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Animal Fashion week magic, by Beatrice Alemagna.

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Beatrice Alemanga's illustrations for  'Harold Snipperpot's Best Disaster Ever' are a delicious, rich, chaotic soup of laughs. It is the story of a very upright Parisian family who live in an impeccable palace  Harold is about to be 7 and has never had a Birthday Party, parents relent and call up Mr Ponzio, the local problem solver . . .

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One of the highlights of my recent trip to Bologna was Beatrice Alemagna's exhibition at one of my favourite cafe galleries; Zoo. The opening was unbelievably crowded and hot, but very enjoyable and before I left Bologna I had a blissfully quiet and contemplative breakfast beneath these wonders. 

Above: Some of the original images for Beatrice's book; 'The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty', which won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 2016.
Below: Around the exhibition were some fantastic sculptures of the beautiful characters from; 'The Five Misfits'.

Below: A selection of the sketches and studies for 'The Five Misfits'. I never grow tired of seeing the original artworks for books the energy of them, the corrections, the character and joy of an artist getting to know the population of their imaginations.

 Below: A fantastic illustration of snails from; 'The day of nothing'.

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Beatrice Alemagna tells about "What is a child ?" from Beatrice Alemagna on Vimeo.

Lately, as well as attending many illustrator workshops I have really enjoyed watching videos of illustrators working and talking about their work. Beatrice Alemagna's beautiful animated film discussing her book 'What is a Child?' is an absolute joy, insightful, magical and wonderous.

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It is to be a wild few days and this illustration (above) by Beatrice Alemagna is perfect for illustrating it and giving me strength to face the elements. The collaged newspaper coat reflects that disheveled, blustery feeling of being out in a storm you can feel its rustling resistance.

In fact the weather is set to be so bad that I may end up like Beatrice's wonderful upside down lady.

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Gizsels De Verre by Seuil Jeunesse illustrated by Beatrice Alemagna, I love the top illustration of someone peering into someones head, looking at the thoughts and dreams.

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Beatrice Alemagna's beautiful illustration's about a lion visiting Paris. Beatrice has an amazing repertoire of styles and materials that she uses to create her wonderful illustrations.