Acclaimed children’s book illustrator Julie Fortenberry will
show her work and talk about the process of creating art for books at 2
p.m. Tuesday, January 21, at the Asheboro library.
Her appearance, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, is
free and everyone’s invited.
Fortenberry will read from her own book The Artist and
the King and explain how it was made. She will talk about the difference
between illustrating someone else’s words and her own, showing early drafts and
galleys from Pirate Boy by Eve Bunting and The Artist and the King.
She’ll also show kids how she can change a character’s
facial expression using a flip book, and demonstrate how to make a simple paper
hat.
Fortenberry, who lives in Chatham County, holds a MFA in
painting from Hunter College in New York City, and has exhibited work at the
Whitney Museum of Art. Other books she has illustrated include the Sadie series
by James Korngold and Pippa at the Parade by Karen Roosa.
The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.
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