• MayflowerThanksgiving, in the USA, is on Thursday the 28th November. The day celebrates the survival of the Pilgrim Fathers first year in the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in America. Having fled persecution in Britain to Holland, the group decided to set up across the Atlantic. They sailed from Plymouth Rock in the Mayflower across the Atlantic Ocean. The journey took over a month and a half. The boat wasn’t very big and met storms on it’s way.

    Every year, Americans meet up for a family dinner to celebrate Thanksgiving They eat Roast Turkey with cranberry sauce and Pumpkin pie for afters, much as we do on Christmas Day in Britain – except that we have Christmas pudding!

    Happy Thanksgiving to all my American viewers and readers

    see my Thanksgiving Drawings playlist here: Thanksgiving Drawing Playlist

  • Write-Happy-ThanksgivingsmallThanksgiving is coming up on Thursday November 28th. We do not celebrate Thanksgiving in Britain as the thanks being given is for the safe arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers who fled persecution on these shores.

    Much has happened in the years in between, but Britain and the USA still have a special, family relationship because of our long, shared history. So Happy Thanksgiving to all my viewers and readers in the USA and I hope some of these drawings will prove useful leading up to the celebrations.

  • magicalplaceRymans, the staionery shops, are running a drawing competition for children in the UK at the moment. All they have to do is:

    “…to draw the most magical place that their imaginations can conjure up.
    The most enchanting, creative drawing will win £100 worth of art and colouring goodies to make their stockings and gifts under the tree even more plentiful.
    Kids 10 years and under, and 11 – 16 year olds are invited to draw the type of place that they’d hope to see if they wished upon a star in this Christmas drawing Competition. There will be one winner from the two age categories, plus 5 runner-ups from each category, each winning £25 worth of art and colouring goodies too.”

    Read more here.

    To get you going, here is a video of how to draw a castle – that might get your creative juices going! Good luck and let me know if you win 😀