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? What if it becomes illegal to imagine something without using a safe-certified AI? More on Substack
Drawing moving objects is a whole different challenge compared to drawing things that hold still. Sometimes I like to analyze a common motion such as putting on a jacket by drawing different stages of the action.Here I’m looking for the long curv…
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 illustrator for multiple newspapers including the New York Daily Graphic and the New York Herald. A young soldi…
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 gray markers, around 1980.)This was one of the sketches we couldn’t fit into the expanded and remastered edition…
Art: Coles Phillips Your questions about the color black. More on Substack
I’m going to start this article with an important disclaimer: when it comes to your safety in the jewelry studio, especially regarding chemicals and
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 capture a feeling of speed and drama. I want to convey the headlong race of forms stretching across the landscape.I try a …
PATROL HELICOPTER, 1981, gouache on illustration board, 9½” x 13”.Here’s the story:A field in Glendale, California, contains what I’m told is the world’s largest collection of police helicopters. It’s a calm, sunny day, ideal for trying out gouache pai…
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 sequence explaining a method for achieving accurate measurements and perspective.Here’s how you do it: first rough in the big shapes, chec…
