Picture Books

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Picture Books

• ELE300

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Defined

• A book in which the text and pictures are equally
  important.

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Functions of Illustrations

• Establish setting
• Define and develop characters
• Reinforce text
• Provide a differing viewpoint

• Provide interesting asides
• Extend or develop the plot
• Establish mood

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Artistic Media

• Painterly Techniques
• Graphic Techniques
• Collage

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Painterly Techniques

• Watercolors
• Tempera
• Oil paint/Acrylics

• Chalk
• Pencil and ink
• Crayons

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Graphic Techniques

• Wood cuts
• Linoleum cuts
• Scratchboard
• Stone lithography

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Collage

• Artistic composition of fragments pasted on a
  surface.

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Artistic Elements

• Line
• Space
• Shape
• Color
• Texture
• Composition and Perspective

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Line

• Suggests direction, motion, energy and mood
• Vertical lines
• Horizontal lines
• Diagonal lines
• Jagged lines
• Invisible lines

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Color

• Sometimes associated with natural phenomena
• Warm colors
• Cool colors
• Complements the mood, characterization, setting
  and theme
• May show passage of time

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Shape

• Lines and color work together to complement the
  moody, characterization, setting, and theme
• White space is often used to highlight, or
  emphasize a certain object.

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Composition

• Refers to the arrangement of the various visual
  elements

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Texture

• Manipulation of line, color sand shape to create
  textural imagery

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Change in perspective

• A Change in perspective can be used as a means to
  obtain action or change the focus

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Page Design

• Very formal
• Formal
• Informal
• Very informal
• Least formal

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Artistic Styles

• Representationalism
• Expressionism
• Impressionism
• Surrealism
• Cartoon
• Folk Art