ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 42

The remarkable Harry Beckhoff drew this tiny picture of a man scared by a black cat in 1913. What a marvelous design. Many artists would fee...

BELIEVING IN A RED PIXEL

The computer gaming industry was launched using just a few primitive elements. Two or three colored pixels were all that was necessary to co...

THE SKETCHBOOKS OF HOWARD PYLE

Howard Pyle (1853-1911) was the father of American illustration.   His powerful compositions (such as these horizontal stripes across a back...

THE SKETCHBOOKS OF E.F. WARD

These unpublished sketches are by the illustrator E.F. Ward (1892-1990). In an era before photography became convenient, illustrators filled...