The Whole Night Through – David Frampton
The most fascinating thing about this children’s picture book is the way in which the illustrations were done. Author David Frampton created them using woodcuts. Those are like a big stamp, made out of wood, which he then covers in paint and presses down on paper. Every single page in this book was created using four woodcuts, one for each color. After he presses down one woodcut with one shade of paint, he uses another one, dipped in a different shade. The four colors used in this story are purple, yellow, green and black. There’s a touch of pink and … Continue reading