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How to draw Cartoons with Grey Scale Watercolour
I was wondering what to draw when I saw a tweet that read: “As much as I love birds, they don’t seem to like me. Last year I got attacked by a crow & today multiple geese chased me down the canal…” That seemed like a good thing to draw I met Sanne – whose…
Carnegie Libraries and the Tipton Slasher
I went to Sandwell, west of Birmingham, in the West Midlands before Christmas. It’s also known as the Black country because it was the heart of the industrial revolution with foundries and smoke everywhere, making stuff for the British Empire. Several of the libraries are Carnegie Libraries. Andrew Carnegie was once the richest man in…
My Viking Storytelling Trip To Shetland
I had a great couple of days in Shetland Just before Christmas. Where’s Shetland? Here’s a google map code: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Shetland+Islands/@58.1488894,-6.6414739,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x489c14686803c3cf:0xd3639a2515cb557f!8m2!3d60.5296507!4d-1.2659408 I had a wonderful time telling stories in schools and in the museum, mostly about Vikings – they are mad about vikings in Shetland and also space stuff too. Many thanks to Margie from Shetland…