One April in Boston Accurately Illustrating the Midnight Ride Our picture of history changes as our research improves—here’s how that impacted One April in Boston and The Midnight Ride Artwork Project by Cortney Skinner | 02.19.21 When Ben Edwards commissioned me to...
One April in Boston Honoring My Ancestors in Stone Replacing the marker for the Edwards family tomb at Copp’s Hill Burying Ground with the aid of the John Stevens Shop of Newport, Rhode Island by Ben Edwards | 02.13.20 Established in 1659, Copp’s Hill Burying Ground...
One April in Boston Making Pictures with Tiny Lines Drawing in pen and ink is a matter of creating an illusion—it’s a collaboration between artist and viewer by Cortney Skinner | 02.06.20 In my previous blog post on pen and ink, I covered the basics of the tools an...
One April in Boston Family Tales of a Connection to Paul Revere Stories I heard as a child sparked an interest in genealogy and inspired me to write One April In Boston by Ben Edwards | 01.31.20 For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a passion for history. I grew up...
One April in Boston The Challenges of Pen and Ink Illustration Creating the illustrations for the first edition of One April in Boston by Cortney Skinner | 01.28.20 Before Ben Edwards approached me in 1999 with the project of doing pen and ink illustrations for One...
One April in Boston No Artist is an Island We are all artists of our own lives, we are all connected, and we all collaborate in this existence by Cortney Skinner | 01.22.20 Folks working in the arts never work alone. Though they may solo at the easel, keyboard,...
