CBIG - Children's Book Illustrators Group

While reading, researching and sketching for the CBIG Celebrates Dickens in Pictures project, my sketchbook filled with words and images. The sketchbook pages became a treasure of information for me to reread and then interpret using a variety of painting and drawing materials. Not wanting to lose momentum, I have begun another series of images based on my sketchbook pages. Black & White Sketchbook Page Ideas for Great Expectations © Lisa Cinelli "Bells-Belles" Sketches for Dickens Project © Lisa Cinelli "Estella and Jewels" Great Expectations © Lisa Cinelli See more of my art at http://www.lisacinelli.com

I love a good villain. So when it came to choosing a subject for a Dickens-ian illustration for the CBIG Charles Dickens exhibit at the Yonkers Riverfront Gallery, how could I choose anyone but Madame Defarge from A TALE OF TWO CITES? The predecessor of evil queens and wicked stepmothers as far as I'm concerned. The Watchful Eye of Madame Defarge © Wallace West Images not necessarily in my official porfolio ( wallacewest.com ) can be found on my blog ( http://wallacewest.wordpress.com/ ).

A Celebration of Dickens in Pictures Illustrations by the Children's Book Illustrators Group CBIG Exhibition at the Yonkers Riverfront Library Gallery August 25th - October 31, 2012 Dickens Day of Events: September 13th and October 13th for a schedule of events please visit cbig-nycexhibits.blogspot.com Featuring the art of 21 CBIG members: Lisa Cinelli • Deborah Cuneo • Diana Ting Delosh • Peggy Dressel • Doris Ettlinger • Laura Goetz • Leeza Hernandez • Mike Herrod • Sara Kahn • H. Ruth Karpes • Lisa Lavoie • Doreen Marts • Donna Miskend • Sawaka Norii • Marilyn Papas • Clare Pernice • Roberta Rivera • Vicky Rubin • Cheryl Taborsky • T. T. Tyler • Wallace West Hope you can come to the exhibit. IF you can't make it - never fear,  we will also be posting the art on this blog  beginning on August 24 and ending on October 31st.