Studio Journal
Picturebook notes, studio thoughts, and works in progress from Puddle & Pen.
Studio Journal
The Bus Ride
A sketch from a picture book in progress The bus ride comes before everything else. Before the classroom.Before the teacher calls her name.Before anyone decides whether she is shy, quiet,...
The Bus Ride
A sketch from a picture book in progress The bus ride comes before everything else. Before the classroom.Before the teacher calls her name.Before anyone decides whether she is shy, quiet,...
The Newt
Reading ‘The Lost Words’ by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris The page I return to most often in The Lost Words is the one devoted to the newt. The two-page spread shows...
The Newt
Reading ‘The Lost Words’ by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris The page I return to most often in The Lost Words is the one devoted to the newt. The two-page spread shows...
What 'I am an Artist' gets right
On creativity before self-consciousness There’s a spread in I Am an Artist by Marta Altés that I kept going back to after I finished the book. Credit: Marta Altés, I Am an...
What 'I am an Artist' gets right
On creativity before self-consciousness There’s a spread in I Am an Artist by Marta Altés that I kept going back to after I finished the book. Credit: Marta Altés, I Am an...
How Children Really Read Picture Books
How young readers make meaning between words and pictures
How Children Really Read Picture Books
How young readers make meaning between words and pictures