The Monster Project is a beautiful, pedagogic project that aims to help children recognise the power of their own imaginations and to encourage them to pursue their creative potential. And everything is done through illustration! Magic, right? How it works? I couldn’t wait to tell you. Artists knows that the children’s imagination is almost infinite (you […]
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THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, BEATRIX POTTER, 1902 – #illusthursday
The tale of Peter Rabbit is Beatrix Potter’s most popular and well-loved children book; it has been translated into 36 languages, and it is one of the best-selling books of all time (45 million copies sold!). The story is about a mischievous rabbit that disobeys his mother’s orders, risks his life running off in McGregor’s vegetable garden and faces […]
SHAUN TAN, THE RED TREE (2001) – #illusthursday
The Red Tree is Shaun Tan’s way to play with experimental narrative: the idea of a book without a story. A tale that has no story in terms of narration, but has an incredible strength. A sequence of beautiful paintings that create imaginary landscapes; few words that appear here and there; a tiny red leaf that […]
