The artistic expression of picture books

Is this what you think about picture books: they are very simple for us adults and I can't understand why children like to read them. Then you are not the same way to tell the children picture books: picture books picture big words small, many parents are only in the early years of the child to see the child, most of the time only to give the child a talk, and then focus on the child to recognize the text inside. If that's the case, then you're ignoring the best part of the picture book.

The ratio of pictures to words in a picture book is at least half words to half pictures, and in a real picture book, the ratio of pictures to words is 2:1, which means that the focus of the picture book is on the pictures, and the words are not the focus of the picture book. So if we ignore the pictures when we tell the children about the picture book, then we lose the real essence of the picture book.

The artistic expressions of picture books are usually watercolor, sketch, woodblock, silkscreen, oil painting, Chinese painting, crayon painting, collage, paper-cutting, mixed media, and clay. The above list does not include all forms of picture book art. Moreover, each picture book does not use only one form of artistic expression alone. So, in our parent-child reading, we not only have to read the text with the child, but also focus on the pictures to explain to the child, leading the child to appreciate.

Next, let's take the following picture to analyze:

The name of this picture book is Granny Red Bean Porridge. This is a picture book from Korea, the picture book is based on the Korean folk custom of drinking red bean porridge on the winter solstice to ward off evil spirits and illnesses. The story of the picture book is very simple. It is about a fierce tiger trying to eat an old woman who lives alone in the mountains and sells red bean porridge. In the end, various common objects in the old lady's house help the old lady defeat the tiger. In this book, we are going to focus on appreciating the illustrator's creative approach.

First of all, let's take a look at the following picture:

The granny in this picture is made of papier-maché. That is, she is made of paper. When you tell your children, you can guide them to look closely at the folds of the clothes and the wrinkles on the face of the old lady in the picture. You can see that the old lady is a very three-dimensional image. Then look at the tiger, which is also made of papier-maché. But the surrounding trees and red beans and pods are ink drawings.

Take a look at this picture again.

The old woman in the picture is still papier-maché, but let's take a closer look at the expression on the old woman's face, and she has a kind look in her eyes. Then look at the chestnuts on the ground, they are made of real chestnuts, while the chestnuts' legs are made of wire. You can see from the pace of the chestnuts that Granny Red Bean Porridge treats the various items in her house with love. The background behind the granny is synthesized using computer techniques.

These are just some of the illustrations in this book, from which we can feel that if we read this book with our children, we not only tell them a folk story, but also let them know about Korean folklore, and more importantly, by enjoying the pictures in the book with our children, we can let them know about the different methods of artistic expression. This not only opens up the child's artistic vision, but also improves the child's artistic aesthetic ability.