自由插畫師Felicita Sala，平凡生活中美的締造者

記者_強莉（AIP語言中心）　編輯_彭杏月　設計_胡婷

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自由插畫師Felicita Sala，平凡生活中美的締造者

記者_強莉（AIP語言中心）編輯_彭杏月設計_胡婷

走進魅力插畫

隨著國外藝術文化元素不斷進入中國，插畫對于國人生活和工作的影響也越來愈大。插畫，簡單的幾筆線條，涂以五顏六色的色彩，便瞬間將一個個鮮活、充滿個性的人和動物或者生活中的靜物，活靈活現地呈現在人們眼前。維基百科對于插畫的定義也闡明了這一 點：

Felicita Sala 與她的插畫作品。

“Illustration（1）is the art of making images that work with something and add to it without needing direct attention and without distracting from the thing they illustrate.” （see https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illustrator） Those fantastic illustrations are produced by several simple lines together with some watercolors，which will be eye-catching and add personality andcharacter to the content of the associated text or idea in a visual（2）manner.

插畫用途廣泛，常出現于兒童書籍、廣告、建筑示意圖、卡片、海報、書籍、插圖書籍、雜志、報紙等，連最近很火的手賬里也隨處可見插畫的身影。

Consequently，those complicated concepts or objects that are difficult to describe textually will be clarified and represented. For all these characteristics，illustrations are often found in children’s books，advertisements，architectural rendering，greeting cards，posters，books，graphicnovels，storyboards，manuals，video games，business，magazines，shirts greeting cards，tutorials and newspapers.

好的插畫師善于將好的創意元素與生活密切地聯系在一起。他們運用敏銳的時尚洞察力和豐富的想象力，將自己全身心投入到插畫的探索創作中，給人們帶來了一次又一次的驚喜，Felicita Sala就是這樣一名杰出的人物。

Experienced and elaborated illustrators always excel in adopting their imaginative（3）ideas in shaping real life，in which they employ（4）their sharp sense for fashion and rich imagination to create surprises for us time and time again. Among them，Felicita Sala is one extraordinary illustrator，who will be shared in this article together with her splendid works. In her works，we can again touch the beauty of nature and life around us in a more subtle（5）and deep way.

1、2 Felicita Sala與她的插畫作品。

Felicita Sala與她的插畫之旅

Felicita Sala出生于羅馬，在澳大利亞第四大城市珀斯（Perth）長大，在西澳大利亞大學學習哲學的時候，她曾兼職做些繪畫的工作。2007年，Felicita Sala回到羅馬，并長居于此，以自由插畫師和畫家為職，主要從事兒童畫本的工作。Felicita Sala的作品充滿了生命力和色彩，她為筆下描繪的物品賦予了極大的深度。

Felicita Sala is a freelance（6）illustrator and a painter who was born in Rome but grew up in Perth，Australia’s forth biggest city. When she was studying Philosophy in the University of WesternAustralia，she would take some painting jobs on the side. However，after her graduation，she traveled several journeys during which she found that a part-time painter can no longer meet her inner need for painting，because “painting for painting’s sake didn’t really do it for me anymore”，as she puts it.

During her one-year stay in Rome，her hometown，she discovered illustration which gave her a brand new impression，because she found out that some people in Rome just lived on making illustrations. “It was much more than I had imagined it to be，and I thought，this is what I could do”，she remembered this experience. It is just at that time when she found her true love for this field. Thus，since the year 2007，she has been resided（7）in Rome and is currently working on children’s picture books and a lot of editorial work as well，which is quite a common popular medium（8）with illustrators.

After appreciating her strong works and hearing about her story，it’s interesting to learn that illustration isn’t what she had been doing from the very beginning. It’s something that really found her，which is so great to hear for us，for we now can be rendered（9）the opportunity to appreciate her wonderful works and to feel the rich world of her illustrations. When it feels right，it feels right！

1、2 Felicita Sala與她的插畫作品。

因巧妙地使用材料，Felicita Sala的畫作極具深度，她主要使用水彩和鉛筆，這種結合讓她的畫迸發出了新的生命，不過，這兩者在她畫作中呈現的比例常常是不確定的，有時，她會在某些畫作中更多地使用水彩，而在另外一些畫作里卻只使用鉛筆，而這些都成為了她自己的特色。

Felicita Sala’s work is full of life and color，which gives quite depth by the way she makes use of her materials. As for her technique，Felicita uses a combination of watercolor（10）and pencil to create her illustrations，in which she would layer them together to give a lot of weight to some part of the whole work and some really nice contrast will be formed.

