illustration of books

Guide to the methods and equipment used in illustration covering techniques from acrylic paints to pastels and discusses how to discover the potential of each medium, and how experts achieve a wide range of effects.

Chronicles the life and career of twentieth-century Italian-American artist and illustrator Leo Politi, and contains reproductions of over fifty of his masterpieces.

Marguerite Henry explains how she gets ideas for her books, briefly describes the illustrators of her books, and shows excerpts from their work.

Contains a helpful guide to pen and ink drawing including tips on line technique, style, and landscape and architectural illustration.

A guide to illustration techniques, featuring step-by-step instructions for a variety of illustration methods for both color and black-and-white works.

Describes the life and literary career of children's author and illustrator Ted Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss.

Presents a decade-by-decade look at American illustration over the course of 140 years, featuring profiles of over 650 artists, with examples of their work.

A biography of the children's writer and illustrator who provides first word and picture representations to children.

An author forgets to give her manuscript to an illustrator who begins to paint whatever she herself wants, making the author a character in the book, along with a meddlesome duck and other creatures.