Tag: Education
How to Draw the Plague Doctor
Youtuber Auf Niederlander asked me to draw the Plague Doctor. Who’s he? He was the the doctor that visited plague victims in the 16th and 17th century. This drawing is based on an engraving of “Dr Schnabel” – or Dr Beak – of Rome. in the mid 17th century. Towns would employ special plague doctors,…
Where Did The Ampersand Originate?
The New Yorker have just posted this video from “The Comma Queen” telling us all about where the ampersand came from. Developed from the Latin et (“and”), the ampersand, formerly the twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet, is a character with a cult following among students of typography. Well, did you know all that?
Shakespeare Week
It’s Shakespeare Week, a national annual celebration giving primary school children a great first encounter with Shakespeare. To help you along, here are three videos. One showing how to draw the Bard himself and another showing have to draw Hamlet and one more showing how to draw a skull – how else would you illustrate Hamlet?