Tag: whaling

  • An amazing Book for Empathy Day – 12th June

    FROM THE DEEP OF THE SEA.: BEING THE DIARY OF THE LATE CHARLES EDWARD SMITH M.R.C.S., Surgeon of the Whale-ship Diana, of Hull. It was Empathy Day on Tuesday, 12th June. Empathy Day promotes the idea that reading  – and reading whole books in particular – builds empathy in the reader. Empathy day is the…

  • How to draw a Sperm Whale

    Unlike other whales, that have baleen instead of teeth, the sperm whale has big, tusks teeth to catch it’s favourite food – Squid. See more Cetatcean Drawing videos below Draw a Dolphin Draw a Narwhal Draw a Killer Whale Draw a Sperm Whale Draw a Humpback Whale

  • How to draw a whale

    I’ve been to Hull quite a few times now, visiting schools and libraries. If I have time, I like to pop into the Maritime Museum, where they have an extensive exhibition on the history of whaling, Hull having been a major whaling port. Christine Hill, the Principal Librarian with whom I’ve worked with often, has…