The United States government announced 2018 as the fourth warmest year on record. Overall, the past five years have been the five warmest years since record-keeping began in the late 1800s. Climate change is happening and many different causes such as flooding, sea level to rise and the Arctic is warming. This site also has a call to action, however, if we decide to make these changes it will take time to see results.
Here are two articles that talk about the effects of climate change.
Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary
Marc Martin is an award-winning illustrator, artist and book maker based in Melbourne, Australia. Most of Martins work is with watercolor, gouache and pencil. His work is a world of vivid color, rich textures and “occasional scribble.” Martin is also the author/illustrator of A Forest, LOTS and A River. Having trained and worked as a graphic designer, his moonlighting as an illustrator eventually led him to a successful freelance career.  I learned that Marc draws/finds inspiration from his surroundings, nature, animals, and the city he lives in.
At the museum Marcs illustration caught my attention. The piece is from the book series called, âLOTSâ. Itâs an incredible picturebook, that takes you on a guided journey around the world. The first moment I looked at it, instantly it reminded me of our first project we did in class with the collage of our illustrations. It reminded me about the use of ink and water color we used to finalize of the process.
As I researched about Marc I found a blog post about his process when creating his book. He first brainstormed which places he was going to draw by making a list. Finally he then narrowed it to 14 places and made sure that he had at least one location from each continent. He then talks about the material he used for his work, which was watercolor, pencil and gouache to add different vibrancy on each other pages as well to âreflect the colors and energy of each location.â He then goes in depth about this project how it was like a travel diary and part fact. He wanted to make a book that captured all the unique things you can find in various places around the world. For this book, he used a combination of watercolor, pencil and gouache to achieve a feeling of immediacy and vibrancy on each page, reflecting the colors and energy of each location.
Altogether, it really made me analyze and reflect about how thatâs the same exact process we took in class to achieve our final illustration. Itâs not about your first thoughts, itâs about brainstorming with many different thoughts and then narrowing it down to a smaller number. With Project 2 Iâll defeinlty keep this in mind and for all future projects hands down.
LOTS: A Book About Everything, For Everyone
Source:Â http://blog.picturebookmakers.com/post/157523453476/marc-martin
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This a collage of different dinosaurs from the Jurassic Period
This is a collage with the underwater sea creatures from the Jurassic & Cretaceous Period
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