ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 15

I can't think of a better way to end 2007 than with this lovely drawing by our old friend Rembrandt. This little drawing makes me wonder...

A HOLIDAY QUEST FOR MITIGATION

In the comments with readers after my last post I wrote, if you go online and look at the 2,284 drawings in the collection of the Museum of ...

THE SMOKE FROM KRAZY KAT'S CHIMNEY

We have chatted in the past about artists who delight in drawing subjects such as hair or folds or water , that allow them to take liberti...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEETHOVEN

Well, he's not exactly an illustrator, but I simply can't let the great man's birthday go by without tipping my hat in respect. ...

STEGANOGRAPHY

Artists and spies know there are two ways to convey a message: The first is to write your message in secret code. This is called cryptograph...

WHY PICTURES ARE BETTER THAN WORDS

Once lines have been hardened into the shapes of letters of the alphabet, their only function is to form words and sentences. They march in ...

GOINES

David Lance Goines started out as a student of classical languages, reading ancient texts in the original Greek and Latin. After being arres...