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Ed Emberley Ed Emberley, Mid Century Illustration, Modern Illustration, Children's Illustration, Children's Picture Books, Children Books, Book Projects, Vintage Children's Books, Children Book Cover

Ed Emberley started illustrating children's books in the early 60's. He is well know for his drawing books, which some people claim sparked their interest in drawing. Emberley has written and illustrated over 80 children's books, of which some are drawing books and some are picture books. Woodcuts are not his main media, but in keeping with our woodcut theme of the last week I am showing a few of his books illustrated in that media. I really like Emberley's style, I think he's an American…

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ed emberley drawing books - Google Search Ed Emberley, Visual Note Taking, Kids Art Ideas, Drawing Books, Mid Century Illustration, Thumb Prints, Drawing Doodles, Visual Thinking, Sketch Notes

A couple days ago I brought home Ed Emberley's Big Green Drawing Book from the library. If you've never seen an Emberley book before, a typical page looks like so: That is, it consists of pages and pages of step by step instructions for drawing various people and stuff. Under each step in the drawing are scaled down versions of the shapes you'll be adding (like two small circles). The book is essentially the algorithm for drawing hundreds of little pictures. Last night I sat down with our 7…

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