Welcome to the eleventh instalment of Culture Box!

Delivery 1

Martin is a visual artist who specialises in botanical and zoological painting. To find out more about him click here.

Date Palm Tree by Martin Jordan

Oil on Canvas

A print of this painting with its corresponding activities is included in this month’s physical box.

Partridge Birdsong Video

December’s bird is the Partridge. Despite what we sing in the well-known Christmas carol, it would be extremely unusual to see a partridge in a pear tree! They are at home on the ground, and are most often seen in groups picking over open fields for seeds and roots.

If you would like to listen to the carol, the Twelve Days of Christmas, here is a link:

• What was the best present that your true love gave to you?

• Who would you like to give a present to and why? What would you give them?

Christmas Elf Life Drawing Activity by Drawing Life

Martin is a visual artist who specialises in botanical and zoological painting. To find out more about him click here.

Date Palm by Martin Jordan

Colouring-in activity

A print of this painting with its corresponding activities is included in this month’s physical box.