What's the use of a book, thought Alice, if there are no pictures or conversations in it?
“Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” Surprisingly, children's illustrations from Russia (USSR) have an exact year of birth - 1925. In the year of literature, children's illustration turns 90 years old. This year, a children's literature department was created at the Leningrad State Publishing House (GIZ). Before this, books with illustrations had not been published specifically for children.
Who are they - the authors of the most beloved, beautiful illustrations that have remained in our memory since childhood and are liked by our children? Find out, remember, share your opinion., The article was written using stories from parents of current children and reviews of books on online bookstore websites. Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev (1903-1993, Moscow) - children's writer, illustrator and animator. His kind, cheerful pictures look like stills from a cartoon. Suteev’s drawings turned many fairy tales into masterpieces. For example, not all parents consider the works of Korney Chukovsky to be necessary classics, and most of them do not consider his works talented. But I want to hold Chukovsky’s fairy tales, illustrated by Vladimir Suteev, in my hands and read them to children. Boris Aleksandrovich Dekhterev (1908-1993, Kaluga, Moscow) – folk artist soviet schedule
(it is believed that the “Dekhterev School” determined the development of book graphics in the country), illustrator. Worked primarily in technology pencil drawing-illustrators already consider Ustinov their teacher. Nikolai Ustinov is a national artist and illustrator. Fairy tales with his illustrations were published not only in Russia (USSR), but also in Japan, Germany, Korea and other countries. Illustrated almost three hundred works famous artist for publishing houses: “Children’s Literature”, “Malysh”, “Artist of the RSFSR”, publishing houses of Tula, Voronezh, St. Petersburg and others. Worked in the magazine Murzilka. Ustinov’s illustrations to Russians remain the most beloved for children. folk tales
: Three Bears, Masha and the Bear, Little Fox Sister, Frog Princess, Geese Swans and many others. Yuri Alekseevich Vasnetsov (1900-1973, Vyatka, Leningrad) - people's artist and illustrator. All kids like his pictures for folk songs, nursery rhymes and jokes (Ladushki, Rainbow-arc). He illustrated folk tales, tales of Leo Tolstoy, Pyotr Ershov, Samuil Marshak, Vitaly Bianki and other classics of Russian literature. When buying children's books with illustrations by Yuri Vasnetsov, make sure that the pictures are clear and moderately bright. Using the name famous artist, V
Lately books are often published with unclear scans of drawings or with increased unnatural brightness and contrast, and this is not very good for children's eyes. Leonid Viktorovich Vladimirsky (b. 1920, Moscow) - Russian graphic artist and the most popular illustrator of books about Buratino by A. N. Tolstoy and about the Emerald City by A. M. Volkov, thanks to which he became widely known in Russia and other countries
former USSR . Painted with watercolors. It is Vladimirsky’s illustrations that many recognize as classic among Volkov’s works. Well, Pinocchio in the form in which several generations of children have known and loved him is undoubtedly his merit. Viktor Aleksandrovich Chizhikov (born 1935, Moscow) - People's Artist of Russia, author of the image of the bear cub Mishka, the summer mascot Olympic Games", "Murzilka", painted for the magazine "Around the World" for many years.
Chizhikov illustrated the works of Sergei Mikhalkov, Nikolai Nosov (Vitya Maleev at school and at home), Irina Tokmakova (Alya, Klyaksich and the letter “A”), Alexander Volkov (The Wizard of the Emerald City), poems by Andrei Usachev, Korney Chukovsky and Agnia Barto and other books . To be fair, it is worth noting that Chizhikov’s illustrations are quite specific and cartoonish. Therefore, not all parents prefer to buy books with his illustrations if there is an alternative. For example, many people prefer the books “The Wizard of the Emerald City” with illustrations by Leonid Vladimirsky. Nikolai Ernestovich Radlov (1889-1942, St. Petersburg) - Russian artist, art historian, teacher. Illustrator of children's books: Agnia Barto, Samuil Marshak, Sergei Mikhalkov, Alexander Volkov. Radlov drew with great pleasure for children. His most famous book– comics for kids “Stories in Pictures”. This is a book-album with funny stories about animals and birds. Years have passed, but the collection is still very popular. The stories in pictures were repeatedly republished not only in Russia, but also in other countries. On
international competition children's book in America in 1938, the book received second prize. Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (1876-1942, Leningrad) - Russian artist, book illustrator and theater designer. Bilibin illustrated a large number of fairy tales, including those of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. He developed his own style - “Bilibinsky” - a graphic representation taking into account the traditions of Old Russian and folk art, a carefully drawn and detailed patterned line drawing, colored in watercolor. Bilibin's style became popular and began to be imitated.
