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Villages In Art and Illustration
Here is a collection of art and illustration which celebrate village life.
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Crocodiles and Alligators in Art and Storytelling
Sometimes they’re friendly, sometimes foe
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Kitchen Stoves And Ovens In Art and Illustration
What do kitchen stoves look like throughout the ages?
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Windmills and Water Mills In Art and Illustration
A mill is a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour. Or, a factory fitted with machinery for a particular manufacturing process e.g. “a steel mill”.
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Illustrating The Water Surface
Painting a realistic water surface is one thing. But what if you want to stylise it? How have others done it?
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Aeroplanes In Composition
How artists place aeroplanes (and winged creatures) on the page
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Symbolism of Hands
Whenever you’re watching a documentary which anonymises its subjects, the camera often tips down to emphasise the hands. What are the hands doing? Picking at fingernails? In a tight grip? Relaxed and open? This close up on the hands is clearly meant to say something about emotional affect. It’s also interesting to take a look […]
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Looking Out To Sea
In stories, if a character is looking out to sea they’re frequently experiencing epiphany. In art, too, there’s no shortage of characters gazing out to sea. The guy giving the sermon below clearly understands the epiphanic power of the ocean, especially in combination with the higher altitude of a clifftop.
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The Bridges Of Madison County Film Study
The Bridges of Madison County is a 1995 American one-true-love romance. The film is based on a 1992 best-selling, terribly written novel by Robert James Waller.
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Witches’ Cats In Art and Storytelling
Illustrators frequently depict witches in two mutually exclusive ways: erotic and alluring, or as ugly as the dominant culture can possibly proscribe. Here are some ugly witches dancing around a fire.
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Symbolism of Green
What does green symbolise in art and storytelling?
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Three by the Sea by Mini Grey Picture Book Analysis
Three By The Sea is a 2010 picture book by British writer-illustrator Mini Grey. This storyteller comes from South Wales, which is somewhat evident in the setting. The most widely borrowed picture book from Mini Grey is the wonderfully metafictional Traction Man series. This one has metafictional elements also, and offers plenty of picture book […]
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Resources For Teaching The Black Death
This list includes non-fiction, historical fiction (some based on true stories) as well as podcasts, TV shows and even a song. I’m including resources for all ages in this list. HOOKS Ring a Ring o Roses Nursery Rhyme Ring a Ring o Roses, or Ring Around the Rosie, may be about the 1665 Great Plague […]
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Women Without A Voice: In Fiction And In Life
For some characters, self-reliance and a refusal to silence their inner voices strengthen their public voices. For others, art provides a metaphorical expression of voice. Often characters recognise the dialogic nature of voice: their voices exist only in dialogues with other people. … They recover their voices because they recognise the power of language. … […]
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One Point Perspective Picture Book Houses
The one point perspective house is commonly when children draw when they first start drawing houses. Here’s an example from my own kid. I think they were about 8 years old when they drew this one.