VISUAL LANGUAGE - Wind and the willows

As well as looking at Winnie the Pooh, I looked at The wind and the willows too, looking at illustrations style. Within Wind and the Willows, I found illustrations a lot simpler in comparison to Winnie the Pooh, detail is produced by using very detailed watercolour, pen simply used to outline subject. I came across a book I had as a kid when visiting back home.

VISUAL LANGUAGE - What is a line - Pen, ink and watercolour

Came across this and thought it's a possible approach I could take - packaging with removable parts providing informations. I do like the simple packaging design and may start designing my own interpretation of this.

A gardening book from the grandparents, information I need in which they didn't know about, I used to this book. It did become most useful.

VISUAL LANGUAGE - What is a line - Playing cards

I began to look at format and scale, I want to create small pockets of information within a pack. I came across some lovely designs for playing cards which I found most inspirational, thinking it to be an approach I take with my designs.

I particularly like the above and below designs, it really fits to what I'm doing, especially by dividing the plants into categories by having separate card packets for both flowers and tree's. The cards are educational specifying species names, and direct to a particular audience.

'Make your place' by Raleigh Briggs is a favourite book of mine, it's diary qualities make it most personal and interesting. Her simple, childlike illustrations are simple, yet informative. 

WHAT IS A LINE - Line relevant images

Another style I could use is simpler black and white, pen and ink observations, I do feel this method will save me a lot of time too!

Thinking of 'line' in a newer sense, the timeline of a seed growing and manipulating into a plant could be a step I take.

WHAT IS A LINE - Children's books

A series of pages from several book's within the library. Each consist of existing illustrations within children's books.

VISUAL LANGUAGE - Children's illustrative books

I wanted to get an idea about the presentation of children's books, in regard to illustrations and text. I made a trip to a local Waterstones and rather cheekily took some snaps of a few books. I also wanted an idea of what was already out there relating to teaching children about nature and wildlife. I couldn't find anything on life cycles of plants and tree's, which is good!

Photo's were mostly used within the books, any illustrations used were very simple, some child-like. This to make it easier for a person of a young age to understand anything states.

I looked at a few of my childhood favourites!

A lovely meerkat post card book which was interactive. A possible approach I could take.

WHAT IS A LINE - Children's books

Some pages from a book I found within the library, which goes on about the combination of nature and design. I quite lik the simplicity of the sketches within the mind maps.

From the book E.H. Shepard which consists of some beautiful pen and ink drawings, which having given me much inspiration into me wanting to produce a children's book using the same medium.

An initial sketch produced by herself

The wind and the willows children's novel

The master of line:

 A possible approach I could have taken was to draw / sketch leaves, giving information about the tree's in which it came from. This is something which could have been produced as an adult based, informative book.