Anatoly Mikhailovich Savchenko (1924-2011, Novocherkassk, Moscow) - animator and illustrator of children's books. Anatoly Savchenko was the production designer for the cartoons “Kid and Carlson” and “Carlson is Back” and the author of illustrations for Astrid Lindgren’s books. The most famous cartoon works with his direct participation: Moidodyr, the adventures of Murzilka, Petya and Little Red Riding Hood, Vovka in the Far Far Away Kingdom, The Nutcracker, Tsokotukha the Fly, Kesha the Parrot and others.
Children are familiar with Savchenko’s illustrations from the books: “Piggy Gets Offended” by Vladimir Orlov, “Little Brownie Kuzya” by Tatyana Alexandrova, “Fairy Tales for the Little Ones” by Gennady Tsyferov, “Little Baba Yaga” by Otfried Preussler, as well as books with works similar to cartoons. Oleg Vladimirovich Vasiliev (born 1931, Moscow). His works are in the collections of many art museums in Russia and the USA, incl. in the State Tretyakov Gallery
in Moscow. Since the 60s, for more than thirty years he has been engaged in the design of children's books in collaboration with Erik Vladimirovich Bulatov (born 1933, Sverdlovsk, Moscow). The most famous are the artists' illustrations for the fairy tales of Charles Perrault and Hans Andersen, the poems of Valentin Berestov and the fairy tales of Gennady Tsyferov. The books we read as children influenced us so much thanks to the memorable pictures with our favorite characters. We can easily reproduce the images of Dunno or Thumbelina in our memory decades later. But now
It's harder to choose with pictures. When we go into a store, we simply get lost and end up taking a book with the most poisonous cover, which makes the child feel sick. What is the secret of a successful illustration and how to choose a good picture book for a child, Alexandra Balashova, illustrator and teacher at the Veronica Kalacheva School of Drawing, told Angelina Green and Ilya Markin.
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For those who are preparing for the main school exam
3 rules for creating good children's drawings There is no universal recipe for the perfect illustration. But there are three rules that allow artists to create attractive designs for children's books.
1. Children's illustrations should be contrasting. Otherwise, it is difficult for the child to focus his eyes on something. Children's ability to concentrate is not very developed. They perceive colors and shapes, so this is especially important for children's illustrations.
3. Readers should recognize themselves in the characters.. It’s good, for example, if the characters correspond to the children’s age and body proportions.
Regarding the choice of books by parents, I advise instilling good taste in children from childhood. We need to be brave and get rid of all the books with plastic shaky eyes and nuclear colors. Choose the illustrations that you like. This way you will introduce your child to the world of beauty step by step. We all limit our children’s consumption of sweets and instill a love for vegetables, right? The same should be done with book illustrations.
It is important to remember that it is more difficult to hold a child’s attention than an adult’s. To check if an illustration has enough contrast, do a simple test: photograph the illustration in black and white. It should be varied in tone and not look like a sticky gray mass.
Many adults, especially grandmothers, believe that animals in children's books should be drawn realistically. Otherwise, the child will have the wrong idea of what, for example, a cat looks like. As practice shows, very young children respond better to a more symbolic image of an animal. They recognize him immediately. In addition, this symbolism develops imagination. Don't be afraid of simplified forms. Leave realistic illustrations (like Ingpen's) for older children.
If you don’t know how to choose something worthwhile from the variety of books, and you get lost among the assortment bookstores- pay attention to small publishing houses (“Polyandria”, “Samokat”, “Pink Giraffe”). Small publishers are often more careful in the selection of books and the quality of illustrations.
What are children's illustrations?
