Jessie Robertson

      While the Forest of DREAMS mural was sealed on June 11th, it's far from being over. Since then, I have created a documentary, a song and video for it, as well as helped with tours around the mural. The biggest Forest of DREAMS project I took on, however, was completing the Forest of DREAMS coloring books between May and July of 2017. Helen Barnett, a then senior at John T. Hoggard High School, completed coloring pages for about half of the coloring books for her senior project by teaching two classes to trace photos of the Forest of DREAMS creatures with sharpie, and by tracing several herself. After Helen graduated, I took up the task of finishing the coloring book, drawing another 42 creatures myself, as well as designing the cover and editing it together. Here are some of the drawings I am happiest with!