By Jill K. Berry, Linden McNeilly
Shuttle throughout the intriguing global of cartography with Map Lab. This enjoyable and artistic ebook good points fifty two map-related actions set into weekly workouts, starting with legends and features, relocating via varieties and kinds, after which developing custom-made maps that let you trip to new worlds.
Authors Jill okay. Berry and Linden McNeilly consultant readers via necessary thoughts whereas exploring colourful, crowd pleasing pics. The labs can be utilized as singular initiatives or to accumulate to a yr of hands-on inventive reports. Map Lab is definitely the right ebook for map fans, creative/DIY-inspired, designers. Artists of every age and event degrees can use this e-book to discover relaxing and fascinating workouts. each person loves maps. And what's to not love? they're appealing and interesting, they educate you issues, they express you the place you're, areas you lengthy to move, and areas you dare to visualize.
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Fig. 2) Fig. 50 mm) 6 Acrylic paint 7 2 paintbrushes, one for fine detail and one for filling in color My Father’s Dragon endpaper map, c. 1948 Some of the most memorable maps from childhood are endpaper maps found on the inside covers of our most beloved books. My Father’s Dragon, a fanciful tale of travel to the fictional islands of Tangerina and Wild Island, featured an intriguing endpaper map. It is labeled with the places where many adventures took place, including where Father talked to porpoises and the flagpole and crank where he kept his dragon tethered.
Paint loosely onto the paper, using few colors and not mixing them very much. (Fig. 1) 2. With a wet brush, smudge the colors together a little bit but leave some of each pure. (Fig. 2) 3. Crumple up the plastic wrap (Fig. 3) or wax paper before laying it on top of the wet paint. (Fig. 4) 4. Let the paint dry completely before peeling off the plastic wrap or wax paper. (Fig. 5) 5. Using the lines created by the plastic wrap or wax paper, draw out the “streets” and other sections of the map with a ruler and a waterproof pen.
4 4. Try to see the picture as a series of geometric and curvilinear spaces. A house, for example, is a series of rectangles as seen from the sky. Trees can be circles. Tell yourself you are painting patterns instead of a whole neighborhood and it will be easier to approach. 5. Add the colors you like, even if they are not on your photo. The samples shows lavender and teal in the trees, and pink in the dirt. (Fig. 3) 6. Imagine hovering over this place, and seeing the sparkling color details that you miss in a photo.