There is no single classification of illustrations; everything is individual and depends on the author. For parents who still want to understand the range of children's picture books, we have prepared a small guide to techniques, approaches and styles of drawing illustrations.
It's worth starting with what you have different materials. Some paint with paints, some with pencils, some combine techniques or use collages, some cut from paper. Some illustrators draw straight from their heads, while others draw a lot of sketches and select references.
The main thing in illustration is the unifying principle for a series of pictures. Most often this will be a plot, it is divided into key scenes, for each of which the artist creates illustrations. The drawings depict the heroes of the story.
As an example of illustrations united by a plot, one can cite the drawings of Frederic Pillot in the books “Lulu and the Absent-Minded Stork” or “Lulu and the Feast of Lovers.” In the pictures we see exactly the situations that are described in the text.
Illustration by Frédéric Pillot
Illustration by Frédéric Pillot
Some artists combine series of pictures based on the location of the action: for example, illustrations of scenes from village life. Many Wimmelbooks are designed according to this principle - educational books for review, training attention and memory. These are large format publications, in which each spread is a detailed picture that children can look at endlessly.
Wimmelbooks are ideal for younger readers: children learn by playing and reading. A striking example is the book “At the Circus” by Doro Gebel and Peter Knorr. Several plots, each of which takes place on the territory of the circus.
Illustration by Doro Goebel and Peter Knorr
Pictures are sometimes combined according to stylistic principles. The illustrator draws already familiar images, adapting them to his own unique style. For example, he redraws the characters of a book, a series of books, a series of films or cartoons so that they, while remaining recognizable characters, reflect the artist’s vision. In the drawings of Finnish graphic designer Jirka Vaatainen, you can recognize Disney princesses, although they look unusual. Children who love Frozen and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will really like a book with similar illustrations.
Illustrations by Jirka Väätäinen
The peculiarity of technology can also be a unifying principle. For example, if the author only uses geometric figures, like Oleg Beresnev in animal drawings. Illustrations like these are great for training. creative thinking children and teach them to perceive simplified forms.
A great variety of such unifying principles can be invented. There are no restrictions, everything depends only on the artist himself and the possibilities of his imagination.
Illustration by Oleg Beresnev
Nowadays living techniques and materials are very popular - watercolor, gouache, colored pencils, collages. Vector illustrations are also popular, but most often the artist’s handwriting is much more difficult to recognize in them.
Here shining example watercolor illustrations by Tokyo artist Mateusz Urbanowicz.
Illustrations by Mateusz Urbanowicz
And here are the gouache drawings from Dinara Mirtalipova.
Illustrations by Dinara Mirtalipova
Some artists cut out illustrations from paper or fabric, such as Czech artist Mihaela Mihailova. Such experiments with shapes always keep children busy.
Illustrations by Michaela Mihalyiová
Illustration by Tatyana Devayeva, Elena Erlikh and Alexey Lyapunov
Original works are produced by those who work with linocut. As an example, here is a drawing by Olga Ezhova-Denisova from Yekaterinburg.
Illustration by Olga Ezhova-Denisova
Some artists use collage, as does artist Morgana Wallace. Children often try to imitate such illustrations, inspiring them to create their own crafts and collages.
Illustration by Morgana Meredith Wallace
Classic vector illustration, like the work of Irish illustrator Peter Donnelly, is notable primarily for its cartoon-like feel.
Illustration by Peter Donnelly
Best illustrators
If you don't fully trust your own taste, turn to the works of famous artists. There are a lot of illustration gurus, and each person has their own list of favorites. I have compiled a selection of my favorite authors. All of them influenced children's illustration, and many even stood at its origins.
Miroslav Shashek is a children's writer and illustrator from the Czech Republic, known for his colorful guidebooks. A series of vibrant publications includes guides “This is New York”, “This is Paris”, “This is London” and many others.
Zdenek Miler- Another one Czech artist, who often worked with animation. He is known as the author of cartoons about Krotik, which many enjoyed watching in childhood.
Beatrix Potter- English artist and author of children's books. She mainly painted animals and plants.
Lev Tokmakov- Soviet illustrator who collaborated with the magazine “Murzilka”. His works are kept in the Tretyakov Gallery and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
Victor Chizhikov- the artist who gave the world the image of the bear cub Mishka, the mascot of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.
