Friday, March 20, 2015

Mirror Mirror


COMPOSITION
This brilliantly hued book, which was illustrated by Josée Masse, exemplifies Vardell’s belief that Composition “unifies all of the (visual) elements.”  Masse’s use of lines alternate between danger and tranquility. , the lines indicate danger or tranquility. In “The Sleeping Beauty and the Wide-Awake Prince,” sharp edged tree branches allow lurking evil, but the roundness of her dress is soothing.
Shape deals with the mood of the illustration.  For example, “In the Hood” the verse of Little Red Riding Hood, the illustration is the wolf interwoven in the drawing of the forest and Little Red unaware.  The pointy shape of Little Red Riding’s hood conveys the precarious situation she is in.

Singer, M., & Masse, J. (2010). Mirror mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse. New York: Dutton Children's Books.

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