ILLUSTRATION ART
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

RETURNING FROM COMIC-CON

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I just returned from San Diego Comic-Con, the happiest place on earth, with the flash mob of  dancing Cap'n Crunches still ringing in my...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

PHOTOGRAPHS CAN'T HELP YOU DRAW INVISIBLE LINES

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 Cartoonist Stan Drake had a gift for drawing from photographs.  He easily turned photos into elegant line. But a photograph couldn't sh...
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Monday, July 03, 2023

THE NEW YORK TIMES FUMBLES A LEYENDECKER REVIEW

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More than any other profession, art criticism creates temptations to say stupid things.  It's the duty of every critic to resist those t...
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Friday, June 30, 2023

THE EFFORT THAT COUNTS

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James Dougherty Lou Reed recalled the time  Andy Warhol scolded him  for not working hard enough: No matter what I did it never seemed enoug...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

TRIP REPORT FROM ROME

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 Hi, gang.  I'm in Rome studying beautiful sculptures from antiquity. This place would be a nightmare for Barney Bishop III because sev...
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Saturday, May 13, 2023

EVADING THE SNARE OF MODERN ART

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 How do you like this painting of an "intense gaze"? Yeah, I don't see it either.   The face is a detail from the painting, ...
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Thursday, May 04, 2023

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 69

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  Here are the top 5 reasons why I love this drawing by Tom Fluharty : 1.) I love these hands: Fluharty is an artist who not only knows anat...
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Monday, May 01, 2023

NOT SO EASY

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Don't assume abstract painting is easier than realistic painting.   True, an abstract painter never needs to worry about getting anatomy...
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Monday, April 10, 2023

WHEN AL WILLIAMSON GAVE IT AWAY

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Artist Al Williamson put so much effort into drawing this story for EC comics, his pay couldn't have amounted to more than 13 cents per ...
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