Yuri Vasnetsov- Soviet artist, painter, graphic artist, theater artist, book illustrator and laureate state awards. His drawings can be found in most books familiar to us from childhood.
Olga and Andrey Dugin- Russian artists who moved to Stuttgart. Their works resemble medieval miniatures. In 2007, the couple were awarded the Gold Medal of the US Society of Illustrators for their drawings for the fairy tale “The Brave Little Tailor.”
Robert Ingpen- Australian-born illustrator. Among his works are drawings for “Alice in Wonderland”, “Treasure Island”, “Tom Sawyer”, “Peter Pan and Wendy”, Kipling’s fairy tales and many others classical works. To some, Robert Ingpen's illustrations seem too adult, serious and even gloomy, but to others they delight.
Eric Carle- illustrator, for a long time worked in the advertising department of the prestigious New York Times newspaper. Once upon a time, a logo drawn by an artist was so liked by someone children's writer that Eric Carle was offered to create an illustration for the book. Soon the artist himself began to write for young readers.
Rebecca Dotremer- French illustrator and author of his own children's books. Works in children's print media and creates posters with illustrations.
Ernest Shepard- English artist and illustrator who worked as a cartoonist for the satirical magazine Punch. Known for his illustrations for fairy tales about Winnie the Pooh.
Quentin Blake- English illustrator. His drawings adorn more than 300 books recognized classics: Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, Jules Verne, Sylvia Plath, Roald Dahl and many others.
Writers illustrating their books (lesson 2)
Target: give students an idea of book graphics, its features. To introduce the work of writers who illustrate their works and their books, to achieve their recognition creative manner. To introduce students to the world of lines and colors created by artists, to teach them to see beauty, to raise their level artistic perception, enrich creative imagination, fantasy. Instill a love of reading.
Material and equipment: books with illustrations, TSO - presentation.
During the classes
Slide1. Epigraph.
“Reading is a second life”
Guys, do you know any writers who illustrated their books?
Students' answers.
Today you will learn a lot of interesting things about the work of these wonderful writers and artists.
Slide 2. Surely you are all familiar with early childhood Evgeniy Ivanovich Charushin . He devoted all his creativity to nature. in the ancient northern city of Vyatka.
The boy grew up next to the taiga, and, of course, the house was always full of different animals. Zhenya carried his love for them throughout his life. He grew up, became an artist, and his drawings were populated by a variety of animals and birds.
Slide 3. Guys, what do you call an artist who draws animals? (Animal painter)
That's right, animalist, from the Latin word animal - animal. And Charushin depicted animals as, perhaps, no one before him. He observed animals, often visited the zoo and made many drawings from life. After all, in order to truthfully portray an animal, you need to study it well, know not only the appearance of the animal, but also its movements, habits and even character.
Soon his furry little animals appeared in the children's books of S. Marshak and V. Bianki - mobile, flexible, wary or trusting, and children immediately fell in love with them. Charushin especially liked to draw cubs of a variety of animals - wolf cubs, fox cubs, bear cubs, lion cubs, chickens, kittens.
Slide 4. Here are illustrations for S. Marshak’s book “Children in a Cage”. These drawings are one of best works Charushin (1935). Look at the giraffe, which, funnyly spreading thin legs and stretching out his long neck, he tries to reach the flower, exactly as in the poem by S. Marshak:
Picking flowers is easy and simple
Small children.
But to the one who is so tall,
It's not easy to pick a flower!
The child is not allowed to eat!
He ate this morning
Only two of these buckets.
Slide 5. Here, look at the amazingly touching bear cub. He is still so small that much of nature is unfamiliar to him. But he liked the raspberries.
Slide 6. And here is the surprised kitten Tyupa. He lived at Charushin's house, and he was nicknamed Tyupa because he moved his lips funny, as if he were talking. Guys, let's read this story. (Reading a story). Look at the illustrations for this story. How accurately the artist depicted a fluffy kitten - Tyupa hid, watching the butterfly, ears erect, eyes wide open. How much curiosity is in his gaze! You can't help but smile when you look at him.
