Greg Murray is a master armed with a needle and a lot of ink-covered clay-based illustration board. The technique is called “scratchboard,” so named because the artist scratches through the upper ...

Many expect the artistic process to be a series of drafts and redrafts, with frustration building after each failed attempt. For scratchboard artist Lisa Goesling, though, the process looks quite ...

At first glance Dixmoor artist Victor Simmons’ work may appear to be paintings, but upon closer inspection one can see the technique involved in his scratchboard pieces. Approximately 12 of his pieces ...

The majestic head of a lion, fur gleaming in the sunlight against Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, isn't large in size, but huge in patient technique. It is the work of scratchboard artist, Victor Amemiya ...

Whether it expresses his take on music icon Bob Dylan, characters for the Ascension game or depicts the animals from the Chinese zodiac, Eric Sabee’s detailed work gets attention. Sabee introduces his ...

The Bellaire City Library will be presenting a hands-on Scratchboard Art workshop taught by reference librarian and artist Terri Mote from 2-4 p.m. Oct. 23. Scratchboard art involves the removal of a ...

GIG HARBOR, Wash — In a backyard shed converted into a studio, we met Gig Harbor artist Steve Hammond, hunched over a table and working on his latest scratchboard portrait. "Most people have never ...

ROCHESTER — The Franklin Gallery at Ben Franklin Crafts, 60 Wakefield St., will sponsor an exhibit called "Inspired Scratchings: Masterful Scratchboard Art" by Rochester artist Bob Goudreau, for the ...

Both of Sherri Sorger’s parents were artists, and as a result, she grew up in a highly creative household. In her youth, she thought that everyone in the world was like her parents. She was left to ...

Yet another pounding spring rainstorm recently drove me off Texas 71 into little Fayetteville, a classic country town about halfway between Houston and Austin. Looking for an interesting distraction ...

Norman Gaddini, an artist, inventor, author and apricot farmer, died June 1 at his home in Sebastopol. He was 96. Gaddini was a master of scratchboard art and owner of one of Sonoma County’s oldest ...