When I look at her works，I really like those edges of the pencils which are set against the lighter touch of those rich watercolor. In this painting，we can both feel the tender（11）heart of the illustrator and her rich and colorful inner world from those blossoming flowers around him.

Once being asked about her painting techniques，she said that she used to work with acrylics（12）（which is a quite traditional material for painting） a lot at the beginning，but her main technique is to make a watercolor base and to use colored pencil on top. The textural roughness of pencils is her love，so we can find that in her works，she would use more watercolor in certain pieces and only pencil in others.

1、2 Felicita Sala與她的插畫作品。

將文字視覺化　作品超越文字表達

被問及到為什么選擇插畫，Felicita Sala坦言她最喜歡的就是能夠將文字視覺化，而且文字越難懂、詩歌越晦澀，創作就會變得越有趣，因為從作品中就可以明確感受到創作者發揮的無盡想象力。而這也是插畫師創作的精髓，作品雖凸顯文字，但凌駕于文字之上。

When being asked about what the favorite part of this job is，she says that it is trying to create a visual counterpart（13）to a text which gives her the utmost inspiration and aspiration（14）to keep on.“The more difficult or poetic the text，the more interesting the work”，as she puts it. From her words，I guess this is the essence of illustration，by making words important，but going beyond them.

人們只要看過Felicita Sala的作品，定會留下深刻的印象，她的插畫都是在原創性地記錄和自己生活相關的一切。通過記錄生活中的物品或者人物，Felicita Sala成功地將生活與藝術的美感聯系起來，成為了美的體現。在她的作品中，我最愛的是她的食譜類插畫，通過把烹飪步驟繪制成圖，將菜譜里的清新食材蘊含于一顆享受生活的心，一同呈現在了畫面中，給予任何看到這樣畫作的人一份好的心情。

By recording the specific goods or persons in life，she connects our life with artistic beauty，and she becomes the beauty-maker in her life and our lives as well. In her works，the contents are various，being recipes，children’s books，and human figures，among whichI love the illustrated recipes the best.

By making cooking steps demonstrated（15）in anillustration，she successfully manages to present those fresh ingredients（16）and an eager heart which is to devour（17）the beauty of it on the same one illustration. From it，we can clearly see the happiness of the illustrator herself and the possible good mood of the readers who happen to see it.

The following is probably one of her favorite recipes ever. For her，this is her mother’s old favorites，and it is a symbol of her mother’s love. The whole illustration is quite hearty，for she has the magic to show secular（18）love from family members in plain lines and colors，which touches us deeply.

現在，Felicita Sala的作品出現在很多地方，不僅出現在兒童圖書中，還被用于其他途徑，比如：文具品、電子產品外殼裝飾、衣服圖案、枕頭圖案、鐘表的內里、浴簾以及手提袋等等，應有盡有。

1、2 Felicita Sala與她的插畫作品。

And now we can find Felicita Sala’s work in many places，because her illustrations are not only published in children’s books but also employed in other forms which are quite practical anduseful in our daily lives，such asart prints，canvas prints，stationery（19）cards，Iphone & IPod cases/ skins. Or they are printed on clothes like T-shirts，tops，and hoodies；and they are also being used to decorate our life in the following forms，including pillows，wall clocks，shower curtains and Tote bags （like the one in the following picture）. Thus，her works have become part of our lives now.

所以，作為一位插畫師，Felicita Sala用她的作品讓人們體會到生活的種種滋味，有酸苦，也有喜悅。她通過插畫的表現手法，充分融入自己的所思所想，用一份簡簡單單的本真心性，感動著人們，給平凡的生活締造出了新的魅力。

All in all，once you see her illustration，you will be impressed definitely，for all her works reveal her real life，in which we share the same happiness and sorrow，bite the same bitter and sweet aspects of the life itself. Felicita Sala is one of these honorable（20）illustrators who would inject her very thinking，feeling and pondering for life into the illustrations so that we can see clearly what life is and we will surely be touched deeply and profoundly from her works.Immigration

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