Slide 7. Who do you see in this illustration for the story “Forest Kitten”? (Rysenka)
Now the little lynx is very busy, what do you think he is going to do? (Jump)
That’s right, Charushin depicted the animal’s pose in such a way that we immediately understood that the lynx was preparing to jump. And to find out what happened next, you need to read the story.
Slide 8. Do you recognize this kid? (This is a wolf cub)
This illustration is for the story "Wolf". If you look carefully at the drawing, you can notice his frightened eyes, it seems that he is whining quietly. No, he is not capricious at all. He's just small. His mother wolf went hunting, and he was left alone, and he became scared. After reading the story, you can find out what happened to him later.
Slide 9. In the book “Big and Small,” Evgeniy Ivanovich tells you guys about how animals and birds teach their children how to get food and save themselves (reading the stories “Hares” and “Woodpeckers with Chicks”).
Slide Meet me! This dog's name is Tomka. Do you think he is evil or good? (Students' answers)
The owner loves Tomka very much because he is an understanding dog. One hot summer day Tomka was taken hunting. It was very beautiful and fun on the small lawn: butterflies and dragonflies were flying, grasshoppers were jumping. I wonder if the dog Tomka will be able to catch someone during the hunt or not? And you can find out this, and about other adventures of this cute dog, by reading the stories “About Tomka”.
Slide 12. Evgeniy Ivanovich Charushin worked a lot with children - he taught them to draw. His son Nikita Charushin, having become an artist, also illustrates children's books. His granddaughter Natasha also became an illustrator.
Slide 13. Charushin wrote, as if addressing his young readers: “Enter the world of nature! Enter attentive and inquisitive, kind and brave. Learn more, know more. This is why we exist, so that nature turns into a great homeland for you...
But the Motherland is the smell of pine and spruce, and the aroma of fields, and the creaking of snow under skis, and the blue frosty sky... And if all this cannot be expressed in the words of a writer, the artist’s brush comes to the rescue.”
Slide 14. So happily two skills, two talents were combined in one person - a storyteller and a draftsman. And both of them are given to you - the children. It is not without reason that Evgeniy Ivanovich Charushin's books have been translated into many foreign languages. And this is a symbol of well-deserved recognition in world children's literature. His drawings have been at exhibitions in many cities around the world - London, Copenhagen, Athens, Sofia, Beijing, Paris, etc. For outstanding services in the development of the Soviet visual arts In 1945 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
After graduating from school, he entered the Institute of Civil Engineering, where he managed to complete three courses before the war. In 1941, after completing military engineering courses, he was sent to the front.
Slide 38. He graduated from the war with the rank of senior lieutenant.
After the war, he entered the first year of the art department of the Institute of Cinematographers in the animation department, from which he graduated with honors.
Slide 39. He was sent to the "Filmstrip" studio, where he drew 10 children's filmstrips, including "The Adventures of Pinocchio" (1953) based on a fairy tale.
The drawn image of this wooden man with a sly smile has long won the love of children and has become a classic. It is used in cinema, theater, and serves as a model for making dolls. The image of Pinocchio has become firmly established in popular consciousness that few people think about who painted it...
Slide 40. In 1956, the book “The Golden Key or the Adventures of Pinocchio” was published with illustrations by Vladimirsky. And from that time on, the artist began to engage only in illustrating books for children.
Slide 41. Did you know that the striped cap and red jacket of Pinocchio were invented by Leonid Vladimirsky? After all, Tolstoy’s Buratino jacket is brown, and his cap is completely white. Leonid Viktorovich says that Pinocchio came to him in a dream and asked him to draw a red cap and a red jacket. In order not to “offend” either the writer or the hero, the artist had to make the cap striped. Entire generations have become accustomed to this type of Pinocchio.
Slide 42–44. L. Vladimirsky says about his drawings that they are something between a book and a movie. This is a filmstrip on paper. All illustrations are interconnected. He is, first and foremost, a cartoonist. Therefore, looking at the pictures, you can easily tell the plot of the book. Let's try…
Slide 45. The artist’s second famous work, which brought him national recognition, is illustrations for six fairy tales by A. Volkov.
Slide 46. The first book, “The Wizard of the Emerald City,” was published in 1959. Since then, with drawings by Vladimirsky, it has been republished more than 110 times.
