Artist spotlight

During our theory lesson as an introduction to Illustration we looked up various artists and Sara Fanelli's work really stood out for me. The thing that appeals to me about Sara's work is the inventive approach to everything from page design and typography to choice of materials.
She very much reminds me of Laura Child's work as there are many similarities between there work such as collage and a fun, doodle like quality.

"What is a scribble? Dictionaries tend to define it in negative terms - meaningless, careless, hasty - but for the illustrator Sara Fanelli the scribble has its own dynamic. "It's alive... it generates a sense of energy on the page." Scribbles occur throughout her books - urgent, angry scribbles, quiet fluffy scribbles, rhythmic scribbles and wanton, loopy scribbles. They may depict clouds, trees, wolves or spiders - or, set against the formality of the chairs and tables that seem in her drawings to represent harmony and discipline, the scribble can also be a potent symbol of merriment, disorder and high spirits." 

"Everything in her collages has had a previous life. Sweet papers are crinkled and torn, newsprint is yellowed: every mark, every stain has its own story to tell, and she interweaves these stories with her own narratives. Given a new life on the page, the often disparate and initially rather static elements of the collage take on a new significance: they may be veiled in nostalgia, they may be bafflingly obscure, but the irresistible details, the textures, the curious, often surreal, juxtapositions soon begin to reveal different layers of meaning, inviting and rewarding hours of investigation."

Before this week I had no idea what Illustration was all about, looking at Sara's work had inspired me and should i choose to specialise in it then i would love to try out some of her techniques in my own work.