[CH] [Chile Heads] illustration class assignment
Stober, Karen, SOHQ (kstober@att.com)
Wed, 6 Oct 1999 08:37:49 -0400
Hi all
I am taking illustration class at a local county college this semester. The
assignment for the next two weeks is to create a children's story and an
illustration for it. Pick the age group, 3 - 7, 7 - 9, 9 - 12. Set the
type on a computer.
My illustration and story will be about chiles. I want to do the
illustrated page on the origins of chiles. I researched a little on the
Internet. Incans tied chiles to the backs of their boats to ward off
sharks. What did a sea-going Inca boat look like? Chile use began about
5000-7000? years ago in Arizona, New Mexico, Oaxaca and Mexico. Chiltepins
and Ajis were the original chile peppers so were first to be used. What
Native American tribes were there? Do they have any websites I can look at,
with clothing, colors, tools, etc. authentic to the time frame - at least
5000 years ago, showing men, women and children.
Indians from India grow more than half the chiles in the world.
What I want to do is have the illustration encircle the words. I think I
shall design it for the 7 -9 age group. We only have to do the one page,
and a brief synopsis of the book. But I may enjoy this so much it could
become a real self-published book.
Thanks in advance
Karen E. Stober
kstober@att.com (work)
karen1@mail.idt.net (home)