And it all started like this... After Pinocchio, the artist wanted to illustrate some good children's book and he went to the library and asked for something interesting. So Vladimirsky received a small green book “The Wizard of the Emerald City”, printed on poor paper and with black and white illustrations. Leonid Viktorovich really liked the book, and he decided to find the writer A. Volkov. It turned out that he lived in the next entrance. With A. Volkov, Vladimirsky created a color book, which was a great success. The book was simply impossible to get. People stood in queues at night to subscribe to it. The guys took them from friends, copied them by hand, and copied pictures. Vladimirsky keeps several such handwritten copies. And then letters came from children asking them to write a sequel. This is how this series was born. For twenty years the writer and artist worked in perfect harmony.
Slide 47. This is how the writer A. Volkov assessed the artist’s work: “I can admit that I was lucky: fairy tale characters, drawn by L. Vladimirsky for my books, have become close to millions of young readers. I now imagine the Straw Man Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Ellie and other heroes of my fairy tales exactly as the artist created them.”
Slide 48. The artist himself will tell us how the images of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were born: “I came up with a sheaf of hair - this is a good find. U American artists Baum's fairy tales "The Wise Man of Oz" The Scarecrow. They go from his destination. And I - from character. My Scarecrow is kind and cute. It was very difficult to “match” his and the Tin Woodman’s noses. The American Scarecrow has a hole instead of a nose. Of course, I was indignant and put a patch on it in this place. My Scarecrow is small and fat, the Tin Woodman is tall and thin. Based on the principle of contrast. And if one has a patch, then the other should have a long nose. I draw a long woodcutter sharp nose- it turns out to be an iron Pinocchio! It turned out to be very difficult to find the small round chip that you see on the tip of his nose.”
Slide 49. The artist also suffered with Arachne, the evil sorceress from “The Yellow Fog.” After all, according to the book, this is a rude, primitive giantess who released a yellow fog onto magical land. The writer did not like everything that the artist brought and showed. He said that this was not a sorceress, but Baba Yaga. Trying to “see” this heroine, Leonid Viktorovich spent days on the subway, making sketches, sitting at train stations for hours... nothing worked, all the wrong images! And then one day Leonid Viktorovich was climbing the stairs in his entrance, and a neighbor was walking towards him. And he realized - here she is Arachne! He immediately took up a pencil, drew it and went to the “trial” with Volkov. He liked it and the children saw it new book and a new heroine.
Slide 50-51. And for a long time and painfully, Vladimirsky searched for the image of Lyudmila from the poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila”. He painted it for 40 years. And all the time I didn’t like something, I couldn’t find the final version. In the end, I decided that, first of all, Pushkin himself should have liked Lyudmila. The artist placed in front of him a portrait of Natalie Goncharova, the wife of Alexander Sergeevich, and, looking at her, finally drew that same Lyudmila.
Leonid Vladimirsky illustrated many fairy tales.
Slide 52. This is “Three Fat Men” by Yu. Olesha,
Slide 53.“The Adventures of Parsley” by M. Fadeeva and A. Smirnov,
Slide 54.“Defeated Karabas” by E. Danko,
Slide 55.“Journey of the Blue Arrow” by J. Rodari,
Slide 56."Russian Fairy Tales" and many other books.
Until now, we have talked to you about L. Vladimirsky only as an artist, but he also wanted to become a writer. Vladimirsky is very fond of the mischievous wooden boy Pinocchio and he depicted him many, many times, as soon as a piece of paper falls into his hand, his hand again and again draws a long nose, a mouth to the ears, a striped cap with a tassel... There was a whole folder of these drawings. The restless boy became bored in it. I wanted to get into a beautiful book, and as the artist himself says, he asked Pinocchio to compose a fairy tale for him about his new, very amazing adventures.
Slide 57. This is how the book “Pinocchio is looking for treasure” was born - a real children's thriller. And then the artist and writer Vladimirsky came up with the idea of introducing Buratino to his other favorite hero, the Scarecrow. And how to do it? That's how.
Slide 58. a fairy tale in which he sent dad Carlo, the dolls and Artemon to the Magic Land in the Emerald City. When all the heroes met there, it turned out that they had a lot in common. IN a new fairy tale many miracles happened, which you will learn about by reading this book and looking at the magnificent illustrations.
