Vessels in a tree’s xylem transport water from the roots to the rest of the plant. Hardwood tree species tend to have large vessels. This gives hardwood floorboards a coarser-grained and less uniform ...

Watch as a unique pipe is handcrafted from Madroño wood (strawberry tree) using simple, amateur tools. This video takes viewers through the entire process of making a pipe without the use of briar, ...

The art is all from the newly expanded and remastered edition of The Artist’s Guide to Sketching, originally written and illustrated in 1982 by me and the late Thomas Kinkade. The tips marked JG are ...