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PreKGrade 4 MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE IN CHILDRENS LITERATURE By: Hannah McClung hannah.mcclung@smail.astate.edu

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Element of Visual Art Media Materials Used Media often portrays the mood of the story Some Media is combined (Mixed Media) Technique How materials are used Each artist develops own technique WHAT IS MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE?? 1.Line2. Color3. Shape 4. Texture5. Design6. Media/Technique

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1. Acrylic - paint Books: When I Met the Wolf Girls by Deborah Noyes Mamas Saris by Pooja Makhijani 2. Cut Paper and Collage Cut Paper Intricate detail; takes a long time Collage Torn paper; arranged and pasted Books: On the Day You Were Born by Debra Frasier A Closer Look by Mary McCarthy MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE

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3. Computer-Generated Digital art; inserting artist illustrations into photographs Books : Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems Beauty and the Beaks: A Turkeys Cautionary Tale by Mary Jane Auch 4. Gouache type of paint consisting of pigment; similar to watercolor; opaque. Books: Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler Abracadabra!: Magic with Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE CONTD.

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5. Graphite and Pencil most are black and white; great amount of detail; hatching and crosshatching Books: Jamie and Angus Together by Anne Fine Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg 6. Oil Painting grinding paint into oil base; great amount of detail; different textures Books: Rapunzel by Paul Zelinsky A Night of Tamales & Roses by Joanna H. Kraus MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE CONTD.

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7. Pastels/Crayons/Charcoal soft, chalky, delicate colors, layering Books: The Story of Giraffe by Ronald Hermsen A Piece of Chalk by Jennifer Ericsson 8. Scratchboard board covered with ink; artist carefully scratches away ink to make illustration Books: Duke Ellington; The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney The Faithful Friend by Robert D. San Souci MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE CONTD.

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9. Watercolor transparent washes of color; dissolves in water Books: Happy Birthday, Jamela! By Niki Daly Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers 10. Woodcuts draws image on wood; cuts around design; rolls ink onto raised surface Books: Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown If You Want to See a Caribou by Phyllis Root MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE CONTD.

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Mixed Media Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback Outline Drawing and Comic Strip What Will Fat Cat Sit On? By Jan Thomas Pen-and-Ink Midsummer Knight by Gregory Rogers MORE MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE

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Photographs Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford Scratchboard and Engraving Peggony-Po: A Whale of a Tale by Andrea Davis Pinkney http://www.amazon.com/Peggony-po-Whale-Andrea-Davis-Pinkney/dp/B001736FHQ MORE MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE

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Look out for these award-winning illustrators! David Weisner Eric Carle Jerry Pinkey Marla Frazee Steve Jenkins Chris Raschka ILLUSTRATORS

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Medal Winner Locomotive illustrated by Brian Floca Honor Books Journey written and illustrated by Aaron Becker Flora and the Flamingo written and illustrated by Molly Idle Mr. Wuffles! written and illustrated by David Weisner 2014 CALDECOTT WINNERS

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Galda, L., Sipe, L. R., Liang, L. A., Cullinan, B. E. (2014). Literature and the child (8 th ed.). Wadsworth, CA: Cengage Learning. Peggony Po Picture provided by http://www.amazon.com/Peggony-po-Whale- Andrea-Davis-Pinkney/dp/B001736FHQ http://childrensbooksguide.com/illustrators REFERENCES