Slide 59. Leonid Viktorovich is 87 years old, but he is full of energy and creative ideas. He dreams of making a cartoon based on his book “Pinocchio is looking for treasure.” He is one of the organizers of the All-Russian family club “Friends of the Emerald City,” which is now successfully expanding its activities. Vladimirsky has his own website on the Internet.
Slide 60. Leonid Viktorovich Vladimirsky – Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, laureate All-Russian competition children's reading awards "Golden Key". In 2006, the artist was awarded the Order of Pinocchio: “For courage and presence of mind shown on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, for loyalty to the ideals of childhood, for creating the classic image of Pinocchio and works of art cultivating purity of thoughts in children, inner freedom and self-confidence."
Slide 61. Story about it talented person You can end it with his own poems in which he states: “Kindness will win.”
The final part of the lesson
Slide 62. Guys, let's remember which writers you met in class today, illustrating their books?
– Which of them can be classified as animal artists and why?
– Which of the writers and artists you already know is called “Russian Disney” and why?
– Which artist came up with the image of Pinocchio in the very form to which we are all so accustomed that we consider it classic?
– Which of them became the founder of a dynasty of children’s book illustrators?
– Name the artist who loved the heroes of the two (which?) fairy tales he illustrated so much that he decided to become a writer as well, in order to come up with a sequel in which all these heroes would meet and become friends (what is the name of this new fairy tale?).
Slide 63. Who came up with and drew a comic about Pif?
Slide 64. It took E. Charushin a long time to choose his “hunting assistant.” Who did he choose?
Slide 65. In front of you are cards with text. These are excerpts from famous work(what and who is the author?). And on the screen there are illustrations for these passages. After reading the text, match it with the heroine. What can you tell us about each of them? In what order do sorceresses appear in the book?
Gingema - ruled the Munchkins in the Blue Country, an evil sorceress.
Villina is a good sorceress, ruler of the Yellow Country.
Bastinda, the evil ruler of the Violet Country of the Migunov, was afraid of water.
Stella is the forever young good sorceress of the Pink Country of Chatterboxes.
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Today I want to talk about modern children's book illustrators. When I was preparing material for this article, I noticed that modern artists create very beautiful and high-quality illustrations, but mainly for children of middle and high school age. You can often see beautiful illustrations for Andersen's fairy tales, Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, and Hoffmann's fairy tales.
Unfortunately, I was unable to find modern Russian artists, creating for kids. Those that could stand on a par with the names - Suteev, Charushin, Tokmakov, Miturich, Konashevich... But, let's hope that this temporary gap will soon be filled with new bright names.
And now we present to you the top 7 best modern children's illustrators of the national school.
Igor Oleynikov
This one is extraordinary talented artist known not only as an illustrator of children's books, but also as an excellent cartoonist. He took part in the creation of such wonderful cartoons as “The Secret of the Third Planet”, “Caliph the Stork”, “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” and many others, which were loved by viewers of all ages.
Surprisingly, one of the brightest Russian children's artists does not have a professional art education(which he greatly regrets, by his own admission). He was born in Lyubertsy, Moscow region, and graduated from the Institute of Chemical Engineering. He started working at the Soyuzmultfilm studio as an assistant to the production designer.
Igor Oleynikov is the winner of various animated and book festivals. His illustrations are mesmerizing, enchanting so much that it is difficult to believe that he did not study at any art university.
The fairy tale “The Emperor and the Nightingale” by H.H. Andersen. Publishing house Azbuka-classics
Evgeniy Antonenkov
Graduated from the Moscow Polygraphic Institute. For a long time collaborated with the Rosmen publishing house. He illustrated many books, including books by Yunna Moritz, Korney Chukovsky, Boris Zakhoder, Alan Milne, Sergei Kozlov and other authors.
“Bibigon”, K. Chukovsky
“Bibigon”, K. Chukovsky
“Lemon Malinovich Compress”, Yunna Moritz
“Little Muk”, V. Gauf
Vladislav Erko
Many mothers are probably familiar with the wonderful illustrations of this artist. My dream has always been “The Snow Queen” with drawings by Vladislav Erko. The artist was born and lives in Kyiv, has been collaborating for a long time and successfully with the famous Ukrainian publishing house “A-ba-ba-ga-la-ma-ga”.
