Dictionary deals Drawing 81 Besom Old Crone Witch with Broom Casting A Spell Magic Ink Sharpie Drawing

Dictionary Drawings are a daily sketch series I do as a warm-up exercise. Fans vote on which word they want to see and I attempt to draw it within a couple of hours. So drawing number #81 is Besom, a broom made from a bundle of sticks, much like seen associated with witches. Some “flying ointment” recipes have survived, many containing hallucinogenic transdermally absorbed ingredients such as Wolfsbane and Deadly Nightshade. This deals is what some researchers believe the iconography of “flying” witches have come from, as women would apply these staves and well, woooosh. This combination of ingredients probably led to feelings of ecstasy that felt like flying.

This is drawing #81 in the Dictionary Drawing series. These are quick one of a kind drawings made from dictionary pages. I record my progress on TikTok and Facebook with time-lapse videos and posts- where you can also vote on the next drawing too! Own a page of this huge project in the making and this particular page in the dictionary.

All these drawings are trimmed down to an 8 x 10 size and come packaged in a protective plastic sleeve with a thick card backing.