His drawings caught the attention of fellow Philadelphian John Liney, cartoonist on the comic strip Henry. "The line is a simple tool that expresses so much." It still plays a key role in his watercolor compositions: the line shows through his transparent watercolor paints.Īt age 12, in his hometown of Philadelphia, Pinkney sold papers at a corner newsstand-an ideal vantage point for a budding sketch artist. "I am a drawer at heart," he said at a presentation in Hachette's offices last month. Today, Pinkney's books, such as his Caldecott Medal–winning The Lion and the Mouse and his most recent The Tortoise and the Hare (reviewed below), print on full-color presses. Jerry Pinkney, flanked by Andrea Spooner (l.), senior executive editor and Patti Ann Harris, senior art director, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Each time the art ran through the press with a single color, it had to line up with the image that came through the press before, layering color upon color. "We used the line to trap the color," Pinkney explained. Three colors maximum could be used, and through a combination of those colors, an artist created an entire book. Until the early 1980s, illustrations were created as pre-separated art.
When Pinkney began illustrating children's books, the line was all-important. Jerry Pinkney's picture books are excellent candidates: they spark stories upon stories, retellings and recollections of childhood times.
The holiday season is the ideal time for families to gather around a gorgeous story book.
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