FREEWAY OVERPASS, markers and charcoal, 11” x 17”. Why do thumbnails? It's a low-risk way of thinking visually. My goal here is to capt...

PATROL HELICOPTER, 1981, gouache on illustration board, 9½” x 13”. Here's the story : A field in Glendale, California, contains what I’m...

The Artist's Guide to Sketching isn't really a "how-to" book, but we do have a chapter with a with a step-by-step sequenc...

Gang members may look intimidating, but if you catch them in public places, they make great models. Two Young Gang Members, published in The...

Join me in Carmel, CA on Saturday, March 15 from 12:00-2:00 for a presentation and book signing. I'll be talking about my friendship wit...

The new edition of The Artist's Guide to Sketching  releases today, and I want to thank everyone for your enthusiasm and kind words. We ...

Northeast Public Radio's Joe Donahue wanted to know this about sketching: "Do you do it to relax?" "What do you see that ...

 New post about riding the rails.

John S. Sargent, like most portrait artists of his time, insisted that models moved and spoke while they posed, unlike the contemporary prac...

Nathalia says: "I wish you could have captured a quick, cheap digital image of all of the drawing you made and SOLD. Just to have a rec...