Hi, my name is Elena and this is my first assignment for Illustrating Children’s books course wet on wet collage and Row your boat. At the beginning it took me ages to find the theme for the collage, and I was terrified to put anything on a paper. I tried to look at books and photos, then one day I walked in a park and it hit me, it’s hydrangea season! Where ever you go you see beautiful bushes of vibrant blossom! That’s how my collage was born. I developed a few characters that live on a bush, so when I started to work on a second part of assignment I thought to use the same characters going on a magic adventure on boat made of leafs! Also I really liked the vibrant colors of the collage so I used my leftover wet on wet paper for Row your boat!
Elena Statham
Illustrating Children’s books
