cut paper<\/em><br \/>(Click last image to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/HAND CUT LETTERS SKETCHuse.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<center><em>A sketch with hand-cut letters<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p8-9 a_SKETCHlarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p8-9 a_SKETCHsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p8-9 FINALlarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p8-9 FINALsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>Early sketch, followed by final spread:<br \/>&#8220;And then they would fly home to their nest in the sycamore tree<br \/>and she would sing her a song. &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click each to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p26-27 a_SKETCHlarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p26-27 a_SKETCHsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p26-27 FINALleft.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p26-27 FINALfull.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p26-27 FINALright.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>Early sketch, followed by final art<\/em><br \/>(Click first to enlarge, and click third to see final spread in its entirety)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p28-29 a_SKETCHlarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p28-29 a_SKETCHsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p28-29 FINALlarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/p28-29 FINALsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>Early sketch, followed by final spread:<br \/>&#8220;She sat on a rock by the edge of the sea. &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click each to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/01\/northsoutheastwestcover.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST. Copyright \u00a9 2017 by Roberta Brown Rauch. Illustrations \u00a9 2017 by Greg Pizzoli. Published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, New York. All images here reproduced by permission of Greg Pizzoli.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As a follow-up to my chat with author-illustrator Greg Pizzoli at Kirkus last week (where I learned what Rubylith is), I&#8217;ve got a bit more of his process images from Margaret Wise Brown&#8217;s North, South, East, West, coming to shelves this month from Harper. 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