If you loved Get Shorty, have watched 3:10 to Yuma a hundred times, read the Jack Foley books until the covers fell off, or watch Justified religiously, you can thank beloved writer Elmore Leonard. Although Leonard passed away on August 20th, his characters and their stories will live on and continue to captivate audiences both […]
Charcoal is one of the oldest art mediums, having been used for cave drawings by early man. Back then, charcoal was used in the form of the ends of burned sticks. Today’s charcoal artists have more modern options: compressed charcoal, vine charcoal, and powdered charcoal. The charcoal you used in art class in elementary school […]
Drawing & Communication Art as a form of communication and self-expression is nothing new, but it takes on a whole new level of importance when we consider the way that children use drawing. As a child, Garrett was diagnosed with autism. Before he learned to point at or ask for things he wanted, he learned […]
3D sketches take the art of drawing to a whole new level (pun definitely intended). Artists like Alessandro, Ramon Bruin, and Fredo create mind-blowing 3D drawings that appear to jump right off the page through a combination of shading techniques borrowed from airbrushing, flawless perspective, and a few insider techniques (multiple sheets of paper to […]
Do you remember when guilty pleasure TV shows were rare, and you felt a mischievous thrill sitting down to watch them, akin to eating ice cream straight from the carton? Back then, you’d get your fix from one episode of The Real World and move on to something with more substance. Then reality TV spread […]
I was always an avid doodler, and an avid consumer of doodles in used textbooks. I especially enjoyed the textbook scavenger hunt. You know the one – on page 12 it says turn to page 45, on page 45 it says turn to page 26, etc., until you finally come to a particularly hilarious drawing […]
Tumblr is awesome, and it’s easy to spend hours drifting directionless from post to post and person to person. Check out these ten artists who fill their tumblrs with original pencil artwork for your viewing pleasure. Giacomo Burattini Giacomo creates stunning photo-realistic portraits. His subjects range from celebrities to family members, and each one is accompanied […]
Outsider Artists Much has been published on the link between creativity and mental illness, from scholarly articles to articles in HuffPo, the Harvard Gazette, and the New York Times. What is clear is that mental illness, and other conditions like ADD and Autism, makes one see the world differently, and this is often reflected in […]
Pencils: The New Standard in Standardized Testing The room is deathly quiet, except for the ticking of the clock. In front of you, a sealed test packet rests on your desk. Your fingers hover over two freshly-sharpened number two pencils. You hold your breath. The teacher says, “You may begin,” and suddenly you’re ripping open […]
Rediscovering the Lost Art of Passing Notes When I was young, passing notes was a favorite pastime. My friends and I were forever inventing creative ways to pass notes without the teachers finding out. It wasn’t until my junior year of high school that pretty much everyone had a cell phone. With the advent of […]
