Book reviews

Peter Clapham Sheppard (1879-1964) painter of impressionistic cityscapes that are reminiscent of John Sloan and the Ashcan School, with conf...

Artists who paint birds need clear reference photos of various flight positions.  A new book called 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mech...

Telling a story purely with illustrations is a challenge not unlike making a silent movie. There can be dramatic moments of action or confli...

Illustrator Saul Tepper (New York City, 1899-1987) hunted throughout the city for amateur models to pose for his illustrations. One time, a...

Thomas Blackshear has produced a series of instructional videos called the Illustration Master Course . I have had an opportunity to watch m...

This year's edition of Spectrum presents a juried selection of contemporary fantasy art, including dragons, warriors, monsters, trolls,...

The new book  Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration  is a comprehensive history of imaginative art. Curator Jesse Kowalski begins the...

( Link to YouTube ) Thanks to Jess Karp for shouting out a recommendation for  Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters  and  Imaginati...

Today, some of us begin a new week of coronavirus confinement. Workers face the prospect of doing labor in their domestic settings (if they ...