To make it more child friendly I decided to add illustrations. This was my first time drawing with a Wacom tablet and pen. As an artist intuitively, I find it much easier and faster to work with a pencil and paper. However, to my suprise, I found a certain freedom in using the tablet. For instance, colours could be added in layers and I could easily make changes. I drew a few step-by-step instructional pages that the children and their teacher could follow. Consequently, they could then run their own little workshops.
I also documented the entire process involved in the Percent for Art scheme from the first site meeting, to working on our initial ideas up to the installation. We had to retake some of the photos including putting our poor dog Juno into one of the moulds. This was to make the photo more visually interesting for children and jolt them back into concentration ! In the birds’ nests section of the book I explored the stories, mythologies and interesting facts behind each individual bird.I will post in a future blog.