My visit to Bologna's Children Bookfair (Part 2)

The second day I went to visit the Illustrator Exhibition: eighty illustrators selected among 3100 (+ one that is me).
Everybody was taking  pictures so I did too...

Manuel Marsol, Spain, "Superastronaut", watercolour and collage.

Min Ji Kim, South Korea, "7 Penguins"

Manon Gautier, from Quebec, "Mon Parc"

Futsomu Fujitsima, Japan, "Time after Time"

Jisun Lee, South Korea, "Little boy, big dreams", mixed media

Dylan Giles, UK, " Klim's Carriage"

Michio Watanabe, Japan, "A life to learn", mixed media

MaiKa Hayasaka, Japan, "The Fried Egg Factory", pencil

Verena Hocleitner, Austria , "Kotoletta"

Arianna Vairo, Italy, "Hoka Key, Storia degli ultimi giorni di Cavallo Pazzo", pencil

Liuna Virardi, Italy, "Tribes", rubber stamps and ink

Amin AssanzadehSharif, Iran, ""Det Bla Tree", scratchboard with oilcolours

Chinatsu Hagino , Japan, "Popochie Village"

Trine Logstrup Sorensen, Denmark, "Town of the Cats", drawing and photoshop

Anastasia Strockova, Czech Republic, An Elephant who was afraid of height", litography, coloured pencil

Anastasia Strockova, Czech Republic, An Elephant who was afraid of height", litography, coloured pencil

Pnilipo Giordano, Italy "Momotaro"

Catarina Sobral, Portugal, "O meu avo"

Oscar  Sabini, Italy

Valentina Piacenza, Italy, "Pages of Air and Water" acrilic and  collage

Toni Pecoraro, Italy, "Bononia", etching, aquatint

Miguel Pang Ly, Spain, "La Invasion Marciana" ,watercolour on paper

Miguel Pang Ly, Spain, "La Invasion Marciana" ,watercolour on paper

Miguel Pang Ly, Spain, "La Invasion Marciana" ,watercolour on paper

Pesca Nekono, Japan, "The penguin with the black egg", woodcut print, stamp made with eraser

Rebecca Palmer, UK, "Rudulphous and Brown, watercolour, gouache,,acrilic, ink

Rebecca Palmer, UK, "Rudulphous and Brown, watercolour, gouache,,acrilic, ink

Mario Onnis, Italy, "AeB", pencil

This is not an exhaustive parade, of course. I chose a few among the two hundreds I took ...some of them  because I liked them  and some because it was the opposite...but I am not going to tell you!!

This year guest of honour was Brazil. I found Brazilian illustrators  colourful and genuine...they made me think of fresh tropical fruit

Andres Sandoval, degree in architecture and urbanism, was selected to Bratislava Biennal of Illustration

Luiz Maja, artist and illustrator

Fernando Vilela, artist, writer and teacher, "Limpido e Lancelote"

(I must say my favourite )

Ale Abreu, illustrator and  cartoon creator

......sorry for the intruding lights...illustrations lied on tables and glasses reflected most annoyingly upon them!

one of my illustrations  sent   for the Illustrators Exhibitions
If you think about participating, you can find information on the site of Bologna's Children Bookfair.
Work hard and...
good luck!