Coloring Book Design

The assignment for this project was to create a picture that could be used in a coloring book. I drew a basic, cartoonish looking picture of a ship in the ocean, similar to something that I thought might be found in a coloring book.

For this picture I started with the hull of the ship, then drew the sails and added the masts. I later drew the surrounding water, horizon line, and mountains in the distance. When I had finished in pencil I went over the whole thing in black permanent marker so that it could be scanned and added to the coloring book that would be made from the entire class' drawings.

I chose a ship to draw because it provided a lot of empty space that would normally be filled with solid color. It's also not too complicated, but at the same time has a fairly interesting depiction, making it engaging but without being overly difficult.