CHAPTER 1 | MYTHICAL CREATURES
Mythical creatures occur in all cultures. You have probably already come across some of them in the Harry Potter stories. A mythical creature almost always consists of a combination of different animals, sometimes half human and half animal. A mythical creature can therefore have different types of skin in one body: smooth, scaly, hairy, spiky and/or with feathers.In 1806, the German illustrator Friedrich Bertuch made a picture book for children in which he drew an overview of mythical animals such as the griffin, the phoenix, the unicorn, the dragon and the mermaid. Every mythical creature has an exciting story!
Exercise: Choose a mythical creature/animal to draw or invent a fantastic creature yourself. Write it’s name in beautiful letters at the bottom of your drawing, or design an ornate frame like in the next example.
