Details of illustrations made by Rébecca Dautremer.
Durante um dos meus passatempos de fim de semana - revistar as prateleiras da secção de livros infantis de uma livraria - descobri este fantástico livro editado em Portugal em 2007 pela Editora Educação Nacional. Consta que foram usados guaches nas ilustrações, nada de acrílicos!
"To tell the truth, I don't have any particular techniques! As my training is in graphics, I have to play around, try things out, work a lot. I consider myself a craftsperson more than an artist. My illustrations are all painted in gouache; I've been illustrating books for 10 years but as I had to teach myself how to use gouache, I always feel like I can improve. It is a matt medium, which can sometimes be a bit sombre, and it means that I have to bring out contrasts. In Cyrano, which I am publishing with my husband Taï-Marc Le Thanh this month, I had to use oils in the drawings to boost the colours. But gouache is much nicer to use than acrylics: it isn't a dead material - it never dries! If I had to go for another material, I would choose oils. "
Texto tirado de uma entrevista dada pela autora, em Londres - 2005.
Extract from an interview to Rébecca Dautremeter, London, 2005.
Fiquei fã da autora...já sei que existe outro livro editado na versão portuguesa ("Apaixonados"), e um que ainda não encontrei "Cyrano"...
"Princesses oubliées ou inconnues", Hachette Livre, 2004
Ilustrações com desenhos "simples" que fazem parte de páginas com espaço onde é fácil respirar...