PreK–Grade 4 MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE By: Hannah McClung

 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

 1. Acrylic - paint  Books:  When I Met the Wolf Girls by Deborah Noyes  Mama’s 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

 3. Computer-Generated – Digital art; inserting artist illustrations into photographs  Books :  Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems  Beauty and the Beaks: A Turkey’s 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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

 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 MORE MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE

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

 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

 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 Andrea-Davis-Pinkney/dp/B001736FHQ  REFERENCES