Book " The Snow Queen"with illustrations by Yerko was recognized as the best children's book in the United States in 2006 and was awarded the Andersen Foundation Medal.
Evgenia Gapchinskaya
Famous children's illustrator, who has earned the recognition of many parents with her creativity. Evgeniya was born in Kharkov in 1964 and studied there. Now he lives in Kyiv and collaborates with the Kyiv publishing house “A-ba-ba-ga-la-ma-ga”.
Galina Zinko
Ukrainian artist who has illustrated many children's books, including fairy tales by Pushkin, Aksakov, C. Perrault, H. H. Andersen. Galina Zinko has been collaborating successfully with the publishing house Clever for a long time, so many modern parents I'm familiar with her romantic and touching style.
“The Pigeon Story”, A. Borovetskaya
“Bloshkins and Frew from Barakhty Bay”, A. Nikolskaya
“Bloshkins and Frew from Barakhty Bay”, A. Nikolskaya
Anton Lomaev
Born in 1971 in the city of Vitebsk (which gave the world Chagall and Malevich). He studied at the Academy of Arts (Repin Institute) in St. Petersburg, lives and works there, and successfully collaborates with a number of Russian publishing houses. He is a member of the Union of Artists.
Anton Lomaev is known for his bright, imaginative illustrations for children's fairy tales. Among my favorites are the magical illustrations for “The Little Mermaid” and other fairy tales by Andersen.
Illustrator Anton Lomaev. Fairy tale “The Little Mermaid”
Many people don’t even understand why illustrations are needed if the book is not intended for a child. By the way, a book illustration is not just a thematic drawing, but an integral component of the work, which complements the text and makes it a little more accessible to the reader. Undoubtedly, modern illustrations They differ most fundamentally from classical book engravings, however, among them you can find not just worthy works, but real masterpieces. In addition, at one time, great painters were involved in creating illustrations, for whom painting canvases with a literary basis was akin to an experiment.
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin was one of the first Russian painters who began creating illustrations for Russian folk tales and epics. The first book with his illustrations was published when to a young artist turned 25 years old. As a rule, Bilibin worked on books of small volume or so-called “notebooks.” Characteristic feature The artist had a design style according to which both text and illustrations formed a single whole. Therefore, in the books designed by Bilibin, the drawings were given exactly the same amount of space as the text. All of Bilibin’s illustrations, which had a fabulously festive character with features folk art, were created using unique technology. The artist first made a drawing with a pencil on tracing paper, transferred it to a sheet of Whatman paper and, using a thin brush, outlined the image with a black line, after which he began coloring. Among the most famous works Bilibina illustrations for the fairy tales “Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka”, “Vasilisa the Beautiful”, “ Finist-Clear Falcon", "The Frog Princess", as well as to the works of A.S. Pushkin "Lukomorye", "The Tale of Tsar Saltan..." and "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel".
One more an outstanding artist, and also a talented illustrator was Yuri Alekseevich Vasnetsov, the creator of a whole gallery of images for children's books. Vasnetsov spent his entire childhood and youth in the city of Vyatka, which became his inspiration and prompted him to create a number of illustrations reflecting the everyday and festive life of a small provincial town. Vasnetsov’s style is very recognizable: it always contains bright colors, ornate patterns, backgrounds and images containing pink, blue, yellow and red colors. Color plays a key role in Vasnetsov’s illustrations. One more characteristic feature drawings by Yu.A. Vasnetsov is that the artist creates amazing fairy world– the world of childhood, where there is no cruelty and where good always triumphs over evil. His most famous works are illustrations for the children's books “The Fox and the Hare”, “The Three Bears”, “The Wolf and the Little Goats”, “Ruff the Kids”, “Fifty Little Pigs” and so on.
Book illustrations by Russian artists are unique in their kind, truly beautiful, bright, kind and very sincere. They differ rich color, interesting images and ease of perception. Therefore, it is not surprising that Russian people are considered the most read nation in the world.
