The Butterfly Collector, published in 1978, falls into Fulvio Testa's early career as a children's book illustrator. The vivid colour in this watercolour landscape scene is typical of his style. Testa enjoys using watercolour because of its unpredictable qualities and the blotches and run-ins add character to his work. He began his career as a children's book illustrator in 1971 but he is now known as a landscape artist, generally of abstract mountain scenes. He pays great attention to his materials, using the finest hand-made paper which adds to the textural quality of his work.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O88530/book-illustration/
3 comments:
it's what I've always loved about watercolor as well.
And I have a 'thing' about hand-made paper. Dickens (I'm reading his biography by Ackroyd at the moment) could only write on a particular pale blue shade.
And I have a 'thing' about hand-made paper. Dickens (I'm reading his biography by Ackroyd at the moment) could only write on a particular pale blue shade.
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