Children's book illustrator Patrice Barton talks about "Sweet Moon Baby" - Part 2

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Children's book illustrator Patrice Barton http://PatriceBarton.com
talks with author-illustrator Mark Mitchell http://HowtoBeAChildrensBookIllustrator.wordpress.com
about how she came up with final art for the new picture book "Sweet Moon Baby" by Karen Henry Clark (Knopf Books)
This is Patrice's second book for Knopf.
She's represented by children's book art agent Christina Tugeau. See Patrice's website at http://www.PatriceBarton.com

The full 90 minute discussion (this is an excerpt) was conducted on July 5, 2011 for students of Mark''s "Marks and Splashes" course on illustrating books and other media for children.. http://howtobeachildrensbookillustrator.com/NewCoursehome2/

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[aitkense]

Amazing illustrations Patrice! I love your use of texture and patterns as well as the movement in your lines and looseness of your washes. It looks like a beautiful book on so many levels. Congratulations!!

[PhyllisHarris]

Patrice, you are way too humble. You are an amazing illustrator with an amazing gift to bring the written word to life! This was a lot of fun to see!