I drew this portrait of my friend Zhang Hong Nian at his home in Woodstock, New York. Hong Nian grew up in China, studying academ...

Cyriak is an animator whose video Cows & Cows & Cows has logged more than 25 million views. His videos typically show animals mov...

A scintillating scotoma  is an optical effect related to migraines,  where a glowing aura forms in the visual field, like a shimmering ring ...

Popular Science put together this video summary of the phenomenon of the uncanny valley in robotics, computer animation, and games. ( Link...

David Curtis is one of the leading plein-air painters, working in both watercolor and oil in the United Kingdom. He tackles complex scenes...

This figure study by Dean Cornwell (1892-1960), probably done from a live model, is a beautiful example of designing the forms, and not co...

That would be Jeremiah Gurney , hailed as "the finest daguerreotypist in Gotham." He opened the first American photo gallery in...

My eighth grade art teacher, Mr. Kinear, asked me to come up  to the front of the classroom. He turned me to face the class and put the ques...

Looking at this photo that I just took, you might assume that it's a view of the stars and planets in the night sky, but it's not...

Yesterday, folk singer Pete Seeger died at age 94. I heard him perform several times at music festivals in the Hudson Valley of New York st...