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Special Delivery

Hope everyone is enjoying the new book. I’m curious: What are you working on in your own sketching practice?

Special Delivery

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…

Crash of the Florist Van

The Color Black

Art: Coles Phillips Your questions about the color black. More on Substack

The Color Black

Art: Coles Phillips Your questions about the color black. More on Substack

ESSENTIAL SAFETY TOOLS + TIPS EVERY JEWELER NEEDS TO KNOW

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

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 …

Freeway Overpass

Sketching at a Police Helipad. What Could Go Wrong?

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…