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Poems to See by: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry
by Julian Peters
Have you ever read poetry with illustrations? Written like a comic but instead of dialogues, there are verses of poems, Poems to see by is a beautiful collection of artist, Julian Peters' interpretation of some well known poems. I loved how in the preface of this book, he talked about the similarities between poetry and comics - something I had not thought of before. He also mentioned how teachers have used his work to help students understand a poem and I can totally see the scaffolds that art offers to the young mind to understand the complex ideas in many of these poems.
The illustrations were in multiple mediums, drawn in crayons, water colours, felt pen, I loved seeing how each brought a different feel to the poems, while matching the mood at the same time. It has been a long time since I have done any proper art (the drawings for my bullet journal aren't very detailed) and Poems to see by was a visual journey into the feel of many of the works.
This is an amazing collection I would go back to to feast my eyes. I am thankful to the publisher for making the ebook available through NetGalley.
The illustrations were in multiple mediums, drawn in crayons, water colours, felt pen, I loved seeing how each brought a different feel to the poems, while matching the mood at the same time. It has been a long time since I have done any proper art (the drawings for my bullet journal aren't very detailed) and Poems to see by was a visual journey into the feel of many of the works.
This is an amazing collection I would go back to to feast my eyes. I am thankful to the publisher for making the ebook available through NetGalley.