I was never sure what my dad did for a living, because I never got to visit his workplace. He was in mechanical engineering jobs that were e...

The Akin Free Library in Pawling, New York is like a time machine that takes you back to a different way of organizing and presenting knowl...

When I was a teenager I was obsessed with remote-control airplanes and boats.   This is high-school-age me with a Hobie Hawk, a two-servo gl...

Laura Coombs Hills  (1852-1952) On Substack today, a look at the Life and work of  Laura Coombs Hills . Laura Coombs Hills  (1852-1952) On S...

For centuries artist have used darkened mirrors and smoked lenses to help them view a real landscape in simplified tonal values. More on Su...

What are the implications of an AI model that refuses to cooperate? What happens when it tells me that I’m not supposed to imagine something...

Drawing moving objects is a whole different challenge compared to drawing things that hold still.  Sometimes I like to analyze a common moti...

Gilbert Gaul was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1855. He studied art at the National Academy of Design in New York and worked as an ill...

Hope everyone is enjoying the new book .  I'm curious: What are you working on in your own sketching practice? 

This florist van crashed into something jagged, which sliced through it from under the headlight to the side door panel. (Ballpoint pen and ...