One thing that continues to give me hope about the future is seeing all the amazing scientists and educators out there continuing to show up and do the work, despite all the challenges of the present moment. I made a little #comic about a live science event for kids I got to participate in yesterday

#HalloweenWeek - In 1816, Mary Shelley became inspired to write Frankenstein as a challenge from Lord Byron to write a ghost story while they and friends were spending the summer together.

Click to guess where this was: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=123&type=q

#Halloween #History #Geography

OK, haven’t written anything on my #knitting blog in ages, so I decided to finally correct that. I present : The Knitmare Before Christmas. All my ideas on how to knit yourself a NightmareBC wardrobe. Enjoy!
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Step 1: Floss teeth daily
Step 2: Unfold the empty cardboard floss carton and discover beautiful blue paper inside
Step 3: Paint blue animals all over the inside!
There is seriously material everywhere waiting to be upcycled into your next #art project - keep your eyes open.

Still experimenting with the art style for my Titanic #history project. What do you think? This portrait is of Titanic passenger Harry Anderson. Anderson was a stockbroker from Manhattan. He boarded Lifeboat 3, and survived the sinking. More on Anderson and other passengers at www.titanic-tales.com

#OTD March 30 in 1853, artist Vincent van Gogh was born. He would create over 800 oil paintings before his death at the age of 37.

Click the link to find on a #map where he was born?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=27&type=q

#Art #VanGogh #ArtHistory #History #Geography #TodayInHistory

Step 1: Drink many cups of tea (multi-day project)
Step 2: carefully unfold empty tea box
Step 3: Draw lots of cats
Step 4: Repeat
#art #cats

I’m trying out a new approach to the art for my Titanic project. Let me know what you think! This portrait is of Alice Cleaver & Hudson Trevor Allison. Alice was hired as a nanny for the Allison family 2 weeks before the Titanic set sail. During the confusion during (continued below) #history #art

Just sitting here designing a set of postage stamps celebrating artefacts from the ancient Scottish village of Skara Brae on Orkney whilst my to-do lists snarls menacingly in the corner.
#history

Drawing #history:
Amphora with Orestes about to slay Clytemnestra. From the @gettymuseum.bsky.social collection.

Drawing #history : The Lumière Brothers, early film pioneers

Titanic Tales: Frederick James Banfield was a young miner from Cornwall. Only a month after his marriage in 1907, he left England to find work in the US. He traveled to Nevada to work as a mining engineer. In December 1911, he returned home to visit family.

Took a short break from rolling cakes and grating beets to put the final touches on this holiday piece.

Mini #art gallery I created. It was fun and challenging to work at such a tiny scale. Sometimes I had to take a break because my hand would start to shake. I painted tiny versions of classic paintings. Inspired by a tutorial created by Leapling Studios. More photos below. My fav is the Matisse.

Happy Winter Solstice.

Egret on Snowy Branch. Ink, 64 × 89 mm, 2014.
Inspired by Ohara Koson.

I drew a couple of fun animal vases from Ancient Greece.
Found via @nataliehaynes.bsky.social ’s excellent #ancientanimaladvent
Acrylic paint and colored pencil
#history #art

Drawing #Art #History : Monet at Giverny

Titanic #History: At 74 years, Johan Svensson was the Titanic’s oldest passenger. Svensson, a Swedish farmer, watched as one by one his children immigrated to America. In 1912, his eldest son Amandus returned to Sweden to bring his father back to America with him. Both were lost in the sinking.