Coniferous Tree Needles and Cones

Introduction Recently, I’ve been learning about the northern forests and coniferous trees. When we visited our local park, we found pine needles and two types of cone: Scots pine and Norway spruce. Later, we examined them. Needles Living in cold conditions, coniferous trees have adapted leaves, long thin needles. One of their adaptations is a … Read more

The Legend of Metadile

Prologue Two blood-red spheres of light slowly rose into the thundering night, and an angry metallic roar could be heard. The Metal Crocodile swung its massive tail, wiping out multiple buildings. As people fled, the creature picked up a tower in its black fangs and threw it into the city centre. All of a sudden, … Read more

Alaskan Holiday

To start my work on The Living Planet‘s third chapter, I have designed an advert for a wildlife holiday in Alaska. I’ve also created my own company name. Drake’s National Wildlife Holidays regrets to inform you that this holiday is currently unavailable. Enjoy!

Harp Seals

I created the following slideshow using research on harper seals, an animal from the Arctic. The slides will change automatically every 15 seconds and restart after the final slide. Enjoy!

A Magically Nice Tale of Naughty Listers

‘THUD! The scales shifted instantly as the Naughty List hit the desk and sent the much lighter Nice List rocketing up towards the ceiling.’ The Christmasaurus and the Naughty List is the third book in the Christmasaurus series by Tom Fletcher. Like The Christmasaurus and The Winter Witch, this book is a fantasy adventure. (Click … Read more

An Action-Packed Novel of Sailing and Exploration

I have written a book review for ‘Swallows and Amazons’ before, but I have learned a lot more since then and started doing themes. Plus, my favourite character has changed! Click here to see the original. The first of a twelve-book series, Swallows and Amazons is an illustrated, classic adventure by Arthur Ransome. In the … Read more

The Rhyming Heroes of Antarctica

Fangs of stone stretch across the Antarctic desert, where ice once majestically towered above small igloos. Instead of a carpet of snow across Penguin City, there are many skeletons of mysterious beasts: some of them have short arms and massive jaws, while others have massive manes and multiple horns. The harsh winds carry a song … Read more

Night in the Christmas Forest

Background Night in the Christmas Forest is my most recent drawing. In this picture, there are multiple stars that spell MERRY CHRISTMAS. Three of these stars belong to Christmas trees. Drawing I started by drawing the stars and connecting them; after I finished the stars for one letter, I connected them to avoid getting confused. … Read more

The Christmas Robin

Background Today, I have drawn a robin picture and named it The Christmas Robin. Using two robin photos, I managed to get the right shapes and colours. Drawing With some help, I sketched four circles of different sizes: one for the head, body, wing and tail feathers. Then, I sketched some lines to connect the … Read more