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An overview of author and artist Jerry Pinkney's work. He is a noted children's picture book author and illustrator.
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Jerry Pinkney
Biography•Born December 22, 1939 (Philadelphia)•Dyslexic•John Liney•Dobbins Vocational School•Philadelphia Museum College of Art •Greeting Card Designer•U.S. Postal Service Black Heritage Series•Playwright
Pinkney felt excluded from stories about popular heroes
Depict Black Folks Naturally and with Respect
Style Style
“Rarely Obscures the White of the Paper Completely”“Peek-a-boo Pencil Lines”
The Adventures of Spider (1964)
National Geographic (1984) “Underground Railroad”Growth Period for Pinkney
Talent for Drawing Animals
Exotic Locales
Bold and Colorful
“A Lot of Color Was Around When I Was Growing Up”“I Try to Convey the Emotional, Flowing Quality of Jazz”
Abundant and Timeless
LUSH
Complex & Layered
Henry’s Birth
John
John Henry’s Funeral
The Critics LOVE Pinkney
Pinkney’s Worst Critic?!
Work ProcessWorkday: 8:30-9:00am – 8:30-10:00pmChronology of an Illustration1) Research2) Photographs of People Modeling3) Pencil Sketches4) Draw Finished Sketches5) Client Approves Finished Sketches6) Final Illustrations •Transfer sketches from tracing paper to watercolor paper using a light box •Mount drawing paper on illustration board •Add watercolors •Back & forth adding pencil lines & watercolors
Research•As much time researching as illustrating
•A lot of time at the public library
•Wants to live the experience of people and places in the book
•“I actually become the people I’m drawing, and I do that with animals too”
Examines Many Photos to Create the Right Setting for Characters
Examined & photographed clothes at the Banneker-Douglass Museum
Stood in slave cemetery visualizing images & emotions
Studied photographs of forced child laborers in coal fields of western Pennsylvania
Use of Models•Dressed up models act out story
•Relatives, friends, & professional
•Helps capture sense of realism
Brian scarred from dressing up as girl!!
Dressed up in vests & baggy pantsAssumed posture & attitude of animalsWife took photographs
Turning Point Book
•Book about family-caring relationships
•Models acted out the story
•Photographs
Children from Bethlehem Baptist Church in Ossining, NY, acted out story while Pinkney photographed them
Child Models
No models for The Old African
To inhabit the large cast of characters would be “too large a task”
Painting
Sketching
Jerry Pinkney
Human Expressions
Turning Point BookSpend More Time on Children’s Books
John Henry (1994)
“… an African-American hero that would inspire all”
Some Notable Works
Sam and the Tigers (1996)
“We were criticized for opening a wound that had healed”
Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales (1999)
Public Library: All Are Welcome
Mission Accomplished“I see myself in your picture”
