![]() ![]() All of my work is done on opaline parchment, a thin butstrong paper. When I msatisfied with these, I do the final art. It sounds tedious, but it is the most exciting part of creating a book. ![]() There are always hundreds of sketches foreach book. I do these dozens of times,repositioning enlarging, reducing, adding and omitting. "I always begin with a rough dummy and then work on the individual pages, sketching veryloosely and quickly to establish movement and composition. She has always been drawn to the classics and has illustratedmany of the traditional fairy tales. Diane Goode has illustrated 27 books for children, including anthologiesand stories she has written herself. She drewon her experience of living for a short time in Pennsylvania, to do the art work for CynthiaRylant's story of Appalachia, When I Was Young in the Mountains, for which shewas awarded aCaldecott Honor Medal. Her love for Europe shows in the setting of many of her books Paris in particular, where two ofher recent picture books, Where's Our Mama? and Mama's PerfectPresent. She studied art history at QueensCollege, but switched to fine arts, in which she earned her degree. She feels that these earlyimpressions helped shape her appreciation of art and life. ![]() She has been drawing ever since she can remember.Of Italian and French descent, she enjoyed the richness of both cultures and traveled to Europeevery summer visiting family as well as cathedrals and museums. As a child, Diane Goode loved books and art. ![]()
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