Animals

Drawing at Horniman Museum & Gardens

Mar 18, 2021

Going through old picture folders and sketchbooks have become a habit, especially during those times of the pandemic where everything was closed outside. I went to the Horniman Museum around two years ago and I spent a great Sunday wandering around looking for stuff to draw. It’s not nearly as famous as other museums in Read more

Grant Museum of Zoology

Mar 14, 2019 Zoology featured

Very close to the British Museum but unlike it, quite unknown, is the Grant Museum of Zoology of London. It is not bigger than a room and it contains hundreds of jarred creatures and skeletons of many animals — some of them extinct — from a dugong to all sorts of microscopical specimens in the Micrarium. If Read more

Natural History Museum

Jul 03, 2018

The Natural History Museum in London is one of the most impressive buildings I have ever seen. As it was made specifically for that use, you can find flora and fauna sculptures everywhere, both on the façades and the insides (my favourite detail is the climbing monkeys on the arches). I am not here to Read more