Anorak Magazine

There are a few special things in the world that never fail to make us feel happy: ice cream (of course!), silly jokes (naturally) and beautiful drawings (ooh). This issue celebrates one of these happy things. Can you guess which one? Nope, not ice c

While on a research trip to a faraway land, Professor Monty Jones was trekking up a steep mountain when he came across the entrance of a cave. He went in and was excited to find that its walls were covered in ancient drawings depicting very odd and m

Location: Date: Name of your mysterious monster: Draw your mysterious monster here: Imagine that you are Professor Monty Jones and you have just returned from an expedition in a faraway land. There, you came across an ancient drawing of a mysterious

This odd art movement started when two giant canvasses showing drawings of clouds appeared in a small town called NotFarFromHere. They were guarded by two burly chaps who refused to reveal who had created them, or why. The drawings stayed in the squa

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Harold: an English aristocrat who had given himself the English Crown after the previous King had died without an heir. Hardrada: a Viking whose name means ‘The Hard Ruler’ and whose people had controlled England around thirty years earlier. William:

I hope you are well. We have now arrived at our new home and it is very different from the last one. We have a neighbour, Mr Lamotte, who has a dog and a cherry tree in his garden. His dog barks a lot, so I don’t think he is friendly. I see Mr Lamott

Shelley shopped at the shell shop, There were shelves full of shells to be seen. There were sea shells and snail shells, Dark shells and pale shells, And all sorts of shells in between. There were cockle shells, scallop shells, Shells of conch and cr

I am a bison who lives in the Yellowstone National Park in the USA. I spend my days roaming and eating, roaming and eating. Don’t be fooled by my imposing size, it doesn’t mean I am slow: I can run at a speed of 35 miles per hour, which is just as fa

Dear Professor Donna Doodle, what is art? Art is the thing we create when we draw, paint, photograph, build or make anything with our hands and brains. It is the way we create something and express something inside us. Where does art come from? That’

In the 1920s, a French poet started an art movement called Surrealism, inspired by the things we can’t really explain, such as dreams. Surrealists like to marry objects or images that would not normally be put together. For example, glue a lobster to

Welcome to the best art gallery the world has ever seen: YOUR art gallery. Thank you to all of our little fans for sending us such amazing drawings, all of which are inspired by famous works of art.

‘It is super exciting to have discovered these brand new planets! They are called extra-solar planets, which means they orbit around stars that are not the Sun. They were discovered circling around a star 39 light-years away, called TRAPPIST-1. It is

· Make a copy of the next two pages. · Cut around each item. · Cut out the dots on the hat. · Choose your favourite face parts and hang them using white thread. · Hang your mobile and watch it swirl! ■

Artsky, the famous street artist, has had to rush home for dinner and has not been able to finish painting on this wall. It is up to you to complete it. Once done, colour it all in. Artist Collage Art Painting Brushes Sculpture Gallery Portrait Doo