
New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Warren of Rabbits
Another collective noun – today, a Warren of Rabbits. We used to have a lot of wild rabbits on the farm where I spent my childhood. In the autumn it would start to get cold, and mostly field mice and sometimes rabbits…

New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Venue of Vultures
Another collective noun – today, a Venue of Vultures. Not to be confused with a “kettle” of vultures, which is a group of vultures circling in the sky. The Vulture eats between his meals, And that’s the reason why He very, very,…

Illustration versus Fine Art, or How to Save Art and Make the World a Better Place
I was perusing the Drawn blog today, as I often do, and came across an article talking about the plight of Animation & Illustration students at San José State University in the US. Apparently their program is suffering – compared to…

New Artwork – Ian Rogers – the Foodie Collective
My regular readers may have noticed I’ve been a bit slow with the posts over the last week. It’s because I’ve been busy as a bee. I was recently contacted by a Montreal group, the Foodie Collective, to do some…

New Artwork – Ian Rogers – an Unkindness of Ravens
Another collective noun – today, an Unkindness of Ravens. I guess whoever came up with the collective terms didn’t take kindly to carrion-eaters what with “murder” of crows and “unkindness” of ravens. Ravens were revered by ancient Norse cultures, as they would…