Assignment 7 - Specifications.2

Colour Scheme:

With regards to the colour scheme, we decided to use palette colours, as these colours are pleasant to the eye. In addition, palette colours would be compatible and consistent with our intended theme as it also resembles handwork and pencil craft.

To further bring out the essence of a handmade gift, we decided to use colour pencils to colour our drawings and pictures. Children will be able to relate to colour pencils more than sophisticated colouring methods, for colour pencils are often used in schools for artwork and colouring.

As seen from the pictures, colour pencils are similar to that of school children’s art work, and hence, such an alikeness and resemblance may strike a cord with the young reader and in turn this aspect of the book may intrigue him or her to read on.

Colour pencils are also adequate colouring materials for they are capable to showing different colour tones and shades, and this aspect of the colouring style will not risk looking too simplified or basic.

To make the coloured pictures look more distinct, we will use black felt-tip marker to outline the drawings. Doing so will better accentuate the colouring the drawings on the page.

* Colouring in lighter shades from the beginning allows one to add toning and shading to the picture simply by just colouring the desired area in a darker tone. The original light shade will allow the darken colouring to be seen.