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Black and white drawing of Frankenstein and the monster in a lab together.

#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

The Knitmare Before Christmas Why settle for only watching one of the best spooky season films when you could knit it too? Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is classic claymation film. It features a unique aesthetic a…

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!
cinemaknits.com/2025/10/05/t...

84 miles - not my best, but not too bad!

18 miles - I was pretty close!

Blue cardboard floss container with blue frog, blue fish, and blue butterfly watercolor paintings on it.

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.

Mixed media portrait of Harry Anderson with a newspaper article about the Titanic as the background

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

Oil painting of artist Vincent van Gogh.

#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

Cats drawn along with Hippo Makes Things on YouTube

An unfolded tea carton with many cats drawn on it, alongside a roll of pencils and a cup of tea

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

In my illustration, Alice’s dress is made from a photo taken from the Carpathia of Lifeboat 11, which Alice & Hudson were both on. It also incorporates digital elements courtesy of Freepik

…the sinking, she & baby Hudson became separated from the rest of the family. Alice and Hudson boarded Lifeboat 11 and survived the sinking. Sadly, Hudson’s parents and his older sister were lost. For more on Alice, Hudson, and other Titanic passengers, you can visit my blog, www.titanic-tales.com

Digital collage of a young woman holding a baby. The image is composed of different elements, including a photograph of a lifeboat.

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

My new best friend.

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

Sketchbook page with a painting of a Greek vase with bright pink background

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

Sketchbook page with a drawing of the Lumière brothers

Drawing #history : The Lumière Brothers, early film pioneers

A sketchbook page with a drawing of the Lumiere brothers

A quick sketch:

Titanic Tales

You can view the letter Banfield wrote to his wife from on board the Titanic at my website: titanictalescom.wordpress.com

He boarded the Titanic en route to the Michigan Copperbelt. Frederick did not survive the sinking. However, during his visit in Cornwall, his wife, Cecilia, became pregnant. Their son, named Frederick James Banfield in memory of his father, was born in November 1912 and lived to be 89 years old.

Cardboard theater resembling the Titanic’s clock, with a mixed media cutout of James Banfield inside

Mixed media portrait of James Banfield aboard the Titanic

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.

Sketchbook page of a drawing of Howard Carter examining an Egyptian artefact

A quick sketch. The shadows and highlights in the photograph really struck me.

Sketchbook page showing a table set for a holiday dinner with a Christmas tree and large window

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

Amazing!

English Heritage does a cool live stream from Stonehenge each solstice:
www.youtube.com/live/3zzIJiv...

Mini Art Gallery with paintings by Frida Kahlo and John Singer Sargent

Mini art gallery with a mini version of a Vermeer painting

Mini versions of Monet

Exterior of a paper gallery

Interior of gallery showing two paintings. One Van Gogh and one Matisse.

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.

Ink drawing of an egret standing with one leg raised on a snowy branch against a night sky with gently falling snow. The piece is characterised by simple, clean linework and strong contrasts of black and white and is reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints.

Happy Winter Solstice.

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

Really beautiful

These are so cool.