December 14, 2025
Tag: Sketch Artists 3
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America’s Sketch Artists
Part 3 of 6Bill Kane
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When I started this series, the unknown was the only common factor applied to the list of artists I pre-selected. A perfect example is a story I found about Beach Haven, New Jersey, newspaper man and sketch artist, Bill Kane. It seems that one day in 1976, Bill who was lovingly called “Citizen Kane” decided…
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December 16, 2021 9 Comments
Negative Space is not a common expression, but art students around the world understand it and it is frequently a standard “assignment” in art classes. Artists who use “negative space” learned most of what they know from Clarence Coles Phillips, a postcard artist who was part of the art department at Life magazine where he introduced the “fadeaway girl.” Holy ($$$) dollar signs.