Leroy Nieman (1921-2012) was an American artist who loved glamor and celebrity. He portrayed the worlds of sports and jazz using bright col...

"She goes into colors," says the caption of this pen-and-ink drawing by Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944). What a challenge for thi...

Matthias Buchinger  (1674–1739) was an expert at drawing and lettering precisely at a small scale. His lettering astonished his contemporari...

  Hand in Harbor, 1980, brush and ink, 11 x 14 inches

Victorian caricaturist  Phil May (1864-1903) described his method of building a drawing: "First of all I get the general idea, of which...

The guy holding the pole caught a fish. He says he doesn’t eat fish and gives them all away. Fishermen on Santa Monica pier,  1981 I ma...

( Continuing from Part 4 ) These technological changes encouraged the growth of extravagant drawing-based alphabets, such as “Rustic” (...

Lettering project inspired by the Bergling book For most of us, hand lettering is reserved for sentimental or ceremonial occasions, such...

( Continued from Part 1 ) J. M. Bergling was an authority in many different disciplines of lettering. As a boy he emigrated with his fathe...

In the July, 1938 issue, Art Instruction Magazine  published this fine example of scratchboard art. Scratchboard is a form of pen and i...

Edwin Huizinga is a violinist for Baroque string ensemble “ Acronym .”  Sitting in the third row,  I want to capture some of his livel...

My biggest tip for character designers is don't look only at the work of your contemporaries. If you want your style to be fresh and o...

Here's some more pen and ink art for the endpapers of “Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara.” The dragonfly, ginkgoes, and horsetail ferns...

I use dip pens when I create illustrations and lettering because they deliver a look that evokes the style of the Golden Age of Ornament...