Colly birds

Ever wondered just what bird species are featured in this well-known Chrisrmas song? Experts have some good guesses about what they are.

Maarit Hänninen Linocuts on Instagram: "Here's another free ornament template for you 🎄 Make sure to watch till the end to see the bird fly! You can get the template by joining my mailing list through the link in my profile. (Make sure to use the form that talks about ornaments.) I hope you enjoy making them! PS. I know some of you had hiccups downloading ornaments before, but it's all sorted now. You can grab them by signing up again. #linocut #linoprint #printmaking #blockprint…

I thought I'd try to take part in Illo Advent again this year, but as December can get pretty hectic, I decided I'd do a mix of new pieces and existing ones. I started off with 12 quick sketch illustrations for The Twelve Days of Christmas. In general, I managed to keep these down to about half an hour each, so the quality starts to drop off the more people I have to fit in. In an ideal world I would have had more time to work on the more extensive ones, but as it was I think it was good…

4 Colly Birds

Illustration about Four midnight blue calling birds sit on a bare tree in winter. Part 4 of the 12 Days of Christmas. Illustration of symbolism, traditional, caroler - 363742

(Spoiler Alet: many have received their swap but some have not so if you're in the latter group, stop reading!) I've always loved T...

The Old English history of bird names can inform our modern-day birdwatching.

Happy 2017! What a crazy December I had. January life is a little dismal in comparison and sadly lacks twinkle lights, eggnog and sausage...

Screenprint of Zatanna the fourth hero illustration in the Versus: Heroes and Villains print project.