Gurney Journey

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I first mocked up Dinotopia as a “Grand Tour of a Lost World,” structured like a travel guide.

I was obsessed with flying machines in my younger years.

Poets and philosophers have imagined childhood as an awakening from the sleep before life, or the sleep between lives.

Before electricity, nighttime seemed a lot brighter.

At the November 4 Illustration Art Auction at Heritage Auctions, four of my paintings will be offered for sale.

The partnership with mammoths began modestly, with villagers gathering the tufts of wool that the gentle giants shed in spring.

Marty Owings: "If you read the book it will unlock many secrets to being a better sketcher."

Svetlana at fortune-telling by K.Bryullov, 1836 Mirrors have a powerful effect on people who have only seen their reflection in stll water.

Jeanette and me, age 24 The part of my recent YouTube video that attracted the most interest was my answer to Andrew’s question about what advice I'd give myself when I was 24.

This blue boat catches my eye as I explore an island in Maine.

Which of these colors are primaries?

I’m editing a YouTube video, where I paint this little plein-air study of a stranded sailboat: It’s painted in gouache over a casein priming.

The key to painting imaginary subjects is to hold onto the dream image as long as possible, even if it's hazy and tentative.

Abbey wrote to an art student: "You should be sketching always, always.

Steve Jobs wanted the personal computer to be like a “bicycle for the mind.”

Cesare Tallone was an Italian painter born on August 11, 1853, in Savona, Italy.

I was never sure what my dad did for a living, because I never got to visit his workplace.

The Akin Free Library in Pawling, New York is like a time machine that takes you back to a different way of organizing and presenting knowledge about nature.

When I was a teenager I was obsessed with remote-control airplanes and boats.

Laura Coombs Hills (1852-1952) On Substack today, a look at the Life and work of Laura Coombs Hills.

For centuries artist have used darkened mirrors and smoked lenses to help them view a real landscape in simplified tonal values.

What are the implications of an AI model that refuses to cooperate?

Drawing moving objects is a whole different challenge compared to drawing things that hold still.

Gilbert Gaul was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1855.