Primary 7 and Primary 7/6 have begun their project to create local Landmarks to be included in a virtual map of Scotland for the BBC project “Build it Scotland”. In order to start considering how computer images are created, we have been composing pictures on graph paper. This involved planning out the scene we were going to create on plain paper and then giving it the pixelated treatment by replicating the picture the best we could on 1mm squared paper. We were forced to overcome difficulties such as presenting curved lines to create certain elements of their picture e.g. the sun or hills. Some of the pupils were able to add animals and other details through manipulation of the “pixels” on the paper.