Collages That Capture the Imagination of Young Folks

I love all dif­fer­ent types of illus­tra­tion, but my pre­ferred way of work­ing will always be in col­lage. I look at these illus­tra­tions by Manon Gau­thi­er, and I’m remind­ed why I love mixed media so much. She’s got a lot of inter­est­ing things hap­pen­ing — espe­cial­ly with lay­er­ing. Small, indi­vid­ual pieces of paper are drawn, paint­ed, and cut, then put togeth­er like a glo­ri­ous puzzle.

Manon is a Mon­tre­al native and a self-taught illus­tra­tor. She worked in the graph­ic design field for more than 15 years, and decid­ed to devote her­self to mak­ing books for young peo­ple in 2006. Since then, she’s won numer­ous awards for her illustrations.