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    Illustration Inspiration: Hervé Tullet

    Bianca SchulzeBy Bianca Schulze2 Mins Read Activity Books Ages 4-8 Art Best Sellers Illustrator Interviews Picture Books
    Mix It Up! By Herve Tullet
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    The Children’s Book Review | November 14, 2014

    Hervé Tullet
    Hervé Tullet

    Hervé Tullet is known for his prodigious versatility, from directing ad campaigns to designing fabric for Hermès. But his real love is working with children, for whom he has published dozens of books, including Press Here. He lives in Paris, France.

    Mix It Up! By Herve TulletLatest published book …

    Mix it Up! (Chronicle) and The Giant game of Sculpture, (Phaidon)

    Inspired by…

    My previous works, my experimentations in schools and museums

    Hervé Tullet- The Giant Game of SculptureArt medium used…

    Acrylic and… whatever.

    Artistic process …

    Looking for new ideas, in order to set up a kind dialogue between the readers and the books.

    Favorite place to create & illustrate …

    Long distance flight, shower, my workshop where I draw the ideas that I take back from other places.

    Most used art supply or tool …

    Brain, brain, brain and music, music, music.

    Mix It Up_Int_Take a Little Bit of Red_Purple Result
    Illustration copyright © 2014 by Herve Tullet MIX IT UP
    Illustrator idols …

    Tomi Ungerer, Bruno Munari, Maurice Sendak. Classic choices, but they were very innovative in their times.

    All-time favorite children’s book you didn’t illustrate…

    Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni, showed me how to be creative and expressive with such simple materials

    A literary character to create art with …

    I would prefer a musician and forever it will be Miles Davis. He had creativity, improvisation, energy, was always innovative and a lot of confidence and trust in the musicians he played with.

    Currently working on …

    A book that explains the way I lead my workshops with children.

    Connect with Hervé Tullet …

    herve-tullet.com

    Discover more picture book illustration inspiration on The Children’s Book Review by following along with our Herve Tullet tag and our Illustration Inspiration series.

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    1. Q&A with Hervé Tullet (Yes, It Rhymes!)
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    3. Illustration Inspiration: Stephanie Graegin, Illustrator of Peace is an Offering
    4. Illustration Inspiration: Christian Robinson

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

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    1. Raymond Stone on November 17, 2014 5:36 am

      In it to WIN it! Thank You!

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