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Martin Salisbury

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The United Kingdom

Genre

Art, Graphic Novels

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Martin studied illustration at Maidstone College of Art (now part of the University of the Creative Arts) in the 1970s. He has worked as an illustrator and painter ever since. In recent years his work has focused mainly on the area of children’s book illustration, painting for exhibition and writing on the subject of drawing and illustration.

Martin regularly contributes to Artists & Illustrators magazine, Books for Keeps and the Journal of the Association of Illustrators. Along with colleague Wendy Coates-Smith he founded the graphic arts journal, Line which has been internationally acclaimed as an important contribution to research into illustration and drawing.

In 2004, Martin wrote Illustrating Children’s Books, a major guide to the pract ...more

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Average rating: 4.23 · 1,359 ratings · 166 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication 4.18 avg rating — 415 ratings — published 2005 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children's Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling by Martin Salisbury, Morag Styles 4.26 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970 4.22 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Great Children's Picturebooks 4.32 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Play Pen: New Children's Book Illustration 4.47 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drawing for Illustration 4.44 avg rating — 59 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illustrators' Sketchbooks: Inside the Creative Processes of 60 Iconic and Emerging Artists 4.29 avg rating — 55 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miroslav Šašek 4.46 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jack and the Beanstalk by Martin Salisbury (Illustrator), Audrey Daly 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imágenes Que Cuentan: Nueva Ilustración De Libros Infantiles really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is not until you draw something, whether it is an object, a building or an activity, that you really begin to understand it.”
― Martin Salisbury, Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication

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What's the Name o...: Children's Picture book, Asian Folktale, pub. late 1950s/early 1960s? Chinese girl has to marry someone she didn't love (emperor?). Illustrations: dream-like, lots of blues & greens, watercolor. Cover: woman in robe/ kimono, floating magpies or flute?	70	2082	Mar 16, 2023 10:20AM

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