Tag: People
How to draw a Washing Machine
I’ve been working with Year 2 (mostly 7 year olds) writing a story about Laser Bunny and Snip-Snap Wolf – see the story here : Last week we were drawing the washing machine in the story. The children’s drawing were so gorgeous, I thought I’d both share them with you and also show you how to…
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?